Abstract

As a paradigmatic wicked problem, reform in higher education seems particularly well suited to a large-scale, participative, systemic foresight exercise. The article discusses the structure of and the challenges raised by such an exercise for the future of Romanian higher education carried out between 2009 and the end of 2011. We analyze the broader discursive context of higher education reform in Romania and beyond, as well as the more specific context in which said exercise was initiated. We then focus in additional detail on the structure of the exercise, providing a justification for its appropriateness, analyzing the complex process underlying it, and commenting on several of the challenges encountered which, we argue, are rather typical for such structural participatory endeavors.

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