Season 4 | Episode 77: How Universities can disrupt "old power" hierarchies to drive social change - interview with Jonathan Grant

Following his Reading Group appearance earlier this month, I'm interviewing Professor Jonathan Grant about his new book, The New Power University. He argues argues that universities must embrace “new power” values that focus on participation, networked governance and transparency, to put social responsibility at the core of the academic mission. I ask him how he tried to put what he wrote into practice when he was a Vice Principle at Kings College London, and discuss some of his more controversial ideas, including the idea that blue-skies research should be deprioritised, universities should take strong stances on controversial issues and celebrity researchers should give up tenure so early career researchers can get long-term positions. Get your copy of The New Power University now. Follow Mark at @fasttrackimpact and @profmarkreed or on LinkedIn. If you want more information about training courses, please write to [email protected] Impact Culture is available now, as a hardback, e-book and audio book: https://www.fasttrackimpact.com/books