Changes to academic management in Chile (ongoing)


Analysis of the involvement of professional administrators and its impact on academia.


General Objetive

GO: To examine the changes brought about by the participation and influence of the ‘third space’ in academic management, and its effects on the organisation of academic work and the power of the academic profession in Chilean universities.

Specific Objetives

SO1: Characterise and classify professionals in the 'third space', considering their influence on academic management at senior and intermediate levels.

SO2: Analyse the changes experienced through the participation and influence of the 'third space' in academic management, considering its effects on jurisdiction over academic functions and power relations between professional administrators and the academic profession.

SO3: Describe the coordination mechanisms that regulate interaction between the 'third space' and academics within the field of academic management, recognising the tensions that arise between them regarding the organisation of academic work.

SO4: Propose public policy guidelines and institutional orientations that facilitate a positive relationship between the 'third space' and academics within Chilean universities.

Publications


Académicos y Profesionales del Tercer Espacio: Escenarios de Legitimidady Conflicto en la Universidad


Mario Alarcón, José Joaquín Brunner

Archivos analíticos de políticas educativas, vol. 34(8), 2026


More Managerialism and Less Collegiality? The Management of Chilean Universities from the Perspective of Academics


José Joaquin Brunner, Mario Alarcón

The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective (CHAC,volume 26), , University Governance, Management and the Academic Profession., vol. 26, Springer, Cham, 2025


Managerialism and academic resistance in Chilean higher education: a translation perspective


J. Labraña, J. J. Brunner, F. Puyol, M. Alarcón, C. Fardella

Studies in Higher Education, 2025, pp. 1-18


Between managerialism and collegiality: the transformation of the academic profession in Ibero-America


Mario Alarcón, José Joaquín Brunner, Julio Labraña

European Journal of Higher Education, 2025, pp. 1-21


Entre colegialidad y gerencialismo: la autonomía académica en Argentina, Chile y México


José Joaquín Brunner, Mario Alarcón

Educación Superior y Sociedad, vol. 36(2), 2024, pp. 41-66


Academic Management in Chilean Universities: An Analysis From Academics' Perspective


José Joaquín Brunner, Mario Alarcón

European Journal of Education, 2024


Gerencialismo e identidades académicas en las universidades chilenas: un estudio de caso


Julio Labraña, Francisca Puyol, José Joaquín Brunner, Mario Alarcón

Pensamiento Educativo, Revista de Investigación Educacional Latinoarmericana, vol. 61(3), 2024, pp. 1-14