The Higher Education Group (HEG) is a group focusing on higher education research and teaching. In addition to our educational mission, we provide research, development and consultancy services to higher education sector and stakeholders. The doctoral training is an important part of the research and training activities of HEG.
Research focus and goals
Higher Education Group (HEG) focuses on higher education research and teaching at the Faculty of Management and Business. Research in HEG is concentrated on the topics related to higher education policy, management and finance. HEG offers its expertise to higher education institutions and stakeholders. HEG produces and refines research information on national and international levels of higher education administration and policy. HEG´s regional specialisation (outside EU) is in China and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Some of the recent international R&D projects conducted in HEG / by HEG staff:
- Navigating the Next Normal: Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Youth’s Education-Employment Transitions in Post-COVID-19 Europe -NEXT-UP (Horizon Europe, 2025-2028)
- From products to processes: How social sciences and humanities research makes its way beyond academia (Academy of Finland)
- Leadership and Management of Ethiopian Universities (LMEU) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Structuring cooperation in doctoral research, transferrable skills training, and academic writing instruction in Ukraine's regions (DocHub) (Erasmus+)
- Towards Excellence in Engineering Curricula for Dual Education (TEEDE) (Erasmus+)
- Governance and Academic Leadership of Chinese and European Universities in the Context of Innovation and Internationalization (LEAD) (Erasmus+)
- Learning and teaching tools fuelling university relations with the economy of Mozambique and South Africa (LaTFURE) (Erasmus+)
- Modernisation of higher education institutions through enchancement of Human Resources Management function (HRMinHEI) (Erasmus+)
Contact persons
Jussi Kivistö
Professor
jussi.kivisto [at] tuni.fi (jussi[dot]kivisto[at]tuni[dot]fi)
+358 50 421 1070