Doing Academia Differently
About the Book Series
The series builds on the growing interest in doing things differently in academia. For years, critical scholars in management and organisation studies, higher education studies, and other social sciences have been drawing attention to the imposition of increasingly narrow prescriptions of what it means to be an academic and to do academic work. The damaging effects of such narrowing prescriptions on academic careers, identities, knowledge, and wellbeing, and their adverse implications for universities and broader society have also become increasingly recognised. Academia and academics are at a breaking point in many parts of the world, and alternatives need to be urgently sought and found to reimagine, nourish, and revitalise academia.
The aim of this series is to consolidate and foster this search for alternatives by making available cutting-edge, creative, and innovative contributions that ask how we can do academia differently.
Doing Pedagogy Creatively
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane Neal-Smith, Helena Martins
August 14, 2026
This book focuses on the evolving landscape of teaching and learning. It brings together an array of pedagogical materials, case studies and stories used in teaching from around the world. By showcasing teaching-focused innovations, this book bridges gaps between institutions and across ...
Starting Academia Differently
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicholous M. Deal, Kristin S. Williams
July 09, 2026
This volume reimagines what it means to begin an academic life by exploring the diverse, nonlinear, and often invisible paths that lead people into academic careers. Through essays blending critique and celebration, it gives voice to those who balance doctoral work with caregiving, activism, ...
Doing Academic Careers Differently: Portraits of Academic Life
1st Edition
Edited
By Sarah Robinson, Alexandra Bristow, Olivier Ratle
July 28, 2023
Should academic careers always unfold in exactly the same way? Is there one best way of being an academic? This book says no. Assumptions about who academics are and what they should do are becoming increasingly narrow and focused on achieving so-called ‘excellence’ in teaching and research above ...