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oapen-20.500.12657-524192022-01-15T02:48:42Z Social Innovation in Higher Education Păunescu, Carmen Lepik, Katri-Liis Spencer, Nicholas Open Access Social change Higher education institutions Societal challenges Universities Triple helix Quadruple helix SDGs Sustainability Knowledge alliances Entrepreneurship Future employment markets Knowledge transfer Digitalisation Community-based learning Funding of higher education institution Sectoral specialization of the regional economies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance::KFFD Public finance This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional disciplines. The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs. The volume demonstrates how HEIs can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change, and contribute to the development of international public policy discourse. It answers the question ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. Furthermore, it examines how higher education innovation assists societal challenges and investigates the benefits of effective social innovation engagement by HEIs. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume makes it a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners of economics, education, business and management, political science, and sociology interested in a better understanding of social innovation. 2022-01-14T13:41:17Z 2022-01-14T13:41:17Z 2022 book ONIX_20220114_9783030840440_16 9783030840440 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52419 eng Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-84044-0.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-84044-0 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-84044-0 10.1007/978-3-030-84044-0 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 f1d9faa0-0bd1-4fe9-9e3a-99696242d3f6 9783030840440 Springer International Publishing 313 [grantnumber unknown] European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST open access
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This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional disciplines. The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs. The volume demonstrates how HEIs can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change, and contribute to the development of international public policy discourse. It answers the question ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. Furthermore, it examines how higher education innovation assists societal challenges and investigates the benefits of effective social innovation engagement by HEIs. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume makes it a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners of economics, education, business and management, political science, and sociology interested in a better understanding of social innovation.
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