Corina Balaban
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Institution: University of Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Email: corina.balaban@manchester.ac.uk
Early stage researcher: 1
Area of interests: Sociology of higher education Societal impact of SSH research Academic identities
Homepage: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/corina-balaban(f0e04fa7-83a4-430c-a84c-2c23b3d33d9f).html
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Institution: University of Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Email: corina.balaban@manchester.ac.uk
Early stage researcher: 1
Area of interests: Sociology of higher education Societal impact of SSH research Academic identities
Homepage: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/corina-balaban(f0e04fa7-83a4-430c-a84c-2c23b3d33d9f).html
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Corina is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the University of Manchester (UK). She conducts research on the changing roles of universities in societies, focusing on knowledge production processes and academic identities. She was previously Marie Curie Fellow in the EU-funded project Universities in the Knowledge Economy (UNIKE). She holds a PhD in Education from Aarhus University, a Master’s in Educational Research Methodology from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s in Education and English from the University of Cambridge.