TY - BOOK ID - 144909136 TI - Higher education and research in the post-knowledge society : scenarios for a future world AU - Jacob, Merle AU - Kearney, Mary-Louise AU - Meek, V. Lynn PY - 2022 SN - 152758139X PB - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Education, Higher KW - Research. KW - Methodology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:144909136 AB - How will higher education and research evolve in the future to produce the high-level knowledge and skilled human capital which underpin sustainable societies? This book explores challenges for the post-knowledge society and economy where major socio-economic change is occurring in tandem with advances in digital technologies. It brings together international authors to discuss scenarios against a background of transformation, including the fourth wave of globalization, demographic shifts, socio-economic inequality, and climate change. Policy-makers, institutional leaders, the academy, students, employers and society at large will find this book topical and thoughtful. ER -