Preliminary Material / Jan Smith , Julie Rattray , Tai Peseta and Daphne Loads -- From Professional Educational Values to the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs – A Sequence of Ideas / Charles Neame -- Forging Academic Identities from within / Susan R. Robinson -- A Labour of Love? / Paul Sutton -- The Mechanics of Identity Formation / Neil McLean and Linda Price -- Uneasy Academic Subjectivities in the Contemporary Ontario University / Sandra Acker and Michelle Webber -- On the Conduct of Concern / Tai Peseta , Giedre Kligyte , Jan McLean and Jan Smith -- Finding a Tūrangawaewae / Dorothy Spiller and Pip Bruce Ferguson -- Writing of the Heart / Simon Warren -- Doctoral Induction Day / James Burford -- Doctoral Supervisor and Student Identities / Barbara Grant , Catherine Mitchell , Edward Okai , James Burford , Linlin Xu , Toni Ingram and Vanessa Cameron-Lewis -- Toil and Trouble / Gina Wisker -- Creative Research Strategies for Exploring Academic Identity / Virginia King and Jennie Billot -- Recognising Ourselves and Each Other in Professional Recognition / Daphne Loads and Brigid Collins -- The Metanoia of Teaching / Karla Benske , Catriona Cunningham and Sam Ellis -- Epilogue / Tai Peseta and Daphne Loads -- Notes on Contributors / Jan Smith , Julie Rattray , Tai Peseta and Daphne Loads -- Index / Jan Smith , Julie Rattray , Tai Peseta and Daphne Loads.

Academic identities research is a growing area of scholarly enquiry especially as academics themselves question the evolving nature of their roles in rapidly-changing university environments. Performative frameworks in many countries around the world reflect these changes and this volume brings a number of disciplinary perspectives to bear on how we understand the lived experiences of academic life in a global context. Contributors explore the power of conceptual tools drawn from Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and Politics to challenge increasingly instrumental neoliberal political approaches to higher education, supported by empirical evidence. Worthwhile teaching, learning and research require significant personal investment, and the book pays particular attention to the deeply affective dimensions of current academic practices. In Part One , tools to conceptualise academic identity-work drawn from foundational academic disciplines are applied to contemporary higher education practices. Part Two foregrounds how working in universities today proceeds, with a particular focus on how academics respond to the multiplicity of institutional demands. The most pressing perceived demand, supported by contributions in Part Three , is publication: the need to be ‘visible’ to ‘count’ is now a global imperative, with the affective dimensions not yet well-understood at policy level. In Part Four , those who support colleagues negotiating a reconfigured academic terrain explore productive approaches towards this task to ensure that academic practice remains rooted in the values previously outlined. This book will be of interest to those working in universities globally who seek a deeper appreciation of the contextual drivers that shape academic work.

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