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.