The scholars’ papers reflect on the challenges facing universities and the implications for future developments and public policy. The full special issue of the journal is available online.
Papers include:
- John Goddard, Douglas Robertson, and Paul Vallance: “Universities, technology and innovation centres and regional development: the case of the North-East of England”
- Ben R. Martin: “Are universities and university research under threat? Towards an evolutionary model of university speciation”
- Valentina Tartari, Ammon Salter & Pablo D’Este: “Crossing the Rubicon: exploring the factors that shape academics’ perceptions of the barriers to working with industry”
- Simon Mosey, Mike Wright & Bart Clarysse: “Transforming traditional university structures for the knowledge economy through multidisciplinary institutes”
- Alan Hughes & Michael Kitson: “Pathways to impact and the strategic role of universities: new evidence on the breadth and depth of university knowledge exchange in the UK and the factors constraining its development”
- Mark Dodgson & Jonathan Staggs: “Government policy, university strategy and the academic entrepreneur: the case of Queensland’s Smart State Institutes”