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Higher Education Governance and Development

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Xiujuan Xie
University of Hong Kong
2
Marie Battiste
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
3
Lynsey Mori
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
4
Sarah Burton
University of Aberdeen
5
Shanshan Yang
Wuhan Institute of Technology
6
Nazifa Abd Ghani
University of Technology Malaysia
7
Meghna Ramaswamy
Maimonides Medical Center
8
Patience Fubara Hart
University of Hull
9
Vander Tavares
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
10
Núria Bautista‐Puig
Instituto de Filosofía

Rising Stars Papers

1
Temporal and spatial analysis of fertilizer application intensity and its environmental risks in China from 1978 to 2022
Environmental Sciences Europe|2024
23 cit.
2
But life goes on: drama classes, Ukrainian refugees, and Icelandic language learning
Literacy|2024
8 cit.
3
Family-school cooperation in multicultural schools: a missing piece in teacher education in Norway
Pedagogy Culture and Society|2024
8 cit.
4
‘Good Rain Nurtures Things Silently’: A Longitudinal Study of <scp>EFL</scp> Teacher Emotion and Identity Learning in Curriculum Reform
European Journal of Education|2024
8 cit.
5
Materials writing as a vehicle for teacher learning
ELT Journal|2024
7 cit.
6
Cross‐border university choice in China's Greater Bay Area
Higher Education Quarterly|2024
6 cit.
7
Feeling paradoxes and teaching in struggles: A socio-political analysis of language teachers’ motivation and emotion labor
System|2024
6 cit.
8
An inconvenient truth: When ideologies of multilingualism lead to auto‐inflicted epistemic exclusion by multilingual students in higher education
International Journal of Applied Linguistics|2024
6 cit.
9
Unlocking language teacher wellbeing amid curriculum reform: A focus on emotion
Language Teaching Research|2025
6 cit.
10
Kritiske perspektiver på andrespråksopplæring, rase og utdanning: Forskningstrender og nordiske responser
Nordand|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Magali Canovi
ESCP Business School
2
Joyce Oiwun Cheung
City University of Hong Kong
3
Eryong Xue
Beijing Normal University
4
Xu Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology
5
Leopold Ringel
Bielefeld University
6
Dilbar Gimranova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
7
Kristie Dotson
Schlumberger (Ireland)
8
Lise Degn
Aarhus University
9
Sharon Stein
University School
10
John P. Haupt
United States Army War College

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Dynamic Interaction between Student Learning Behaviour and Learning Environment: Meta-Analysis of Student Engagement and Its Influencing Factors
Behavioral Sciences|2023
233 cit.
2
What is the value essence of “double reduction” (<i>Shuang Jian</i>) policy in China? A policy narrative perspective
Educational Philosophy and Theory|2022
81 cit.
3
Universities confronting climate change: beyond sustainable development and solutionism
Higher Education|2023
65 cit.
4
Beyond colonial futurities in climate education
Teaching in Higher Education|2023
65 cit.
5
Insider-outsider: Methodological reflections on collaborative intercultural research
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2022
49 cit.
6
Exploring High-Quality Institutional Internationalization for Higher Education Sustainability in China: Evidence from Stakeholders
Sustainability|2022
43 cit.
7
The discursive resilience of university rankings
Higher Education|2023
43 cit.
8
Toward more ethical engagements between Western and Indigenous sciences
FACETS|2024
39 cit.
9
Motivating Next-generation Family Business Members to Act Entrepreneurially: a Role Identity Perspective
Journal of the Knowledge Economy|2022
35 cit.
10
Unpacking the Policies, Historical Stages, and Themes of the Education Equality for Educational Sustainable Development: Evidence from China
Sustainability|2022
34 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Vincent Tinto
Syracuse University
2
Bjørn Stensaker
University of Oslo
3
Jeroen Huisman
Ghent University
4
John W. Meyer
Stanford University
5
Michael A. Peters
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6
Ernest T. Pascarella
University of Iowa
7
Alberto Amaral
Universidade do Porto
8
Geoffrey N. Soutar
Curtin University
9
Gary Rhoades
University of Arizona
10
Loet Leydesdorff
Amsterdam University College

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
American Journal of Sociology|1977
27.3k cit.
2
The dynamics of innovation: from National Systems and “Mode 2” to a Triple Helix of university–industry–government relations
Research Policy|2000
8.3k cit.
3
Dropout from Higher Education: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research
Review of Educational Research|1975
7.4k cit.
4
Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition
The Journal of Higher Education|1988
6.7k cit.
5
Consumer perceived value: The development of a multiple item scale
Journal of Retailing|2001
6.4k cit.
6
World Society and the Nation‐State
American Journal of Sociology|1997
4.7k cit.
7
Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition
Academe|1987
2.8k cit.
8
Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy: from the free market to knowledge capitalism
Journal of Education Policy|2005
2.4k cit.
9
Institutional conditions for diffusion
Theory and Society|1993
2.1k cit.
10
Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition. Second Edition.
Unknown Journal|1993
2.1k cit.

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