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Academic Interests
- Quality in higher education
- Qualifications frameworks
- Governance, policy and organization of higher education
Background
- 2019 – t.d. Associate Professor II at LINK/IPED University of Oslo
- 2016 – t.d.Senior researcher at NIFU
- 2016 PhD, Educational Science at University of Oslo
- 2013 – 2016 Researcher at NIFU
- 2009 – 2013 Research fellow at University of Oslo
- 2008 MPhil in Higher Education at University of Oslo
- 2006 – 2008 Research assistant at University of Oslo
- 2004 BA cum laude, Art teacher, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia
Appointments
- 2018 – (2022) appointed member of the Young Academy of Norway, 4-year term
- 2015 – t.d. deputy head of research (higher education) at NIFU
- 2018 – t.d. member of editorial board for European Educational Research Journal
- 2017 – t.d. member of editorial board for Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
- 2014 – 2017 member of the Board of governors at the European Consortium for Higher Education Research (CHER), 4-year term.
Publications
- Elken, Mari; Frølich, Nicoline; Maassen, Peter & Stensaker, Bjørn (2020). Quality Systems in Higher Education Institutions: Enabling and Constraining Quality Work, In Mari Elken; Peter Maassen; Monika Nerland; Tine Sophie Prøitz; Bjørn Stensaker & Agnete Vabø (ed.), Quality Work in Higher Education. Organisational and Pedagogical Dimensions. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-41756-7. 2. s 19 - 41
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2020). Quality Work: Reflections and Refinements, In Mari Elken; Peter Maassen; Monika Nerland; Tine Sophie Prøitz; Bjørn Stensaker & Agnete Vabø (ed.), Quality Work in Higher Education. Organisational and Pedagogical Dimensions. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-41756-7. 10. s 175 - 186
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2020). Researching ‘Quality Work’ in Higher Education, In Mari Elken; Peter Maassen; Monika Nerland; Tine Sophie Prøitz; Bjørn Stensaker & Agnete Vabø (ed.), Quality Work in Higher Education. Organisational and Pedagogical Dimensions. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-41756-7. 1. s 1 - 18
- Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Maassen, Peter & Elken, Mari (2020). Quo Vadis EHEA: Balancing Structural Continuation and Political Variety, In European Higher Education Area: Challenges for a New Decade. Springer. ISBN 9783030563158. NA. s 391 - 415 Full text in Research Archive.
- Elken, Mari & Tellmann, Silje Maria (2019). Linking higher education and the world of work: learning outcomes and intermediary organisations. Journal of Education and Work. ISSN 1363-9080. 32(8), s 678- 692 . doi: 10.1080/13639080.2019.1696951 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Elken, Mari & Vukasovic, Martina (2019). The Looseness of Loose Coupling: The Use and Misuse of “Loose Coupling” in Higher Education Research, In Jeroen Huisman & Malcolm Tight (ed.), Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-83867-842-5. 4. s 53 - 71
- Kaša, Rita; Elken, Mari; Paalzow, Anders & Pauna, Diana (2019). Conditioned Entrepreneurialism: Strategic Responses of Universities in Latvia and Norway. European Education : Issues and Studies. ISSN 1056-4934. 51(4), s 253- 269 . doi: 10.1080/10564934.2019.1637266 Show summary
- Stensaker, Bjørn; Elken, Mari & Maassen, Peter (2019). Studieprogramledelse – et spørsmål om organisering?. UNIPED. ISSN 1893-8981. 42(1), s 91- 105 . doi: 10.18261/issn.1893-8981-2019-01-07 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2018). Conceptualising ‘quality work’ in higher education. Quality in Higher Education. ISSN 1353-8322. 24(3), s 189- 202 . doi: 10.1080/13538322.2018.1554782 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Elken, Mari; Stensaker, Bjørn & Dedze, Indra (2018). The painters behind the profile: the rise and functioning of communication departments in universities. Higher Education. ISSN 0018-1560. 76(6), s 1109- 1122 . doi: 10.1007/s10734-018-0258-x Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Olson, Jennifer Rebecca; Afdal, Hilde Wågsås & Elken, Mari (2018). Multiple Institutional Logics in National Curricula: The Introduction of Learning Outcomes in Teacher Education and Engineering Education in Norway, In Peter Maassen; Monika Nerland & Lyn Yates (ed.), Reconfiguring Knowledge in Higher Education. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-319-72831-5. Chapter 4. s 65 - 81
- Vukasovic, Martina; Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Chou, Meng-Hsuan; Elken, Mari & Ravinet, Pauline (2018). Multi-level, Multi-actor and Multi-issue Dimensions of Governance of the European Higher Education Area, and Beyond, In Adrian Curaj; Ligia Deca & Remus Pricopie (ed.), European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-319-77407-7. 19. s 321 - 334 Full text in Research Archive.
