Podkaster fra Universitetet i Stavanger
Universities are expected to play a pivotal role in innovation and development of regions. Are they able to perform this challenging role, and by what means? In this podcast, we will hear about various mechanisms through which universities can make impactful contribution. These include leveraging their connections and networks, showing place leadership in policy development and interventions, and deepening knowledge exchange collaboration with local stakeholders.
This episode discusses how PhD education affects the employment opportunities of PhDs and universities’ socioeconomic impact at the regional level. Eloïse Germain-Alamartine examines different career possibilities for PhDs and the barriers hindering them to land on a satisfactory employment after Les mer …
This episode discusses how PhD education can help regional development and innovation through becoming more collaborative. Saeed Moghadam-Saman examines the specific role of doctoral candidates in strengthening the collaboration between academia and external stakeholders and the skills that they require Les mer …
This episode discusses how different types of proximity (geographical and non-geographical – cognitive, organizational, institutional, and social) influence various types of collaborations between universities and firms. Drawing on a survey of 1200 Norwegian businesses and a case study of a Les mer …
This episode discusses the transformation of entrepreneurial universities into engaged universities in peripheral, less-developed regions. Focusing on the cases of two universities from RUNIN network, the University of Aveiro in Portugal and the University of Twente in the Netherlands, Ridvan Les mer …
This episode discusses how networks of individual academics affect the geography of their interactions for innovation and regional development. Rhoda Ahoba Sam analyzes the networks of academics seen as the key actors for knowledge transfer processes. Drawing on interviews from Les mer …
This episode discusses how regional stakeholders come together to boost knowledge-based innovation and economic development in their regions and the preconditions for increasing the bridge-building role of universities in this regard. Lisa Nieth focuses on the alignment of expectations from Les mer …
This episode discusses the processes through which universities contribute to the policymaking in terms of regional development and innovation. Drawing on a comparative case study involving University of Aveiro (Portugal), University of Twente (Netherlands) and Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Les mer …
This episode discusses the factors (individual, societal and contextual) that motivate academics to engage with external stakeholders for knowledge transfer purposes. Kwadwo Atta-Owusu analyzes the significance of different motivations and drivers of academics’ engagement with external actors across a myriad Les mer …
This episode discusses the conditions under which quadruple helix model of regional innovation functions better. Huong Nguyen analyzes how the triple helix model covering the relations among university, industry and government actors has evolved into the quadruple helix with the Les mer …
This episode discusses the impact that a university has on the industrial development of a region. Drawing on the case of Aalborg University in Denmark, Gerwin Evers analyzes how the university and local industry research collaboration has contributed to regional Les mer …