Organization and academic freedom. Effects on the creation and mobilization of knowledge

Abstract

This paper analyzes some models of academic organization and the implications on the academic freedom for the production and mobilization of knowledge. One of the hypotheses that sustains the work is that different models imply greater or lesser constraints that influence academic freedom. According to the levels of regulation and autonomy, the logics of knowledge production and mobilization are drastically modified with consequences on academic freedom. After analyzing the models of organization by disciplines, of bureaucratic organization and organized anarchies, the role of the university is discussed from the perspective of complexity, conceiving the organization as an open system that achieves its balance and adapts to the conditions of the context through self-organization. The university, as an open and living system, provides subjects with a role that enables them to develop their competencies, knowledge and skills in an environment where they are reflected and enjoy a greater margin of freedom.