I am Professor of Higher Education at TU Dortmund University where I am vice-director of the Center for Higher Education. At CHEPS, University of Twente I am visiting professor engaged in doctoral co-supervision.
Expertise
Social Sciences
- Research
- Governance
- Dutch
- Academic
- Change
Computer Science
- Higher Education
- Education Institution
- Contexts
Organisations
My reserach focuses on academic work and organizational transformation in the context of changing institutional environment. Drawing on the sociological theories I explore the issues of:
- professional autonomy and digital university,
- academic entrepreneurship,
- governance and management of higher education institutions, and
- evaluation of research and teaching in higher education.
Publications
2023
Other contributions
Peksen, S., Queirós, A., Flander, A., Leišytė, L., & Tenhunen, V. (2021). The determinants of external engagement of hard scientists: A study of generational and country differences in Europe. Higher Education Policy, 34(1), 18-41. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-020-00214-w
Leišytė, L. (2021). University spin-offs. In L.-P. Dana (Ed.), World encyclopedia of entrepreneurship (2nd ed., pp. 637-641). Cheltenham: Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104145.00081
Leišytė, L. & Peksen, S. (2020). Nationale Evaluationssysteme für Forschung in Hochschulen – Gender Bias im europäischen Vergleich. In I. M. Welpe, J. Stumpf-Wollersheim, N. Folger, & M. Prenzel (Eds.), Leistungsbewertung in wissenschaftlichen Institutionen und Universitäten: Eine mehrdimensionale Perspektive (pp. 13-41). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110689884-002
Rose, A.-L., Leišytė, L., Haertel, T., & Terkowsky, C. (2020). Zur Bedeutung von Emotionen in der hochschulischen Entrepreneurship Engineering Education. In I. Isenhardt, M. Petermann, M. Schmohr, A. E. Tekkaya, & U. Wilkesmann (Eds.), Lehren und Lernen in den Ingenieurwissenschaften (pp. 129-143). Bielefeld: wbv Media. https://doi.org/10.3278/6004805w129
Waheed, M. & Leišytė, L. (2020). Scandinavian students’ perspective on learning from digital learning environment: The potential role of interactive quality. In C. Urrea (Ed.), Proceedings of the MIT LINC 2019 Conference (pp. 262-268). EPiC series in education science, Vol. 3. Manchester: EasyChair. https://doi.org/10.29007/x9w8
Schiller, B. & Leišytė, L. (2020). Study program innovation in the Triple Helix context: The case of cooperative study programs at a German university of applied science. Triple Helix. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/21971927-bja10002
Rose, A.-L., Dee, J., & Leišytė, L. (2020). Organizational learning through projects: A case of a German university. The Learning Organization, 27(2), 85-99. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-11-2018-0200
Broucker, B., De Wit, K., Verhoeven, J. C., & Leišytė, L. (Eds.). (2019). Higher education system reform: An international comparison after twenty years of Bologna. Leiden: Brill Sense.
Leišytė, L. & Zeeman, N. (2019). Higher education faculty characteristics and trends in the United States and Europe. In A. Hynds (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies in education. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0223
Leišytė, L. (2019). Institutional logics and governance of higher education: Implications for academic productivity and professional autonomy. Nagoya Journal of Higher Education, 19(03), 199-232. https://doi.org/10.18999/njhe.19.199
Leišytė, L. (2019). Der Wandel universitärer Entscheidungsstrukturen in den USA. Ordnung der Wissenschaft, 2019(3), 151-156. Online available
Mergner, J., Leišytė, L., & Bosse, E. (2019). The widening participation agenda in German higher education: Discourses and legitimizing strategies. Social Inclusion, 7(1), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i1.1605
Rose, A.-L., Leišytė, L., Haertel, T., & Terkowsky, C. (2019). Emotions and the liminal space in entrepreneurship education. European Journal of Engineering Education, 44(4), 602-615. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2018.1553937
Chatterjee, D., Leišytė, L., Dasappa, S., & Sankaran, B. (2018). University research commercialization in emerging economies: A glimpse into the 'black box' [published online 2017, October 18]. Science and Public Policy, 45(3), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scx066
Leišytė, L. & Sigl, L. (2018). Academic institutional entrepreneurs in Germany: Navigating and shaping multi-level research commercialization governance. Triple Helix, 5:13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40604-018-0057-5 / https://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-19991
Leišytė, L. (2018). Julian L. Garritzmann: The political economy of higher education finance. The politics of tuition fees and subsidies in OECD countries, 1945-2015 [Book review]. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 54(3), 479-480. Online available
Leišytė, L. & Fochler, M. (2018). Topical collection of the Triple Helix Journal: Agents of change in university-industry-government-society relationships [Editorial]. Triple Helix, 5:10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40604-018-0056-6
Sigl, L. & Leišytė, L. (2018). Imaginaries of invention management: Comparing path dependencies in East and West Germany. Minerva, 56(3), 357-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-018-9347-3
Research profiles
Prof. Leišytė has published five (co-edited) books on reforms of higher education, governance of higher education and organizational change in universities. She has written numerous chapters in edited books including Handbook of Higher Education Theory and Research, Handbook of Science and Public Policy and edited special issues for Triple Helix and Science and Public Policy. Her work has appeared in a number of prestigious international peer-reviewed journals, including Higher Education, Science and Public Policy, Studies in Higher Education, Minerva, Public Management, Public Administration.
In the press
An interview with me by the Lithuanian national broadcaster about the findings of the international comparative study on generational differences in academic engagement activities among hard scientists:
Sharing my insights with the Lithuanian national broadcaster about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on higher education in Europe:
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