INTRODUCTION

Auli Toom, Kirsi Pyhalto, Lynn McAlpine and Jan van Tartwijk

SECTION I: CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

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Auli Toom, Kirsi Pyhalto, Lynn McAlpine & Jan van Tartwijk

1. Framing the global higher education learning landscape

Lynn McAlpine and Jan van Tartwijk

2. Research-informed university education: Research-teaching relationships and their impacts on university teaching and learning

Auli Toom, Liyuan E, Milla Kayhty and Kirsi Pyhalto

3. Teaching and learning integrity and research ethics

Erika Lofstrom and Sarah Elaine Eaton

SECTION II: STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

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Kirsi Pyhalto and Auli Toom

4. Governmentality and field transformations in neoliberal higher education: A systematic review of rankings, research collaborations, student mobility, and policy convergence

Juliette E. Torabian

5. The evolution and trends of higher education curriculum research: A decades-long scientometric analysis of peer reviewed literature

Sarah Barradell and Clara Zwack

6. The emergence of academic leadership in higher education: A bibliometric review, 1960-2023

Philip Hallinger and Xing Li

7. Developing university teaching through the scholarship of teaching and learning

Johan Geertsema and Katarina Martensson

8. Towards a better understanding of teacher learning and development in the context of innovations in higher education

Indira N.Z. Day, Frans J. Prins, Tim M. Stevens, Perry den Brok, Hanneke Assen, Petra H.M. Cremers, Christel Lutz, Jan Riezebos, Margje W.J. van de Wiel, Petrie J.A.C. van der Zanden, Mayke W. C. Vereijken and Jan D. Vermunt

SECTION III: SKILLFUL STUDENT LEARNING IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

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Kirsi Pyhalto and Auli Toom

9. A systematic literature review on university students’ expectancy-value-cost profiles

Henriikka Juntunen, Anna Widlund, Jaana Viljaranta, Pinja Tahti and Heta Tuominen

10. Generic skills in relation to students’ academic achievement in university studies

Tarja Tuononen, Heidi Hyytinen, Katri Kleemola and Auli Toom

11. Argument mapping improves critical thinking skills: A systematic review

Martin Davies and Angelito Calma

12. Emotions in higher education: A review of theoretical foundations and empirical evidence

Lisa Stempfer, Thomas Goetz and Reinhard Pekrun

13. Student burnout, student engagement and learning outcomes in university education: A systematic review

Toon W. Taris and Wilmar B. Schaufeli

14. Learning disabilities in the university

Rauno Parrila, Dalia Martinez Cano and George K. Georgiou

15. The landscape of research on identity and inclusion/exclusion in higher education: A systematic scoping review of the first quarter of the 21st century

Sercan Erer and Andreas Hadjar

SECTION IV: QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

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Jan van Tartwijk and Auli Toom

16. Conceptualising what it is that university teachers need to have: Knowledge, expertise, skills and competence

Jan van Tartwijk, Marieke van der Schaaf, Esther van Dijk, Manon Kluijtmans & Martine van Rijswijk

17. How effective are inclusive pedagogies in higher education? A meta-review

Juuso Henrik Nieminen and Anabel Morina

18. Systematic insights for fostering achievement emotions in online learning

Natalia Edisherashvili, Katrin Saks, Kulli Kallas, Margus Pedaste and Ali Leijen

19. Designing for problem- and project based learning in a resource constrained university context

Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Ann Bygholm, Geoffrey Olok Tabo and David Pakono

20. Work-integrated learning in higher education

Paivi Tynjala, Maarit Virolainen and Anne Virtanen

21. Student guidance in higher education ? towards the holistic support of students’ learning, study, and career

Sanna Vehvilainen and Leena Penttinen

22. A systematic review on assessment methods in university instruction

Abir Bousaid and Anastasiya A. Lipnevich

23. Generative AI and chatbots in university education

Maja Hojer Bruun and Jakob Krause Jensen

SECTION V: DOCTORAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCHER CAREERS

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Lynn McAlpine, Karri A. Holley and Kirsi Pyhalto

24. Doctoral education: Influences of global drivers and structural frameworks

Sonia Cardoso and Sandra Santos

25. Cultivating PhD development: A systematic meta-review of research themes, practical implications and needs for future research

Kirsi Pyhalto, Lotta Tikkanen, Laura Sundstrom, Sara Ronkkonen and Henrika Anttila

26. Research writing and communication

Natalia Avila Reyes, Lina Calle-Arango and Montserrat Castello

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Yusuke Sakurai, Wenjuan Cheng, Shizuki Saruta, Ruonan Zheng, Shannon Mason, Jasvir Nachatar Singh, Huan Li, Monique Dai, Hanyu Qin and Dely Elliot



Isabel Huet, Teresa Cardoso and Paulo Chalo

29. Learning environments for PhD students: The significance of academic disciplines as research communities

Karri A. Holley

30. PhD careers in and beyond academia: A comparison of evidence across developed and emerging economies

Sally Hancock, Wei Li and Alice Dias Lopes

SECTION VI: RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE

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Auli Toom, Kirsi Pyhalto, Lynn McAlpine and Jan van Tartwijk

31Future research scenarios in research on learning and instruction in university education

Bjørn Stensaker

32. Synthesising the landscape of research on university learning and instruction (as represented in the Handbook)

Jan van Tartwijk, Lynn McAlpine, Kirsi Pyhalto and Auli Toom

33. How research on university education can inform practice. Towards a systemic research-informed pedagogical development of university education

Kirsi Pyhalto, Auli Toom, Jan van Tartwijk and Lynn McAlpine