Front cover -- Half title page -- SRHE and Open University Press Imprint -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword by Peter Scott -- Introduction: academic research and researchers. Angela Brew and Lisa Lucas -- Part I The politics and culture of university research -- 1 Academic un-freedom in the new knowledge economy. Margaret Thornton -- 2 Research quality assessment: objectives, approaches, responses and consequences. Ian McNay -- 3 The structure of academic research: what can citation studies tell us? Malcolm Tight -- 4 Research management and research cultures: power and productivity. Lisa Lucas -- 5 Creating collaboration: an exploration of multinational research partnerships. Betty Rambur -- 6 Producing researchers: the changing role of the doctorate. Alison Lee and David Boud -- Part II Researcher experiences and identities -- 7 Balancing different audiences: experiences of Dutch academics. Liudvika Leisˇyte˙, Jürgen Enders and Harry F. de Boer -- 8 Post-colonial perspectives on interdisciplinary researcher identities. Catherine Manathunga -- 9 'You do it from your core': priorities, perceptions and practices of research among Indigenous academics in Australian and New Zealand universities. Christine Asmar, Ocean Rıp̄eka Mercier and Susan Page -- 10 Isn't research just research? What are candidates and supervisors thinking? Margaret Kiley -- 11 Learning to be a researcher: challenges for undergraduates. Mari Murtonen and Erno Lehtinen -- 12 Understanding academics' engagement with research. Angela Brew and David Boud -- 13 Conclusion: directions for future research. Angela Brew and Gerlese S. Åkerlind -- Index -- Back cover.