1st Edition

Universities and Regional Economic Development Engaging with the Periphery

Edited By Paul Benneworth Copyright 2019
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    In a knowledge-based economy, universities are vital institutions. This volume explores the roles that universities can play in peripheral regions, contributing to processes of regional economic development and innovative growth.





    Including a series of case studies drawn from Portugal, Norway, Finland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and the Dutch-German border region, this will be the first book to offer a comprehensive comparative overview of universities in European economically peripheral regions. These studies seek to explore the tensions that arise in peripheral regions where there may not be obvious matches between university activities and regional strengths.





    Aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners working on regional innovation strategies, this volume brings a much-needed sense of realism and ambition for all those concerned with building successful regional societies at the periphery of the knowledge economy.

    Chapter 1 Universities and regional development in peripheral regions Paul Benneworth & Lisa Nieth  Chapter 2 Universities and neo-endogenous peripheral development: towards a systematic classification Paul Benneworth & Lisa Nieth  Chapter 3 Towards a strategic alignment: Regional challenges and university tensions in peripheral geographies Rómulo Pinheiro Chapter 4 University roles in a peripheral Southern European region: Between traditional and ‘engaged’ roles through the provision of knowledge intensive business services Hugo Pinto, Elvira Uyarra, Manuel Fernandez-Esquinas  Chapter 5 ‘Strange bird’: A peripheral university college in a complex, peripheral region James Karlsen  Chapter 6 Universities and Regional Economic Development: Engaging with the Periphery Nina Kyllingstad  Chapter 7 Vysocina region: from a remote rural region straight into the virtual world Libor Prudký, Michaela Šmídová  Chapter 8 Ústí region: learning hard about industry modernisation Inna Čábelková & Jan Kohoutek  Chapter 9 Higher education institutions at the periphery of the periphery: creating sustainable economic development in Estonia Anne Keerberg  Chapter 10 Universities and regional economic development in cross-border regions Jos van den Broek, Franziska Eckardt & Paul Benneworth  Chapter 11 Constructing Regional Resilience in a Knowledge Economy Crisis – the case of the Nokia-led ICT Industry in Tampere Heli Kurikka, Jari Kolehmainen & Markku Sotarauta  Chapter 12 Conceptualising the university-region economic development interface in peripheral regions Paul Benneworth and Lisa Nieth  Chapter 13 Future perspectives on universities and peripheral regional development Lisa Nieth and Paul Benneworth

    Biography

    Paul Benneworth is a senior researcher at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands, and Agderforskning, Kristiansand, Norway.