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Boosting the Impact of
Social Sciences & Humanities
:
20 & 21 september 2017, Cardiff
Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff University
Room 0.23
Boosting the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
20 & 21 september 2017, Cardiff
Local & RegionalHow can local and regional governments support SSH research?
Gill Bristow
Antonia Caro Gonzalez
Caroline Nevejan
Local & Regional
Gill Bristow
Dean of Research for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Professor in Economic Geography, Cardiff University
Room 0.2320 & 21 september 2017, Cardiff
Boosting the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
Professor ??
Professor Gill Bristow
Dean of Research, AHSS College, Cardiff University, UK
Enabling impact:
How can local and regional governments support SSH
research?
• One of the main domains for SSH impact
is public policy,• particularly local & regional govt.
• Importance of co-production & building
‘communities of inquiry’
• HE and research funder support in UK
e.g.:• ‘What Works’ Network (ESRC)
• Knowledge exchange initiatives
• Partnerships around civic missions
Introduction to session
• Some reflections on role of local govt:• Investing in evidence base for possible policy
scenarios & solutions• Building collaborative & trusting relationships• Transparent publication of priorities & needs• Supporting two-way secondments
City Region Exchange
• Working with organisations in the developing city region
• Including evidence-based support for new City Deal
Speakers:
Antonia Caro Gonzalez, Head of the International Research Project Office, University of Deusto, Spain
Caroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer (CSO), municipality of Amsterdam, NL
Debate
Structure of Session
Local & Regional
Antonia Caro Gonzalez
Head of the International Research Project Office, University of Deusto, Spain
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Boosting the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
20 & 21 september 2017, Cardiff
HOW CAN LOCAL & REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT SSH
TO ENABLE STRUCTURAL IMPACTS?
DR. ANTONIA CARO GONZÁLEZHead of the International Research Project Office at the
University of Deusto, Spain
Complex societal challenges
Human
mobility & refugees
crisis
Terrorism
Xenophobi
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Financial
crisis
Data protection
Values
crisis
Wealth
concentration vs solida
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Collaborative initiatives between academics and socio-
economic stakeholders
Transfer of Knowledge
PoliciesFrom the 70s onwards
CollaborativeschemesFrom the 80s onwards
Smart Specialisati
onStrategiesFrom the 2000s
Regional growth fora
Talent attraction initiatives
Accelerators programmes to achieve social innovation
Universitis alliances
Initiatives to boost global strategicchanges in cities
1.Transfer of Knowledge: Universities' Third Mission
In 1972, KU LEUVEN University launched its Technology Transfer Office
Principles that guided the creation of the Leuven Model
1. Start at the top with strong commitment by university leaders
2. Dedicate sufficient funding
3. Ensure autonomy and flexibility
4. Create a clear mission to serve
5. Offer incentives - A winning formula for academics
6. Hire experts with knowledge of industry and academia
7. Walk before you run: focus first on collaborative research
8. Seek/create expert partners that will really make a difference
9. Set up a seed fund only after everything else is working
10. Tout your success
1.Transfer of Knowledge: Universities' Third Mission (II)
In 1999, LUND university launched the LU Innovation “the link between Academia and
Business”
http://www.innovation.lu.se/en/futureinnovations
In 2016, The University of Viena launched the Project “Third Mission of the University of
Vienna”
http://thirdmission.univie.ac.at/en/
Knowledge Transfer and Impact
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/cops/research/knowledge-transfer-and-impact-146.php
In 2002, the i10 – Centre for Knowledge Exchange in the East of England was created
A collaboration of eleven universities
www.i10.org.uk
Non-profit associative initiative which was promoted by the Department of Economic Promotion of the Provincial Council of Biscay in
collaboration with a group of leading companies and universities based in theregion.
Bizkaia Talent Initiative (Biscay, Basque Country) - 2005(https://www.bizkaiatalent.eus/en/)
2. Collaborative programmes to enhance impact
❑ The regional growth forum is formed by representatives from:
the city and regional levels;
the business sector;
educational institutions; and
social partners
The Regional Growth Forum in Region Central Denmark - 2006(https://www.rm.dk/om-os/english/)
2. Collaborative programmes to enhance impact (II)
Accelerators to achieve social innovation: The Catapult Program (https://catapult.org.uk/)
2. Collaborative programmes to enhance impact (III)
Universities alliances
The “Science Space Styria” of the Universities of the Styria State (Austria)
(http://www.steirischerhochschulraum.at/en/science-space-styria/)
In 2012, 9 universities in Styria launched the “Science Space Styria” programme: Together they offer a broad range of study
programmes with cross-university further and advanced education courses, creating international, future-oriented research
core areas.
