Flavia Colus

• Master of Science
• Senior Researcher at PPMI

This study investigates the influence of international university rankings on the University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo State University (UNESP), and University of Campinas (UNICAMP), utilising stakeholder theory to interpret university managers' perspectives and dialogues. The research reveals that these rankings, whilst not significantly affec...

Apesar da crescente importância atribuída ao engajamento das universidades com a sociedade, ainda há necessidade de entender como este tema esta presente nos mecanismos de planejamento e avaliação das universidades. Este artigo apresenta um novo instrumento para avaliar como as universidades incluem o engajamento com a sociedade em seus planejament...

The aim of this study was to assess the implementation, achievements and challenges of the European Master’s in Official Statistics (EMOS) ten years since the quality label currently awarded to over 30 European higher education institutions by the European Statistical System Committee has been launched. The study also examined recent trends and dev...

The European Commission recently incentivized universities to establish alliances in order to institutionalise regional collaboration through the European Universities Initiative (EUI). Alliances are envisioned to maintain Europe’s global position and enhance regional integration. Their mission statements are ways of signalling identity and legitim...

Universities have been a part of society for many centuries now. Their role and missions, however, have been constantly evolving and expanding, as societies changed and transformed. Recently, demands for further impact in the local/regional context, for the generation of innovation and promotion of social and economic development have been putting...

As universidades têm sido cada vez mais cobradas em ir além das missões de ensino e pesquisa e se engajar com a sociedade. Seguindo este movimento, nota-se uma evolução dos modelos teóricos. Cada modelo traz em si o contexto de sua criação, tanto em termos de localidade, quanto em temporalidade, pois os debates sobre o engajamento da universidade c...

Como universidades públicas intensivas em pesquisa, com atuação ampla e em todas as áreas do conhecimento. As três universidades participam de 35% da produção científica nacional (MARQUES, 2019). Juntas, estas universidades têm quase 70 mil alunos de pós-graduação (NAOE et. al, 2019), distribuídos em mais de 650 programas. Estes programas represent...

Resenha do livro The New Flagship University: changing the paradigm from global ranking to national relevancy, de John Aubrey Douglass (2016).

The newly released Times Higher Education Impact Ranking (2019) brings SDG performance as the main indicator to rank universities. This research shows how this new ranking has different institutions and countries featured in the top positions when compared to more traditional university rankings.

This research was oriented to the evaluation of ProFIS regarding the contributions of the program to the integration of its students at Unicamp, with emphasis peer interactions. Through qualitative interviews, it was possible to analyze not only how those interactions were shaped, but also what other factors influenced the integration of ProFIS alu...