Universities and Regional Engagement From the Exceptional to the Everyday

1. Universities’ Mundaneness and Regional Engagement: Setting the Stage

ELISA THOMAS, PAUL BENNEWORTH, LAILA NORDSTRAND BERG, TATIANA IAKOVLEVA, AND ROMULO PINHEIRO

2. Unpacking Mundaneness: A Novel Conceptual Framework for Universities and Regional Engagement

ROMULO PINHEIRO, LAILA NORDSTRAND BERG, TATIANA IAKOVLEVA, ELISA THOMAS, AND PAUL BENNEWORTH

3. Changes and Continuities in the Development of Rural Teacher Education in the Fjords of Western Norway

LAILA NORDSTRAND BERG AND GUNNAR YTTRI

4. University Dynamic Capabilities to Boost Innovation Ecosystems: The Case of a University Alliance in Brazil

KADIGIA FACCIN, ELISA THOMAS, AND CAROLINE KRETSCHMER

5. Exploring the Role of the University in the Creation of Knowledge Networks in the Aso Valley, a Rural Area in Marche Region (Italy)

SABRINA TOMASI, CONCETTA FERRARA, GIGLIOLA PAVIOTTI, CHIARA ALEFFI, ALESSIO CAVICCHI, AND GIOVANNA BERTELLA

6. The Third Mission: Enhancing Academic Engagement with Industry

TATIANA IAKOVLEVA AND METTE ERIKSEN ADKINS

7. Student Entrepreneurship Programmes in Higher Education Institutions: Multi-scalar Embeddedness and Heterogeneous Regional Responses

OYVIND MIDTBO BERGE, OYSTEIN STAVO HOVIG, AND SVEIN GUNNAR SJOTUN

8. Student Incubators in China: The Cases in Shanghai and Wuhan

DIAN LIU

9. Aligning University Roles and Strategic Orientations: When Local Mandates and Global Aspirations Meet

IYAD ABUALRUB AND ROMULO PINHEIRO

10. Emergent Strategies and Tensions Between Decoupled University Structures and Management Initiatives: A Case Study of a Strategy Process

JAMES KARLSEN AND ROMULO PINHEIRO

11. Towards The Strategic Cooperation Of “Two Worlds”: University-Local Government Relationships in Warsaw

ANNA DĄBROWSKA, WOJCIECH DZIEMIANOWICZ, AND MAGDALENA CYBULSKA

12. Keeping Talents in the Region?: Educational Internships and Their Impact on Regional Development

LAILA NORDSTRAND BERG AND KRISTIN LOFTHUS HOPE

13. Activist Leadership in the Caribbean: The Case of the University of the West Indies

ELIN M. OFTEDAL, EMILY DICK-FORDE, AND LUZ LONGSWORTH

14. Universities and Regions: New Insights and Emerging Developments

LAILA NORDSTRAND BERG, ELISA TOMAS, TATIANA IAKOVLEVA, ROMULO PINHEIRO, AND PAUL BENNEWORTH

Biography

Tatiana Iakovleva is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Business School, University of Stavanger, Norway.

Elisa Thomas is Associate Professor at Nord University and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Laila Nordstrand Berg is Associate Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.

Rómulo Pinheiro is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Agder, Norway.

Paul Benneworth was Professor of Innovation and Regional Development at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.

"The growth and significance of universities and education more widely, has become ever more important in stimulating innovation and economic developments across nations and regions. This edited book provides a perspective into how higher education institutions and other agents operate by using a unique three tier macro, meso and micro lens to view such relationships and the interplay of universities and educational providers with their external environment. This book is both timely and rewarding to the reader in providing such a rich conceptual framework and it covers a wide and diverse set of case studies across the globe." — Jeremy Howells, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth

"For too long, the academic and practitioner debate on the role of universities has focused on a narrow view of commercialisation and knowledge exchange, drawing from a limited number of ‘best practice’ cases. This edited book offers a necessary and timely counterview to this idealised picture. It focuses instead on the ‘mundaneness’ of　universities’ regional engagement, unpacking their complex and context specific institutional arrangements, practices　and interactions. It is a must-read for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding regional development,　innovation and higher education in real places." — Elvira Uyarra Professor of Innovation Studies, University of Manchester

"This is a very welcome book which expands the discussion of universities’ regional engagement both thematically and geographically by going beyond the well-known cases to explore the mundane, but important, regional engagement activities of a wide range of universities. Universities and their academics engage with regional actors in a myriad of ways, most of which go under the radar both in policy-making and in research. This book is a step towards redressing this imbalance." — Rune Dahl Fitjar, Pro-rector for Innovation and Society and Professor of Innovation Studies, University of Stavanger

"This book is important because it conceptualizes and provides examples of the broad range of mundane activities that makes up the majority of linkages between a university and its region. These everyday engagements connecting universities with their region are often neglected, while the attention has been on extraordinary cases of highly innovative regions and the commercialization of research with high economic impact. The chapters in this book are of great value for understanding how typical universities can engage with their region in a profound way." — Einar Rasmussen, Professor of Technology Management, Nord University