- Elken, Mari (2017). Expert group institutionalization and task expansion in European education policy-making. European Educational Research Journal. ISSN 1474-9041. 17(3), s 335- 348 . doi: 10.1177/1474904117720406 Full text in Research Archive.
- Elken, Mari (2017). Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Estonia, In Jung Cheol Shin & Pedro N. Teixeira (ed.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. ISBN 978-94-017-9553-1. NA.
- Elken, Mari (2017). Standardization of (higher) education in Europe – policy coordination 2.0?. Policy & Society: Journal of public, foreign and global policy. ISSN 1449-4035. 36(1), s 127- 142 . doi: 10.1080/14494035.2017.1278873 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Elken, Mari & Frølich, Nicoline (2017). Pulling the plug in a bathtub: the big consequences of a small change in Norwegian higher education, In Harry de Boer; Jon File; Jeroen Huisman; Marco Seeber; Martina Vukasovic & Don F. Westerheijden (ed.), Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education. Processes and Outcomes. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-42236-7. Kapittel. s 95 - 117 Show summary
- Elken, Mari & Røsdal, Trude (2017). Professional higher education institutions as organizational actors. Tertiary Education and Management. ISSN 1358-3883. 23(4), s 376- 387 . doi: 10.1080/13583883.2017.1371217 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Vukasovic, Martina; Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm & Elken, Mari (2017). Still the main show in town? Assessing political saliency of the Bologna Process across time and space. Studies in Higher Education. ISSN 0307-5079. 42(8), s 1421- 1436 . doi: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1101755
- Elken, Mari (2016). ‘EU-on-demand’: developing national qualifications frameworks in a multi-level context. European Educational Research Journal. ISSN 1474-9041. 15(6), s 628- 643 . doi: 10.1177/1474904116642778
- Elken, Mari; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth & Stensaker, Bjørn (2016). Global rankings in the Nordic region: challenging the identity of research-intensive universities?. Higher Education. ISSN 0018-1560. 72(6), s 781- 795 . doi: 10.1007/s10734-015-9975-6 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Elken, Mari; Stensaker, Bjørn & Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth (2016). Do global university rankings drive convergence? Evidence from the Nordic region, In Ellen Hazelkorn (ed.), Global Rankings and the Geopolitics of Higher Education. Routledge. ISBN 9781138828117. 14.
- Elken, Mari (2015). Developing policy instruments for education in the EU: the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning. International Journal of Lifelong Education. ISSN 0260-1370. 34(6), s 710- 726 . doi: 10.1080/02601370.2015.1103795
- Elken, Mari (2015). New EU instruments for education: Vertical, horizontal and internal tensions in the European qualifications framework. Journal of Contemporary European Research. ISSN 1815-347X. 11(1), s 69- 83
- Elken, Mari; Maassen, Peter; Nerland, Monika; Prøitz, Tine Sophie; Stensaker, Bjørn & Vabø, Agnete (ed.) (2020). Quality Work in Higher Education. Organisational and Pedagogical Dimensions. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-41756-7. 186 s.
