Peter Woelert

Administrative burden in higher education institutions: A conceptualisation and a research agenda

Peter Woelert

Journal article  |  2023  |  Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is growing concern about increasing administrative burden within universities around the wo..

The evaluative state, the evaluative society – and beyond

Peter Woelert, Bjorn Stensaker

Book Chapter  |  2023

Breaking the mould: a comparative study of 'radical' university curriculum reforms in a context of global-local policy flows

Peter Woelert, Lesley Vidovich, Thomas O'Donoghue

Journal article  |  2022  |  COMPARE-A JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Curriculum has become a core element of universities’ competitive positioning, internationally and nationally. This paper presents..

Administrative transformation and managerial growth: A longitudinal analysis of changes in the non-academic workforce at Australian universities

Gwilym Croucher, Peter Woelert

Journal article  |  2022  |  Higher Education

One fundamental aspect of organizational transformation in higher education is the change to the profile of universities’ non-acad..

What unis can do to ease their admin burdens

Peter Woelert

Media  |  2022

What may look like increased administrative efficiency from the top-down may actually look considerably less looking from the bott..

Formally alive yet practically complex: An exploration of academics’ perceptions of their autonomy as researchers

Peter Woelert, Jenny M Lewis, Ai Tam Le

Journal article  |  2021  |  Higher Education Policy

Over the last two to three decades, many universities around the world have seen an increase in both organizational autonomy and p..

Reactivity and the Dialectics of Performance Measurement: Micropolitics Between Agency and Compliance

Peter Woelert

Journal article  |  2021  |  ADMINISTRATION & SOCIETY

This article adds to the recent literature stressing performance measures’ reactivity by offering a conceptualization of the assoc..

'Key selection criteria' as administrative devices: An investigation of academic bureaucratization at Australian universities

Peter Woelert

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY

Over recent decades, tensions arising from the ways universities operate have become increasingly apparent. While there have been ..

Organizational Change, Higher Education

Peter Woelert

Book Chapter  |  2020

Organizational Change, Higher Education

Peter Woelert

Reference Work  |  2020