Listening Liliana Fonseca on #transformative #university model and #missionoriented approach RUNIN #dissemination #conference

How can universities help regions to manage the green transition? Various approaches are possible, but the transformative university model is emerging as a new framework, says Liliana Fonseca at the RUNIN conference

Liliana Fonseca and Saeed Moghadam-Saman discuss #Universities contribution to #GreenTransition at RUNIN conference in #Oslo 🇳🇴 #ProRUNIN #RUNINProject #Sustainability #ThirdMission #PublicValue #Regions #Collaboration #PhD #Skills #Innovation #Norway #Interdisciplinarity #Engagement

Participants summarize #roundtable #discussions on #transferable #skills for #green #transition RUNIN #conference

We need to create a narrative where contributions to social, cultural and environmental development are as important as contributions to economic development, says Ridvan Cinar at the RUNIN conference

Final session of RUNIN conference with Ridvan Cinar delves into #entrepreneurial and #engaged #universities

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💡Leading up to the next #EECOLE roundtable, join us for a series of insightful webinars on place-responsive innovation & #entrepreneurship policies! 🚀 Int'l experts, 45-min sessions each Tuesday at 14:00 (CET) 🗓️Oct 17th - Nov 14th. Register➡️oe.cd/2ndEECOLErt

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How do firms perceive to benefit from collaborating with universities? Utku Alpaydın and I examine this in a new paper, which came out today in Growth and Change and is the result of research in RUNIN What did we find? Read on in the 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gr…

We distinguish between two types of benefits from collaborating with universities: It can lead to direct outputs in the form of e.g. new products or processes. But it also can bring the firm and the university closer, which can improve the success of future collaboration.

There are also different forms of collaboration: Firms and universities collaborate about research, education or more informally. We find that research collaborations are more likely to lead to innovation. Overall, 44% of collaborating firms reported new products as an outcome.

However, other types of collaboration were equally effective in developing proximity. In general, firms reported that collaborations brought them closer to universities in all dimensions: Cognitively, organisationally, institutionally and socially.

Since universities are often quite distant from firms, this is potentially also important for innovation. These closer relationships can make future collaborations more effective, and thereby produce more tangible benefits in the long run. 🏁

#University-#industry collaborations drive #innovation. #Firms gain directly from partnerships and indirectly through proximity to universities—key sources of future collaboration. Read this insightful paper by Utku Alpaydın & Rune Dahl Fitjar in Growth and Change. doi.org/10.1111/grow.1…

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Universities need to recognise and support the permeability of third space careers #ResearchCulture wp.me/p4m9em-dej

Collaboration across #universities and with external stakeholders is essential to solve global challenges but requires overcoming competitive barriers and aligning incentives. weforum.org/stories/2025/0…

From research to business! How can science-based startups turn ideas into market-ready solutions? Join our webinar to hear from experts supporting researchers in launching and scaling their ventures: 📅 April 8 🕒 13:00-13:45 📍 Online Register here: europa.eu/!mqVK68