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enterprises, universities and governments become increasingly connected in the digital world. Digital is changing people†s lives:
related to innovation, currently cooperate with universities or other higher education bodies At industry level, i e. analysing horizontally the right-hand side of Table 3,
cooperating less with universities or other higher education bodies 2 778 1011 15 1718 181919 19
Table 3 †Enterprise cooperation with universities or other higher education bodies(%of innovative enterprises Source:
gives university graduates with promising business ideas the opportunity to start a business supported by corporate mentoring,
universities and technology investments ï§Applicable to: Silicon valley & Sweden Hands-off ï§Emerged organically
policy makers, industry associations, universities and private partners Description ï§Setting up of cooperative frameworks with specific education and industry
ï§Introduction of specific topics on entrepreneurship in the curricula of universities and colleges e g. enhance business games
The role of university and college education in some fields of training is of importance in this respect
Therefore, universities should stay ahead and develop the skills of their students in the newest technologies (including e-leadership skills.
the universities and colleges up-to-date in a fast-growing technological environment is a prerequisite for graduates with a good †match†to the evolving needs of the labour market
subjects in the curriculum not only of universities and colleges but also of schools, at the same
ï§Foster collaboration between universities and SMES, for instance through the provision of funding schemes, pilot projects or apprenticeships/internships
of universities and colleges, on the one hand, and that of existing companies, on the other hand are both crucial. Collaborative projects between educational bodies and companies that promote
European universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics ACTION 11 †Relax the visa requirements applied to highly skilled individuals
processâ€) by involving policy makers, industry associations, universities and private partners Pillar 2 Create a digital
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales Design & Layout Bob Gray, Director, Red&grey Design Ltd www. redandgreydesign. ie
University of Limerick as part of an In -novation Partnership Scheme supported by Enterprise Ireland. Collectively the
bridging the gap between different disciplines/faculties, and was also not producing graduates with adequate practical experience
Ph d Thesis. The University of Wales: UK. P. 48-49 32 Rualik-Murphy, G. A Compara
The University of Wales: UK 33 Dumas, A. 1996. From Icon to Beacon: The New British Design
Ph d Thesis. The University of Wales: UK. P. 31 36 Cox, G. 2005. Cox Review of
Research (PDR), Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales S up po rt P ro gr am m
Innovation, Maynooth University /Calre Dunne, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation /Gerry Finn, Director, Northern & Western
Design Innovation, Maynooth University /Clare Dunne, Assistant Secretary general Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment /Stephen Dunniece, Technical Director
University Belfast /Ali Grehan, Dublin City Architect, Dublin City Council & Founder of PIVOT Dublin
Mellon University /Christina Melander, Senior Project Manager, Design and Innovation Danish Design Centre /Inã s Pelaez, Innovation & Design
Regulations Directorate. UK department of Trade and Industry, University of Manchester 2000. Available online from:
-cational models in schools and universities In this regard, we are providing resources for a modernisa
The Digitisation University Forum (Hochschulâ forum Digitalisierung) identifies opportunities for digi -tisation in universities and drafts recommendations
for action 4. Exploiting digitisation†s potential for innovation To help innovations enjoy market success,
Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School. Chris specializes in designing research programs that improve policy and practice in the area of information and communication
Master of arts in International Studies, both from the University of Washington Silvia Caicedo is an international development innovator.
University Nathalia Rodriguez Vega is an economic analyst with experience performing macroeconomic and market analysis. She worked for Citigroup analysing economic trends and providing investment recommendations
At Carnegie mellon University, she worked as a research assistant employing large-scale data analysis tools to analyse the impact of foreign-born workers in the US
As a result, young people with a university degree are more likely to be unemployed than their less-educated peers,
university graduates. On the other hand, there is high and unmet demand for technicians of all skills levels and for skilled blue-collar workers. †46 The region has high numbers of university graduates in fields highly
desired by employers today, like science, technology, and math. 47 This mismatch is demonstrated in surveys indicating high rates of employer dissatisfaction with the availability of skilled workers, 40 per
cent of urban youth in China attend university, compared to 5 per cent of rural youth. 53
youth and young students from some universities are preparing for the expansion of†green jobs to increase our employment and youth employment rates. †115
There are some exciting examples of universities organizing contests with Phd students who present their scientific work using video or other technology. 150
as a result of the Contest â€oedance your Ph d. †organized by University of Sidney in Australia. http://sydney. edu. au/news/science/397. html?
universities, especially those equipped with broadband access. The implementation of blended learning is growing slowly in the developing world,
Nonetheless, a number of universities from the South have enhanced their distance education programmes by turning them into blended learning opportunities to reach migrant populations living
abroad, mostly in Europe and the United states. These universities operate through satellite offices around the world,
The African Virtual university is a Pan African Intergovernmental Organization created with the mandate to increase access to quality higher education and training through the
It is expected that more and more universities and institutions will be using the blended learning model around the world
Prominent and emerging models of self-directed learning include open universities, open course ware OCW), open educational resources (OER), and massive open online courses (MOOCS.
who sign up for free online courses with top universities around the world. Coursera launched in April 2012,
since with a number of universities interested in capitalizing on reaching a larger number of students.