- Vukasovic, Martina; Frølich, Nicoline; Bleiklie, Ivar; Elken, Mari & Michelsen, Svein (2021). Policy processes shaping the Norwegian Structural Reform. Show summary
- Bleiklie, Ivar; Elken, Mari; Frølich, Nicoline; Michelsen, Svein & Vucasovic, Martina (2020). Managerial policy making and the higher education merger reform in Norway.
- Bleiklie, Ivar; Elken, Mari; Frølich, Nicoline; Michelsen, Svein & Vucasovic, Martina (2020). Policy Making as Dialogue?.
- Elken, Mari (2020). Evaluering av pilotordningen med utviklingsavtaler.
- Elken, Mari (2020). Forskningsbasert følgevaluering av Høgskolen på Vestlandet.
- Elken, Mari (2020). Kvalitetsarbeid i høyere utdanning.
- Elken, Mari & Borlaug, Siri Brorstad (2020). Evaluering av utviklingsavtaler. Prosjektstatus og foreløpige refleksjoner.
- Elken, Mari & Borlaug, Siri Brorstad (2020). Hva skal vi med utviklingsavtalene?. Forskningspolitikk. ISSN 0333-0273. 43(4), s 6- 7
- Elken, Mari & Borlaug, Siri Brorstad (2020). Utviklingsavtaler i norsk høyere utdanning : En evaluering av pilotordningen. NIFU-rapport. 21. Show summary
- Elken, Mari; Daus, Stephan; Gunnes, Hebe; Lyby, Lars; Frølich, Nicoline & Røsdal, Trude (2020). En forskningsbasert følgeevaluering av Høgskulen på Vestlandet : Sluttrapport. NIFU-rapport. 7. Show summary
- Elken, Mari & Frølich, Nicoline (2020). Nye utfordringer for strukturreformen. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2020). Innovative practices in higher education quality assurance : A study of new activities, tasks and roles in six quality assurance agencies in Europe. NIFU Arbeidsnotat. 7. Show summary
- Jongbloed, Ben; de Boer, Harry; Stensaker, Bjørn & Elken, Mari (2020). Performance Agreements in Denmark, Ontario and the Netherlands. Show summary
- Lohne, Kjersti & Elken, Mari (2020, 28. januar). Unge forskere opplever uetisk press. [Fagblad]. forskning.no.
- Degn, Lise; Elken, Mari & Frølich, Nicoline (2019). The "what, "why" and "how" of Quality in Nordic higher education reforms.
- Elken, Mari (2019). #4 God utdanning.
- Elken, Mari (2019). Conceptualising organizational coupling.
- Elken, Mari (2019). Internationalisation in higher education.
- Elken, Mari (2019). Marketing in Higher Education, In Pedro Teixeira & Jung Cheol Shin (ed.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions (2019). Springer. ISBN 978-94-017-9553-1. N/A.
- Elken, Mari (2019). Realkompetanseburdering fra et samfunnsperspektiv: Muligheter og dilemmaer..
- Elken, Mari & Røsdal, Trude (2019). Hovedinntrykk fra intervjuundersøkelse ved HVL.
- Elken, Mari; Røste, Rannveig; Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland & Fevolden, Arne Martin (2019). Varehandel og høyere utdanning : En eksplorativ studie av samarbeid innen utdanning, forskning og innovasjon. NIFU-rapport. 9. Show summary
- Elken, Mari & Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth (2019). Forskningsbasert følgeevaluering av fusjonsprosessen ved HVL: Noen funn fra NIFUs spørreundersøkelse ved HVL.
- Elken, Mari & Wollscheid, Sabine (2019). Academic environment and quality of education : A literature review. NIFU Arbeidsnotat. 1. Show summary
- Lohne, Kjersti & Elken, Mari (2019, 01. desember). En sårbar situasjon. [Fagblad]. Forskningsetikk.
