“…The agenda of the market‐oriented university leaves little space for critical inquiry, blue‐sky research, disinterested open debates or organised scepticism (Harris, ; Macfarlane & Cheng, ; Merton, ). While science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) scholars seem to benefit from the global knowledge economy, albeit inequitably (Kwiek, ; Parker & Welch, ), humanities and social sciences are increasingly curtailed by the agendas of competitiveness, performativity and calculable impact (Oleksiyenko & Tierney, ). Opportunities for leadership by non‐traditional powerbrokers, such as women or minority scholars, are viewed through the prism of command and control in the sales‐driven hierarchies of prestige, credentials and power (Aiston, ; Blackmore, ).…”