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Involving Universities in Regional Upgrading in the Periphery: Lessons from Northern Europe

Paul Stephen BenneworthRómulo PinheiroMadalena FonsecaUgo Fratesi

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Economic growthHigher educationbusiness.industrySituated learning05 social sciences0211 other engineering and technologies0507 social and economic geography021107 urban & regional planningContext (language use)02 engineering and technologyInstitutional levelGeographyRegional developmentRegional sciencebusiness050703 geography

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This chapter presents and discusses two cases of regional upgrading involving public-run universities in two Northern European countries, Norway and the Netherlands. More specifically, it illuminates how academic groups associated with the field of medicine took pro-active steps to establish and further develop regional coalitions which, over time, have resulted in situated learning. The focus on processes of university-regional engagement and mutual satisfaction in a context where universities are pressured to be globally excellent allow lessons to be drawn for regions in Southern Europe. Subtle transfer is nevertheless required to account for universities’ autonomies and organisational capacity to embed engagement at the institutional level.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-05-03Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe
10.1007/978-3-319-49818-8_13https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49818-8_13