- Røsdal, Trude; Elken, Mari & Frølich, Nicoline (2019). NIFU Innsikt 2019-14: Struktur, kommunikasjon og kultur i en ny organisasjon. Show summary
- Silset, Sølvi; Solberg, Espen; Borlaug, Siri Brorstad & Elken, Mari (2019). Mot et bredere målesystem for UoH-sektorens bidrag til innovasjon – Forslag til målesystem basert på erfaringer fra NTNU.
- Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth & Elken, Mari (2019). NIFU Innsikt 2019:2. Fusjon skaper usikkerhet i nåtiden, men positive forventninger til framtiden. Show summary
- Elken, Mari (2018). HU + Kommunikasjon. En studie av kommunikasjonsavdelinger i høyere utdanning.
- Elken, Mari (2018). Hva er egentlig internasjonalisering?.
- Elken, Mari (2018). Using external study programme reviewers for working with quality in higher education.
- Elken, Mari; Frølich, Nicoline; Maassen, Peter & Stensaker, Bjørn (2018). Organizing quality work in higher education institutions.
- Elken, Mari; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth & Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke (2018). Policy framing of student mobility in the Nordic countries: balancing egalitarianism and the global knowledge economy?.
- Elken, Mari; Maassen, Peter; Nerland, Monika; Stensaker, Bjørn & Vabø, Agnete (2018). Sentrale funn og anbefalinger fra QNHE prosjektet.
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2018). All student-centered now? Analyzing institutional teaching and learning policies in Scandinavia.
- Elken, Mari & Vukasovic, Martina (2018). Is Europe losing its mojo? Exploring the European side of differentiated integration in HE.
- Elken, Mari & Vukasovic, Martina (2018). Policy coordination and policy convergence in the Nordics.
- Frølich, Nicoline; Wendt, Kaja Kathrine; Reymert, Ingvild S; Tellmann, Silje Maria; Elken, Mari; Kyvik, Svein; Vabø, Agnete & Larsen, Even Hellan (2018). Academic career structures in Europe : Perspectives from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Austria and the UK. NIFU-rapport. 4. Show summary
- Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland; Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila & Elken, Mari (2018). Realkompetansevurdering i praksis: erfaringer fra casestudier. NIFU-rapport. 11. Show summary
- Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland; Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila; Aamodt, Per O; Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth; Elken, Mari; Waagene, Erica & Larsen, Even Hellan (2018). Realkompetansevurdering: En studie av systemet for vurdering av realkompetanse i utdanning og arbeidsliv. NIFU-rapport. 10. Show summary
- Schwach, Vera & Elken, Mari (2018). Å snakke fag på et språk andre forstår : Norsk fagspråk i høyere utdanning og arbeidsliv. NIFU-rapport. 20. Show summary
- Stensaker, Bjørn; Elken, Mari & Maassen, Peter (2018). Study program leadership: a matter of organization?.
- Elken, Mari (2017). Kan vi måle kvalitet i høyere utdanning?.
- Elken, Mari (2017). Universiteter i moderne kunnskapsssamfunn.
- Elken, Mari; Frølich, Nicoline & Aamodt, Per O (2017). Ledelse av studieprogrammer.
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2017). Quality work in Higher Education.
- Elken, Mari & Vukasovic, Martina (2017). Inter-institutional Tensions in Multi-level Governance of Higher Education: European and National Level Ideas, Capabilities and Realities.
- Elken, Mari & Vukasovic, Martina (2017). The Looseness of Loose Coupling: The Use and Misuse of “Loose Coupling” in Higher Education Research.
- Skule, Sveinung; Tellmann, Silje Maria; Aamodt, Per O & Elken, Mari (2017). Akademia og arbeidslivet må fortsette samarbeidet. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
- Tellmann, Silje Maria; Aamodt, Per O; Elken, Mari; Larsen, Even Hellan & Skule, Sveinung (2017). Råd for samarbeid med arbeidslivet: En underveisevaluering. NIFU-rapport. 9. Show summary
- Tellmann, Silje Maria & Elken, Mari (2017). Bridging the gap between professions and higher education institutions..
- Vabø, Agnete & Elken, Mari (2017). Disciplinary differences in organising quality work.
