Dr Aniko Horvath

Aniko’s research at VU Amsterdam focuses on system-level governance in higher education; the impact of locality and region on institutional governance; the role of the state and marketization in higher education; processes of control, compliance and contestation in universities; as well as inequalities, class and employment relations within academia.

Prior to coming to VU Amsterdam, Aniko has worked at the University of Oxford, University College London, King’s College London, the University of Bristol, Goldsmiths University, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

Aniko’s research at CGHE focuses on the impact of locality and region on institutional governance; system-level governance in higher education; organisational management and leadership; institutional diversity; universities as complex global transnational organisations; the role of the state and marketization as key engines of change in higher education; organisational structures and (in)formal practices restricting/enabling innovation and creativity in complex organisations; processes of control, compliance and contestation in universities; the impacts of system-level shocks to the HE sector (using Brexit as a case study); as well as inequalities, class and employment relations within academia.

Areas of expertise

• the anthropology of organisations
• theories of organisation and governance
• urban anthropology
• inequalities and social reproduction
• nationalism, change and identity
• qualitative research methods in anthropology/sociology