Professors affiliated with universities lead courses offered through Coursera, and students have the option of taking them for credit
Similar services continue to grow as universities and other educational institutions seize the power of ICTS
Peer 2 Peer University is an online space for learning guided by values of openness
universities, and vocational training centres. With the advance of new learning models described above youth are taking learning to places like technology hubs, co-working spaces,
from research to a tech incubator, engaged with the university community, and created partnerships with numerous high-tech companies. 166 Most importantly, the ihub has created
universities, are the traditional purveyor of diplomas and certificates. Employers assign great weight to such certificates when the credentialing entity is recognized well known
Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School, 2012 www. globalimpactstudy. org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Public-access-private-mobile-final. pdf
universities, community and nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and companies among others †establish the criteria and tests to verify mastery of subjects.
young people from the open source movement, university researchers, the private sector international donor agencies and national governments.
Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School, 2012. www. globalimpactstudy. org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Public
Open universities Refers to a university that is open to all learners with no admissions requirements Opencourseware (OCW) Courses offered by universities made available in digital format, at no cost, and
free to adapt under an open licence. OCW does not include access to faculty or
certifications Pitch fests Events where entrepreneurs have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to potential investors
They also draw on the broader public assets in the surrounding community, such as schools and universities
Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard university. He is a frequent contributor
and how it can be accelerate, University of Oxford, Skoll centre for social entrepreneurship Murray, R.,Caulier-Grice, J.,Mulgar, G.,(2010.
University The Young Foundation,(2010. The Young Foundation and the Web. Digital Social Innovation working paper
Atta Badii is a high-ranking professor at the University of Reading where he is Director of the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory, at the School of Systems
University (UK). ) Her research focuses on the socio-technical factors influencing the design and uptake of online deliberation and collective intelligence (CI) infrastructures for social
Knowledge Media Institute of The Open university. Her research is focused on engagement and motivational aspects in Decarbonet.
of Information Engineering and Computer science of the University of Trento (Italy. As a sociologist who has worked always in interdisciplinary environments,
and universities and, of course, citizens. The relationships and power dynamics that characterise social innovation initiatives is a research and political challenge that, again
CAPS projects involve a large spectrum of private and public companies, universities and research centres, online platforms and NGOS.
AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-Barcelona, Spain †IMAGINATION FOR PEOPLE-France †IMINDS VZW-Brussels, Belgium
†LULEà UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CENTRE FOR DISTANCE-SPANNING TECHNOLOGY-Sweden †LUNARIA, SOCIAL PROMOTION ASSOCIATION-Rome, Italy
†POLIBIENESTAR, UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA-Valencia, Spain †PURPOSE EUROPE-London, UK †RADBOUD UNIVERSITY-Nijmegen, The netherlands
†SIGMA ORIONIS-Sophia Antipolis, France †SOZIALHELDEN E. V.-Berlin, Germany †STICHTING DYNE.
†THE OPEN UNIVERSITY-Milton Keynes, UK †THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD-Sheffield, UK †THE UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH-Zurich, Switzerland
†THE WAAG SOCIETY-The netherlands †UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-Milano, Italy †UNIVERSITà T HEIDELBERG, GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT-Heidelberg, Germany
†UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, ACCESSIBILITY RESEARCH GROUP-London, UK †UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE-Florence, Italy †UNIVERSITY OF READING-Reading, UK
†UNIVERSITY OF SURREY-Surrey, UK †VELTI-Greece †WAAG SOCIETY-The netherlands †WIKIRATE E. V.-Berlin, Germany
†WIKITALIA-Rome, Italy †WIRTSCHAFTSUNIVERSITà T WIEN-Vienna, Austria †WWF SCHEIZ-Zurich, Switzerland
†ZENTRUM FÃOER SOZIALE INNOVATION-Vienna, Austria 28 Synergies between Projects This chapter summarises the synergies emerging among CAPS projects both in terms of
delivering the building blocks that enable businesses, schools, universities and associations to create their own fully-featured social networks and applications
Systems (AMCIS 2000), University of California, Long beach, August 2000 Badii A. 2008)' User-Intimate Requirements Hierarchy Resolution Framework (UI-REF
University Press Forte, A. & Bruckman, A. 2005) Why Do People Write for Wikipedia? Incentives to
Organisations, from grassroots movements, think-tanks and universities to big charities and public museums are hosting small-scale workshop spaces often with digital tools and
University, based in the United kingdom, and other models of distance learning have made education much more widely available.