- Vukasovic, Martina & Elken, Mari (2017). Regional policy coordination and policy convergence in higher education.
- Elken, Mari (2016). Failures in the context of soft policy coordination of higher education policy in Europe.
- Elken, Mari (2016). Kvaliteet, kvaliteedidikindlustus ja kõrghariduse eripära. Kommentaarid raportile..
- Elken, Mari (2016). Læringsutbyttedebatt og høyere utdanning i endring. Noen sentrale utviklingstrekk..
- Elken, Mari (2016). Standardizing education? The development of the European Qualifications Framework and national qualifications frameworks. Doktoravhandlinger forsvart ved Det utdanningsvitenskapelige fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo. 247.
- Elken, Mari (2016). The Painters behind the Profile: The rise and function of communications departments in universities.
- Elken, Mari & Frølich, Nicoline (2016). Pulling the plug in a bathtub – the big long-term consequences of a small change in Norwegian higher education.
- Elken, Mari; Frølich, Nicoline & Reymert, Ingvild (2016). Steering approaches in higher education: Comparing Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and UK (England. NIFU-rapport. 35. Show summary
- Elken, Mari; Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm & Vukasovic, Martina (2016). Multi-level multi-actor dynamics of European knowledge policy-making..
- Elken, Mari & Tellmann, Silje Maria (2016). Advocates and/or buffers: intermediary organisations and learning outcomes.
- Elken, Mari & Wollscheid, Sabine (2016). The relationship between research and education: typologies and indicators. A literature review. NIFU-rapport. 8.
- Vabø, Agnete & Elken, Mari (2016). Art Education and Quality Discourses.
- Damsa, Crina I.; de Lange, Thomas; Elken, Mari; Esterhazy, Rachelle; Fossland, Trine; Frølich, Nicoline; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Maassen, Peter; Nerland, Monika; Nordkvelle, Yngve Troye; Stensaker, Bjørn; Tømte, Cathrine Edelhard; Vabø, Agnete; Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke & Aamodt, Per O (2015). Quality in Norwegian Higher Education: A review of research on aspects affecting student learning. NIFU-rapport. 24.
- Elken, Mari (2015). Book review: The Hybridization of Vocational Training and Higher Education in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Journal of Contemporary European Research. ISSN 1815-347X. 11(1), s 144- 146
- Elken, Mari (2015). European policy instruments as means for standardization.
- Elken, Mari (2015). Standardization: qualifications frameworks as indirect reform instruments.
- Elken, Mari; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth & Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke (2015). Higher Education in the Nordic Countries: Evaluation of the Nordic agreement on admission to higher education. TemaNord. 526.
- Elken, Mari; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth & Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke (2015). Taken for granted and under pressure: student mobility in the Nordic region.
- Elken, Mari & Røsdal, Trude (2015). Organisering på fakultetsnivå: Tilleggsanalyse i forlengelsen av fase 2-rapporten HiOAs organisasjonsdesign for framtiden. NIFU Arbeidsnotat. 11.
- Elken, Mari; Røsdal, Trude; Aanstad, Siri & Caspersen, Joakim (2015). Praktisk øving i tannhelseutdanningene i Norge: En sammenligning av ulike studiemodeller. NIFU-rapport. 12.
- Elken, Mari & Stensaker, Bjørn (2015). Organisering av flercampusuniversitet: En diskusjon av prinsipper og etablert praksis ved noen utenlandske læresteder. NIFU Arbeidsnotat. 10.
- Elken, Mari; Stensaker, Bjørn & Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth (2015). The painters behind the profile: the rise and functioning of communication departments in universities.
- Elken, Mari & Vukasovic, Martina (2015). Comparing regionalisms within Europe: Balkans, Baltics, Benelux and Nordics in the context of multi-level governance.
- Olson, Jennifer Rebecca; Afdal, Hilde Wågsås & Elken, Mari (2015). When the logics of employability and learning outcomes align: The case of two professional study programs in Norwegian higher education.
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