Ellen Hazelkorn is Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority, and Emeritus Professor/Director, Higher Education Policy Research Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. She publishes widely on higher education policy. Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence was published in 2015. Paul Benneworth is Senior Researcher, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands, and Scientific Leader of the EU-funded Eunivation project. His research concerns relationships between universities and society in the knowledge economy, and understanding the dynamics between these different spheres.Magnus Gulbrandsen is Professor at TIK/Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway, and Adjunct Senior Researcher, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education. His research concerns research quality, collaboration, commercialisation and internationalisation. He leads the Research Council of Norway-funded Centre of Excellence on Research Impact.