"Despite our different research interests, different epistemological starting points, and methodological approaches, we are all driven by the same professional obsession. We strive to bring order to a complex and protean world, which often seems anarchic and chaotic. In this way, we aim to understand it, often looking forward and hoping to control it for our own benefit. Our fundamental assumption, which underlies the entire structure of science, is that behind the apparent disorder lies an order that reason can discover."
From the work of Dimitris Matthaiou "‘Trends’ in the formation of the European Education Space. The transformation of an analytical tool into a means of manipulating educational policy", in Comparative and International Educational Review, vol. 8, April 2007, pp. 61-72.
