Introduction

• Published in: Universities, Inclusive Development and Social Innovation pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Brundenius, Claes, Göransson, Bo, Carvalho de Mello, José Manoel
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 26.10.2016
• Subjects: High Education Institution; High Education System; Innovation System; Social Entrepreneur; Social Entrepreneurship
• ISBN: 9783319436982; 3319436988
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43700-2_1

This volume is the third in a series by the UniDev network dealing with steadily new challenges and new roles for the universities in economic and social development. UniDev (Universities in Development—the Evolving Role of Academic Institutions in Innovation Systems and Development) is an international research group with teams in 14 countries. In the last volume, Universities in Transition (Göransson & Brundenius 2011), the focus was on the three missions of universities, that is, teaching, research, and the third mission. Especially the last mission turned out to differ in scope and meaning in many countries as was also explored by the UniDev members in a special issue on the third mission of Universities in Science and Public Policy (SPP 2009). The second book, Biotechnology and Innovation Systems—The Role of Public Policy, (Göransson & Påhlsson 2011) looked at how actors, universities in particular, organize themselves in order to facilitate cooperation and appropriation of a specific technology—in this case biotech.