Section A: Governance - A Political Science Perspective Governance in Connected Arenas - Political Science Analysis of Coordination and Control in Complex Rule Systems Arthur Benz.- Governance of Research - Nine Comments on Arthur Benz, Stefan Kuhlmann.- Comment - An Organizational Economics View, Dieter Sadowski.- II. Governance - A Legal Perspective.- Governance Reflected in Political Science and Jurisprudence.- Gunnar Folke Schuppert.- Governance: Interrelationships and Open Questions - Comments on the Article by Gunnar Folke Schuppert.- Hans-Heinrich Trute.- The Role of the State and Private Actors in Governance - Comments on Gunnar Folke Schuppert from a Sociological Perspective, Dorothea Jansen.- Governance - A Sociological Perspective.- Governance from a Sociological Perspective, Rafael Wittek.- Governance and Compliance - A Comment on Rafael Wittek, Uwe Schimank.- Comment on Rafael Wittek, Thomas Groß.- Governance - An Integrated Theory, Governance of Research - Working towards Interdisciplinary Concepts, Dorothea Jansen.- Section B: On the Way Towards New Public Management? The Governance of University Systems in England, the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany,Harry de Boer, Jürgen Enders, Uwe Schimank.- Governance Modes in University Reform in Germany - From the Perspective of Law, Hans-Heinrich Trute, Wolfgang Denkhaus, Bärbel Bastian, Kendra Hoffmann.- The Application of the Concept of Governance to the Structures of German Extra-university Research Organizations from a Legal Perspective, Natalie Arnold.- Analysis of Heterogeneous Collaboration in the German Research System with a Focus on Nanotechnology.- Thomas Heinze, Stefan Kuhlmann.- Governance Reforms and Scientific Production - Evidence from German Astrophysics.- Andreas Wald, Karola Franke, Dorothea Jansen.