Economic mechanisms for stimulating innovative teaching activities in higher education

the study reveals the logic of the formation of incentives for innovative teaching activities at the university through the prism of contractual relations, organizational architecture and valid evaluation of the result. The conceptual model relates the forms of remuneration to teacher behavior and institutional constraints, which allows us to show how measurement features, risk allocation, and administrative costs change the expected contribution to learning quality and reputational capital. The theoretical contribution consists in describing the conditions under which linear, threshold, and hybrid mechanisms generate sustained innovation activity without redistributing time to the detriment of academic workload. The practical result is expressed in a set of management rules for setting up contracts, as well as monitoring matrices suitable for internal audit and external reporting.

higher education, innovative pedagogy, economic incentives, teacher's contract, bonus policy, hybrid payment, academic management, assessment validity