Kwiek, Marek2015-05-072015-05-072015Keynote Speech, International Conference: Economic Challenges for Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe”, Cracow University of Economics, Cracow, April 24, 2015http://hdl.handle.net/10593/12972Academic attitudes (and beliefs) and academic behaviors are explored: how Polish academics work, what they think (about their work)? Four major comparative themes are discussed: (1) Internationalization in research and research productivity (Polish “internationalists” vs. Polish “locals”), (2) University governance (a powerful Ivory Tower university model prevailing in Poland; Polishe universiites as a professorially coordinated “republic of scholars”). (3) The Polish research elite (highly productive academics: who they are, how they work?, and (4) Intergenerational patterns of academic work – Polish academics under 40 - What we know, what we do not know, and what we would like to know – about each theme. Within each theme – the data are examined in the context of 10 Western European comparator countries: Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, and the UK.en-USinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPolish higher educationPolish academicsacademic professionPolish academic professioninternationalizationresearch performanceresearch productivitypublication productivityresearch elitehighly productive academicshigh research performanceresearch performanceyoung academicsacademics under 40Polish universitiesEuropean universitiesinternational cooperationinternational collaborationintergenerational patternspublishing patternsuniversity governanceHumboldtian modelIvory Toweracademic collegialitynon-performersnon-publishersEuropean non-publishersEUROAC projectCAP projectCAP datasetuniversity reformshigher education reformsArtykuł