Why Research Leadership Matters

The Politics and Governance of Scientific Success
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7894-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

What makes some research teams thrive while others falter – even when talent and funding are comparable?

Why Research Leadership Matters is the first focused, extensive and evidence-based analysis of research leadership – what it is, why it matters and how it can be fostered. Moving beyond managerial notions of academic leadership, this groundbreaking study reveals how effective research leaders shape ideas, teams and institutions to achieve both scholarly excellence and societal impact. It draws on the emerging field of meta-science to identify the barriers that prevent good leadership – such as rigid career structures and inadequate mentoring – and offers strategies for building inclusive, agile and boundary-spanning research cultures.

Providing a vital framework for understanding how research systems can unlock their full potential, this book is vital reading for academics at all career stages and in all disciplines. It demonstrates why, in the pursuit of scientific success, leadership matters more than ever.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flinders, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Understanding Research Leadership: What it Is and Why it Matters

Part 1: Context & Challenge

2. Existing Research: An Issue Overlooked

3. Existing Knowledge: An Issue Emergent

4. Understanding the Problem: The Research Leadership Challenge(s)

Part 2: Barriers & Blockages

5. Training, Time & Tick Boxes

6. Mentorship, Mobility & Mapping

7. Angst, Architecture & Access

Part 3: Facilitating & Flourishing

8. Levels, Levers & Leadership

9. Banishing Blockages, Aligning Enablers

10. Surviving, Driving & Thriving

Über Autor(innen)

Flinders, Matthew
Matthew Flinders is Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield – the first research centre of its kind in the world. He is also Chair of the UK Political Studies Association and a member of the board of the Academy of Social Sciences. In recent years his research and writing have focused on (amongst other issues) the rise of anti-politics, the mental wellbeing of politicians and models of democracy. He has written and presented a number of documentaries for the BBC and frequently writes for newspapers, magazines and websites around the world and currently holds a Professorial Fellowship within the House of Commons.

Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Sheffield and Vice-President of the Political Studies Association.