The diversity of Higher Education Institutions is well studied in the literature while their disciplinary specialization has received less attention. Even if some authors suggest taking into account the disciplinary specialization of universities to carry out meaningful comparisons, the results obtained thus far about the connection between disciplinary specialization and performance seem still anecdotic and do not find definitive evidence. In this paper, we attempt to contribute to the advancement of this field of research proposing some empirical evidence about the existing matching or mismatching between the educational and the scientific specialization of European universities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt done thus far. We adopt a multi-level perspective by providing analysis on different levels of aggregation, starting from institution (micro) level data, which are further aggregated at country level. We calculate Balassa indices of specialization on teaching and research and show the existence of matching and mis-matching in different fields across Europe.

Matching education and scientific specialization of European universities: A Micro-based Country Level Analysis / Catalano, G.; Daraio, C.; Quaglia, G.. - 2:(2019), pp. 2314-2319. (Intervento presentato al convegno 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 tenutosi a Roma; Italy).

Matching education and scientific specialization of European universities: A Micro-based Country Level Analysis

Catalano G.
;
Daraio C.
;
Quaglia G.
2019

Abstract

The diversity of Higher Education Institutions is well studied in the literature while their disciplinary specialization has received less attention. Even if some authors suggest taking into account the disciplinary specialization of universities to carry out meaningful comparisons, the results obtained thus far about the connection between disciplinary specialization and performance seem still anecdotic and do not find definitive evidence. In this paper, we attempt to contribute to the advancement of this field of research proposing some empirical evidence about the existing matching or mismatching between the educational and the scientific specialization of European universities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt done thus far. We adopt a multi-level perspective by providing analysis on different levels of aggregation, starting from institution (micro) level data, which are further aggregated at country level. We calculate Balassa indices of specialization on teaching and research and show the existence of matching and mis-matching in different fields across Europe.
2019
17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019
European universities; Higher education institutions; Multilevels; Teaching and researches
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Matching education and scientific specialization of European universities: A Micro-based Country Level Analysis / Catalano, G.; Daraio, C.; Quaglia, G.. - 2:(2019), pp. 2314-2319. (Intervento presentato al convegno 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 tenutosi a Roma; Italy).
File allegati a questo prodotto
File Dimensione Formato  
Catalano_Matching_2019.pdf

solo gestori archivio

Tipologia: Versione editoriale (versione pubblicata con il layout dell'editore)
Licenza: Tutti i diritti riservati (All rights reserved)
Dimensione 929.76 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
929.76 kB Adobe PDF   Contatta l'autore

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1381719
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 0
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 0
social impact