A report published by Nesta and University of Cambridge in November 2014 forecasts the growth of alternative finance (including peer-to-peer business lending, peer-to
universities and public research institutes, and could include DSI products and services generated, as well as new types of actors such as Fab Labs and makerspaces
as well as national research institutes and traditional universities. Building on existing schemes, such as innovation partnerships and PPPS with bigger telecommunications corporations, new schemes
for cities, regions, health authorities and universities to pilot large-scale DSI experiments around collaborative economy, direct
University Press D. Watts and S. Strogatz (1998 â€oecollective dynamics of †small-world†networksâ€.
a school, a university, a service centre, a train station, a business park, an ecomuseum, an incubator, a neighbourhood, etc.
and working on triple helix approaches to innovation involving universities, city administrations and the private sector.
SMES, with European wide knowledge institutes (such as the University of Delft, RWTH, Fraunhofer IPT, IMEC, TNO, ESA/Estec) and end cross border user organisations,
partnership with universities. The mediators play a fundamental role also as outreach agents of integration.
citizens, the third sector, universities, regional developers, specialists, financiers and regional national and international networks.
Universities/Supplier: Univisio Ltd. was developing a mattress with a built-in passive alarm sensor suitable for elderly people.
The Living Lab enabled cooperation between Tampere University of Technology, the supplier and elderly care professionals.
University is based a broad centre doing research and action research on social innovation In Europe there are a number of centres in the public and third sector
and is hosted by the University of Stockholm ï IDEA69 is a local government development agency in the UK.
It includes the rectors of the three universities, the chief executive of the cooperative group Mondragon, representatives from three ministries as well as chief executives from leading
institutions to be invited were the government itself, municipalities, universities, etc. to address all kinds of societal
European-wide knowledge institutes (such as the University of Delft, RWTH, Fraunhofer IPT, IMEC, TNO, ESA/Estec
partnership with universities. The mediators also play a fundamental role as integration outreach workers. Because
sector, universities, regional developers, specialists, financiers and regional, national and international networks The created concept has increased trust between the actors
It includes the rectors of the three universities, the chief executive of the cooperative group Mondragon
Universities have been encouraged to improve the quality of the courses they offer by making them more responsive to student†s needs;
-vember 2013) and Measuring the impact of university-business cooperation 109 Several FP7 research projects (Programme Social sciences and Humanities) delivered results relevant for this
Ministers, Members of the European parliament, business leaders, deans of universities and research centres, bankers and venture capitalists, top researchers, innovators and
the modern university through social innovation to cutting-edge technologies; the focus was on citizens (including young people) and society;
incubator at local or regional level, including universities and business networks. The two networks have a broad geographical coverage across the EU
-ties, business and high-tech centres or higher education institutions that drive economic development in the territories where they are located
194 http://www. u-portal. org/u multirank /Structured Dialogue The structured dialogue project allows young people and their
y University & Schools: to involve young generations and teachers in defining the most effective way to communicate
University of Chicago Press 11. Nooteboom, B. 2000) †Learning and Innovation in Organisations and Economies. †Oxford
between research done in universities and practitioners in government and elsewhere. The best think tanks can act as catalysts, combining
Within universities the usual form is a grant, often with few conditions to allow a group of
providers to buy research in universities; or to club together to commission incubators (being tested by the ESRC
In March 2007, The University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and The Climate Project designed
University. Chapter 5; see also Strang, D. and Soule, S. A. 1998) Diffusion in Organizations and Social Movements:
links with top universities such as Imperial and UCL, as well as with big firms like Glaxosmithkline and Pfizer.
personal finance to new models of university. The key is that in every example systemic change involves the interaction of ideas, movements, models, and
Mondragon University and Centro Popular de Cultura e Desenvolvimento (Brazil) go further, giving students the
Mars in Toronto links a university, a hospital, research labs and a business incubator, alongside a social innovation investment fund
295) Innovation universities and research departments, such as Finland†s new Aalto University, launched in 2010 as a result of the
merger of the Technical University, the Business school, and the School CONNECTING PEOPLE, IDEAS AND RESOURCES 135
of Arts and Design. They can become centres of expertise and training for civil servants, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organisation managers
learning labs within universities. Examples include the Innovation and Action Lab based in Brussels (developed by i-propeller), The London
Economics, and the Catholic University of Leuven. There is also the Poverty Action Lab at MIT which tests out alternative interventions
Graduate school, University of West indies, and the Hong kong Polytechnic University. The Ford Foundation is a founding donor of the
Innovations in American Government Awards South africa set up the Centre for Public service Innovation (CPSI) in 2002 and now runs regular awards.
