New Social Risks in the European knowledge society and Higher Education

1. New Social Risks in the European knowledgesociety and Higher Education Which social function has higher education in the European Knowledge society by Karsten Krüger University of Barcelona

2. Key Areas of the NESOR Project Knowledge economy/ society European Social Model New Social Risks Paradigm of learning Challenges for HigherEducation Challenges of Higher Education for the politic and economic system Responses from the Higher Education Systems

3. Knowledge Economy - the Lisbon Approach Scientific based information economy Driving forces of socio-economic changes Technological Innovation Scientific Innovation • Supporting measures • liberalisation of markets • Commodification of knowledge • new social model • life long learning - employability • education

4. Knowledge Society - a sociological perspective High disposition to put in question tradition and norms High capacity of social action Social action are more legitimised through knowledge (rational arguments) than through traditions and norms Increasing social innovation capacity Individual, organisational and institutional Learning as the crucial element

5. Driving Forces towards the Knowledge Society Driving forces of socio-economic changes Economic-technological Innovation Educational Progress Socio-cultural Innovation Generalisation of Primary & Secondary Education Vocational education Expansion of higher education Work process knowledge Generalisation of social action based on scientific rationality

6. Which is the leading concept? What are the national discourses on KS? Which function is assigned to Higher Education in KS? What are the main challenges for Higher Education in KS? Main Question on Knowledge Society

7. The “magic triangle” The New European Social Model

8. Social Policy as factor of productivity From Protection to Activation Facilitating the (re-)entry to the Labour Market New European Social Model The Key Word: Employability

9. Functions of (Higher) Training & Education Improvement of the Employability Reduction of qualification gaps Promoting lifelong learning Support the transformation of the industrial society Promoting equal opportunities New European Social Model

10. Main Question on the ESM Exists a European SM? Which impact had the Lisbon declaration on the higher education? Has the Universities a function in the modernisation of the SM?

11. New Social Risks • Risks of poverty and social exclusion • Affects collective which are not adequately covered by the traditional system of social protection (Altmann & Böhle 1975) • Affects more and new social collectives as in the post-war period • - Changing definition of social risks, e.g. new problems and dilemmas in terms of reconciling work and family life (Bonoli 2004)

12. New Social Risks Uncertainties on the (Academic) Labour market From security to precarity? From unstandardized to standardized Work? From job security to employment security? Towards a new use of knowledge? Open for globalization?

13. New Social Risks Knowledge divide Access and handling of Knowledge

14. Main question about new social risks How is the configuration of the labor market for high qualified workers? What is the role of higher education in the strategies to combat social risks?

15. Social Challenges for Higher Education Knowledge Society ???? Social Model ????? Social Equity ????? New forms of teaching/learning ?????

16. Higher Education- a Driving Force for Change Higher education as one force of social-economic change Knowledge society as a process not as a goal Knowledge society based on social innovation