Governance of Greek Higher Education in the COVID-19 Era

Abstract

Coronavirus and its international spread have caused an unprecedented health emergency. Governance refers to a set of institutions that come from and beyond government. In the case of the pandemic, the government is the coordination measure for the creation of the mechanism, by the government, to deal with it. The emergence of the scientific community as a key decision-making body creates a special model of governance. This model is called Epistemocratic Democracy. With this peculiarity, the universities come to the forefront. The purpose of the research is to investigate the governance of HE in Greece against COVID-19 and their effectiveness. The study adopted a qualitative approach through analysis of official documents. The common ideas that emerge around tackling the pandemic combine the political decisions around an action plan. The rapid creation of guides to the academic community and the exploitation/development of electronic platforms through interdisciplinary approaches, as needed on the occasion characterizes as successful the governance of the institutions in the pandemic.