The Tragedy of Academia and the Vulgarities of HE Reform: Experience, Subjectivity and Moral Injury – Academic 2.0
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper is a sequel to The I-spy Guide to the neoliberal university published in this journal in 2012 and identifies a set of issues/perturbations and the current landscape of ‘experience’ in contemporary Higher Education. It is a tale of human suffering, misfortune, the downfall of a noble protagonist, leading to a calamitous and unhappy ending and the rise of academic 2.0.
Author: Stephen J. Ball
Institution: University College London
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7204272482