Linda Wedlin is Professor of Business Studies at Uppsala University. She is also program director for the multidisciplinary research program “Democracy and Higher Education” at Uppsala University. Her research focuses on regulation, governance and organizing of higher education and research, as well as on issues of global governance and social change. Her work includes an ongoing project on the development of new forms of administrative practices in universities, and a research project on new leadership ideals and practices in business. She has a particular interest in soft regulations, measurements and rankings. Publications include Towards European Science: Dynamics and Policy of an Evolving European Research Space (2015, with Maria Nedeva) and the book Ranking Business Schools. Forming Fields, Identities and Boundaries in International Management Education (2006).