2. Collaborative programmes to enhance impact (IV)
Global strategic changes
The case of Bilbao City (Basque Country)
Two tools founded in 1992
BILBAO TRANSFORMATION
Public-Private Partnership
http://www.bm30.eus/enhttp://www.bilbaoria2000.org/
3. Smart Specialisation Strategy
Investors
Public authorities
International experts
Civil society Representatives
Universities
Enterprises
CLOSE PARTNERSHIPS COMMON REGIONAL VISION
3. Smart Specialisation Strategies (II): Role of Universities
The contributions vary between regions depending on the strategic objectives adopted in each specific case.
SSH in most cases does not play a central role!
A ‘generative’ role:
❏ Generation of growth opportunities directly through knowledge capitalization activities (spin-offs, licensing and participation on company boards)
❏ Analyse gaps in regional innovation environments ❏ Playing a leading role in organizing networks for the
development of a regional innovation strategy
A ‘developmental’ role:
❏ Shaping the development of regional institutional and social capacities
❏ Fostering regional networking and institutional capacity, through staff participation on external bodies;
❏ Provision of informed and unbiased information and analysis; Brokering networking between national and international contacts and key regional actors.
3. Smart Specialisation Strategy (III)
8 different Universities:
❖ The identification and definition of RIS3 priorities
❖ The implementation of the RIS3CAT Communities as an instrument
Université of Grenoble
(Rhone Alpes Region)
Universities of Catalonia, Spain
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• Dark blue: EU
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• Light Blue: University of Deusto
Strategic topic alignment
Intersectoral collaboration:
426 Research Project Partners (2015-2016)
* EU 27. Without Spanish Partners
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When science meets policy
Lessons learned:
THE HOW:
FOR THE SCIENTISTS:
• RESPONSIBLE IMPACFUL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION with and for society:
in dialogue with key stakeholders (interdisciplinary, intersectoral)
to identify relevant needs (foresight diagnosis exercises);
FOR THE POLICY MAKERS:
• USE SICENCE and research results: it will boost your policies
FOR BOTH:
• WORK TOGETHER: Co-design anticipating research questions; co-create, implement,
monitor and evaluate impacts.
Generation of a common research and implementation agenda…
FROM COMPLEXITY TO
SIMPLIFICATION
Local & Regional
Caroline Nevejan
Chief Science Officer (CSO), municipality of Amsterdam
Room 0.23
Boosting the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
20 & 21 september 2017, Cardiff
Boosting the impact of Social Sciences and
Humanities
Dr. Caroline Nevejan
Chief Science Offcicer Amsterdam
Cardiff , 20 September 2017
Homo Mensura(human being as measure of all things)
Homo Mensurabilis(the measurable human being)
Humanitas Mensurabilis(measurable human kind)
Paradigm of human experience
Communities of Systems and People
High Trust Low Trust
Participatory Surveillance
Evolving meta design paradigm
To conquer < > to maintain < > to nurture
To control < > to direct < > to orchestrate
To follow < > to deliver < > to contribute
To delegate < > to mandate < > to participate
To make < > to produce < > to personalize
To craft < > to design < > to meta-design
Transforming dynamics of power
De stad als ’complex participatory system’
Social Layer
Distributed ICT
Infrastructure
Nevejan & Brazier 2011
• Trust and Truth
• Power and governance
• Locality of data
• Transparency of ownership
• Transparency of agency
• Trace-ability of data
• Identify-ability of data
• Poly-centricity
City Ecology
• Speed and scale of data versus slowness of human processes
• Loss of causality as we know it
• Complex governance
• ‘Just in time’ policy and research
• Speed of computation versus speed of creative human mind
• Turning fear for new complexity into curiosity and shared research
Need for Social Sciences and Humanities to contribute to dealing with new complexity:
How can local and regional governments support SSH research?
How can SSH research support local and regional needs?
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Natural Sciences Social Sciences
Engineering Analyses
Design ??????
Making things work Having effect
What do we miss?
Social Sciences and Humanities miss Design
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• in methodology and communication of scientific process
• in being able to participate in interdisciplinary context (engineering, design)
• In contributing to societal needs
• yet, have ‘undefined’ impact on education, policy making, health, organizations, business
Societal impact happens in all steps of scientific process:
• Agenda setting
• Research design
• Methodology
• Executing research
• Analyses
• Design and engineering
• Publishing in different ways for different audiences
• Monitoring
• Evaluating
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Matching:
• Social Sciences
• Natural sciences
• Law
Significant encounters
Shared study
Experiment - Pilot – Living lab
PhD Trajectory
Shared proposal
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Boosting the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
Local & Regional
Chaired by:
Gill Bristow
Dean of Research for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor in Economic
Geography, Cardiff University
How can local and regional governments support SSH research?
Recommendation:
1. Addressing local challenges
2. Work on the demand side - meeting needs
3. Changing how we work and operate (methodologies beyond SPSS)
4. Disrupting is key – be a catalyst & boundary spanners