new social risks in the european knowledge society and higher education
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New Social Risks in the European knowledge society and Higher Education. Which social function has higher education in the European Knowledge society by Karsten Krüger University of Barcelona. Key Areas of the NESOR Project. Knowledge economy/ society. European Social Model. New - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Which social function hashigher education
in the European Knowledge society
byKarsten Krüger
University of Barcelona
New Social Risks in the European knowledgesociety and Higher Education
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Key Areas of the NESOR Project
Knowledge
economy/ society
European
Social Model
Challenges for
Higher Education
New
Social Risks
Challenges of Higher Education
for the politic and economic system
Responses from the Higher Education Systems
Paradigm of
learning
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Knowledge Economy - the Lisbon Approach
Technological Innovation Scientific Innovation
Driving forces of socio-economic changes
Supporting measures• liberalisation of markets
• Commodification of knowledge• new social model
• life long learning - employability• education
Scientific based information economy
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Knowledge Society - a sociological perspective
High dispositionto put in question
tradition and norms
High capacity of
social action
Increasing social innovation capacity
Individual, organisational and institutional Learning as the crucial element
Social action are more legitimised through knowledge (rational arguments) than through traditions and norms
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Driving Forces towards the Knowledge Society
Socio-cultural Innovation
Educational Progress
Driving forces of socio-economic changes
Generalisation of Primary & Secondary Education
Economic-technological Innovation
Expansion of higher education
Generalisation of social action based on scientific rationality
Vocational education
Work process knowledge
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Main Question on Knowledge Society
Which is the leading concept?
What are the national discourses on KS?
Which function is assigned to Higher Education in KS?
What are the main challenges for Higher Education in KS?
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The New European Social Model
The “magic triangle”
Social Policy
Social Quality / Social Cohesion
Competitivity/ Dynamism Full Employment/ Work QualityKohäsion
Economic Policy Employment policy
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New European Social Model
Social Policy as factor of productivity
From Protection to Activation
Facilitating the (re-)entry to the Labour Market
The Key Word: Employability
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New European Social Model
Functions of (Higher) Training & Education
• Improvement of the Employability
• Reduction of qualification gaps
• Promoting lifelong learning
• Support the transformation of the industrial society
• Promoting equal opportunities
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Main Question on the ESM
Exists a European SM?
Which impact had the Lisbon declaration on the higher education?
Has the Universities a function in the modernisation of the SM?
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New Social Risks
Risks of poverty and social exclusion
- Affects collective which are not adequately covered by the traditional system of social protection (Altmann & Böhle 1975)
- Affects more and new social collectives as in the post-war period
- Changing definition of social risks, e.g. new problems and dilemmas in terms of reconciling work and family life (Bonoli 2004)
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New Social Risks
Uncertainties on the (Academic) Labour market
From security to precarity?
From unstandardized to standardized Work?
From job security to employment security?
Towards a new use of knowledge?
Open for globalization?
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New Social Risks
Knowledge divide
Access and handling of Knowledge
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Main question about new social risks
How is the configuration of the labor market for high qualified workers?
What is the role of higher education in the strategies to combat social risks?
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Social Challenges for Higher Education
Knowledge Society
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Social Model
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Social Equity
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New forms of teaching/learning
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Higher Education- a Driving Force for Change
Higher education as one force of social-economic change
Knowledge society as a process not as a goal
Knowledge society based on social innovation