The authors show that discourses on competition have been highly influential in the field of academia. However, the pandemic rapidly introduced or empowered new or different discourses. These discourses either replaced existing discourses on competition, ascribed different meanings or redefined the frame under which a specific discourse is important.

Buschkamp, L., Seidenschnur, T. (2023): Competition on hold? How competing discourses shape academic organisations in times of crisis. Higher Education. (Open Access)

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