Preface--Dan Brändström * Creative Intellectual Destruction or Destructive Political Creativity?--Thorsten Nybom * The Byzantine University: A Misnomer--Judith Herrin * University as Utopia--Sheldon Rothblatt * Universities, Research and Politics in Sweden--Inge Jonsson * Universities, Research and Politics in a Historical Perspective--Tore Frängsmyr * On Time and Fragmentation: Sundry Observations on Research, the University and Politics from a Waveringly Comparative Perspective--Guy Neave * The R & D Production Model: A Brueg(h)elesque Alternative--Svante Lindqvist * A Joyful Good-bye to Wilhelm von Humboldt: The German University and the Humboldtian Ideals of 'Einsamkeit und Freiheit.'-- Bernd Henningsen * The Legacy of Wilhelm von Humboldt and the Future of the European University--Björn Wittrock * The Research Revolution and its Impact on the European University--Peter Scott * Coping with Change? European Universities and the Revolution in Research Funding after 1980--Wilhelm Krull * The Revolution in Research Funding in Sweden after 1980--Madeleine Leijonhufvud * Contrasting Different Modes: A More Fruitful Way of Tackling the Issue than 'European" or 'American' Models of Research University--Sverker Gustavsson * Has the Research University in Europe a Future?--Ulrich Teichler * Conclusions and Reflections--Stig Strömholm