Towards new actor constellations in higher education and research governance: the emergence of academics' political movements

The governance of research, innovation and higher education systems have been subject to profound changes in the past decades. It has become a complex territory where the boundaries between levels are blurred and where power and authority between different actors in the system are in flux (Middlehurst, 2013, p. 276). Due to changes in the steering role of government in general, several policy arenas have opened up for new actor constellations