School, University of Oxford. Available at: http://www. sbs. ox. ac. uk/centres/skoll/research
the University of Mondragã n in Spain; the Sekem Academy in Egypt for the research and study of agriculture, pharmaceuticals and medicine
and the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo and Colorno in Northern Italy, which has grown out
Ludwig Fleck, Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1979
Aalto University 134 Abecedarian Project 111 Academies 116; 192; 185 Accelerators 135 Accountability 3; 68-69;
Mondragon University 116 Moore, Mark 7; 104 Moveon 41 Mozilla Firefox 139 M-Pesa 115;
and Melbourne University. His latest book is The Art of Public Strategy: mobilising power and knowledge for the common good
success with ventures such as the Open university, †Which? â€, the School for Social Entrepreneurs and Healthline (the precursor of NHS Direct.
Innovation Policy Intervention Project, led by the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (University of Manchester) and funded by Nesta,
and findings from the DSI research and how data analysts from Lodz University of Technology could
Research Council, The Open university Business school, the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES.
Project, led by the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (University of Manchester) and funded by Nesta, conclude that there is not much evidence of impact and,
-private partnership constituted by three universities, around ten firms and the Secretary for the Information
research has a prominent status, especially due to the participation of three technological universities However, a great deal of effort is devoted to experimental innovation
University college London and Melbourne University This paper draws on a report titled â€oesocial Silicon valleys: A manifesto for social
Wikipedia and the Open university; holistic health care and hospices; microcredit and consumer cooperatives; the fair trade movement
including the Open university and its parallels around the world, Which? the School for Social Entrepreneurs,
first private higher education institution in South africa to offer a virtually free business degree to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. 5 These individual
some linked to universities some linked to companies, and some focused on particular problems, including
been made to understand social innovation in some universities, including Stanford, Duke, and Harvard. However, these endeavors have focused on individ
and Sussex Universities linking social innova -tion to broader patterns of technological change. Nor has much use been made of
University Press, 1983; M. Njihoff, The Political economy of Innovation (The hague: Kingston 1984 2. Michael Young, inspiration for the Young Foundation, was judged by Harvard University†s
Two key features of the university are (1) its partnerships with a great number of businesses in the design and delivery of all programs,
University Press, 2004 18. For a thorough analysis of open source methods and their great potential, see G. Mulgan and
Northeastern University in Boston, KCR, Economist, Deloitte research â€oeyoung people increasingly view cars as appliances not aspirations, and say that
6) Inspired by work of Thomas Kurz, Salzburg University of Applied sciences Fig. 2 The stack view of the Digital Business
based on the business school of the University of Central England acting as the Regional Catalyst, but partly
University of Chicago Press Baudrillard, J (ï oe975. The Mirror of Production, Mark Poster (trans.
VUB University Press David S. â€oeon Sourcescapes and Filescapes: Towards a Critique of the Political economy of Free/Open source Software
and Peer-to-peer File sharing Networksâ€, Cornell University http://www. shaydavid. info/indexpapers. html, last accessed ï oe/7/07
Paper, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Technical University of Denmark European commission (200ï oea. Communication from the Commission:
The Hard Problem for Artiï cial Lifeâ€, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Halpin, H (2006b.
VUB University Press Varela, Francisco J, and H r Maturana (ï oe973). De Máquinas y Seres Vivos:
ES/L00271x/1) and the Open university Business school. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewer of the initial draft of this paper for their insightful comments
Maria Savona SPRU University of Sussex Peter Corbett Advisory board Code for America, US Sasha Costanza-Choc MIT Department of Comparative Media Studies, US
For instance, The Open university, based in the United kingdom, and other models of distance learning have made education much more widely availa
bodies and universities to business and third sector organisations. Below we give a short description of the
Universities and other research-driven organisations such as think thanks, unsurprisingly play a big role in
-nally developed in a university setting. Arduino, the open hardware circuit board was, for example, original -ly developed by students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (IDII) in Italy
and universities to big charities and public museums support the development of Digital Social Innovations by hosting small-scale workshop spaces often with digital tools and 3d printing
Silicon valley, which gives them funding often despite their lack of formal university degrees or institution
University of Tilburg Consolidating and packaging existing practices and assets into a technological framework and reference architecture that enables the
-ers from universities, NGOS and SMES established in 10 EU Member States. All members, including organisations
of design labs, design schools and design-oriented universities, actively involved in promoting and supporting sustainable change.
universities that work alongside local, regional and global partners to promote and support social change towards sustainability
universities and can be extensions of already existing entities or new specifically established ones What is the social impact it
Universities and Colleges of Design, Art and Media (CUMULUS). DESIS also establishes special partnerships with private companies, nonprofit
based in the UK) and conducted by the University of Bath to explore the effectiveness of digital storytelling.
Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany The main driver behind Everyaware is the belief that †the current organ
University); ) found that people make a surprisingly rich set of social inferences from the networked activity information in Github, such
-ple from local fab labs, research centres, universities, and also individuals who are evangelical about Maker Faires and the whole maker move
Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft, a team based at the University of Cambridge†s Computer Laboratory.
MIT Media Lab and Keio University, and is set up as a private nonprofit organisation History & Mission Safecast was founded by Sean Bonner, Joi Ito and Pieter Franken after
one case study of Safecast from researchers at University of Southern California describe how the collaboration around Safecast through
University, Uncorked Studios, and Global Survey Corp, among others What are the main barriers to innovate?
Barcelona, and faculty at IAAC, who initiated the Smart Citizen project is specialized an urbanist in digital fabrication and its implications on
-veloped by the US University MIT and by the California Internet rights watchdog the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
this Tor received support from research partners at the University of Wa -terloo (Canada), the University of Cambridge (United kingdom), Georgia
Institute of technology and many others around the globe. Tor is able to leverage research and academic advancements to develop circumvention
the resourceful geo-coding efforts of Anna Schultz at Tufts University among others What is the role of the organisation
developers and educators primarily coming from universities and public institutions 214 History and mission Zooniverse grew from the original Galaxy Zoo project first launched
Maria Savona SPRU University of Sussex Peter Corbett Advisory board Code for America, US Sasha Costanza-Choc MIT Department of Comparative Media Studies, US
For instance, The Open university, based in the United kingdom, and other models of distance learning have made education much more widely availa
bodies and universities to business and third sector organisations. Below we give a short description of the
Universities and other research-driven organisations such as think thanks, unsurprisingly play a big role in
-nally developed in a university setting. Arduino, the open hardware circuit board was, for example, original -ly developed by students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (IDII) in Italy
and universities to big charities and public museums support the development of Digital Social Innovations by hosting small-scale workshop spaces often with digital tools and 3d printing
Silicon valley, which gives them funding often despite their lack of formal university degrees or institution
University of Tilburg Consolidating and packaging existing practices and assets into a technological framework and reference architecture that enables the
-ers from universities, NGOS and SMES established in 10 EU Member States. All members, including organisations
of design labs, design schools and design-oriented universities, actively involved in promoting and supporting sustainable change.
universities that work alongside local, regional and global partners to promote and support social change towards sustainability
universities and can be extensions of already existing entities or new specifically established ones What is the social impact it
Universities and Colleges of Design, Art and Media (CUMULUS). DESIS also establishes special partnerships with private companies, nonprofit
based in the UK) and conducted by the University of Bath to explore the effectiveness of digital storytelling.
Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany The main driver behind Everyaware is the belief that †the current organ
University); ) found that people make a surprisingly rich set of social inferences from the networked activity information in Github, such
-ple from local fab labs, research centres, universities, and also individuals who are evangelical about Maker Faires and the whole maker move
Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft, a team based at the University of Cambridge†s Computer Laboratory.
MIT Media Lab and Keio University, and is set up as a private nonprofit organisation History & Mission Safecast was founded by Sean Bonner, Joi Ito and Pieter Franken after
one case study of Safecast from researchers at University of Southern California describe how the collaboration around Safecast through
University, Uncorked Studios, and Global Survey Corp, among others What are the main barriers to innovate?
Barcelona, and faculty at IAAC, who initiated the Smart Citizen project is specialized an urbanist in digital fabrication and its implications on
-veloped by the US University MIT and by the California Internet rights watchdog the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
this Tor received support from research partners at the University of Wa -terloo (Canada), the University of Cambridge (United kingdom), Georgia
Institute of technology and many others around the globe. Tor is able to leverage research and academic advancements to develop circumvention
the resourceful geo-coding efforts of Anna Schultz at Tufts University among others What is the role of the organisation
developers and educators primarily coming from universities and public institutions 214 History and mission Zooniverse grew from the original Galaxy Zoo project first launched
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