Legal requirements for transparency in higher education instutions

To describe and assess the legal requirements for transparency in appointments and promotions in the higher-education institutions of Sweden. The study explore legal documents. There is potential for further research to explore transparency in similar procedures in other comparable countries. Quality assurance and quality control with respect to appointments and promotions in higher-education institutions might be enhanced by legal requirements for transparency of documentation and decision-making procedures. The study provides original research into the administration of part of the Swedish public service and suggests that this might be seen as a potential benchmark for quality assurance and quality control with respect to public access to documentation and decision-making procedures.