CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT AND CITY-UNIVERSITY

PARTNERSHIPS IN EUROPE

WILLEM VAN WINDEN

TOPICS

1. City and university interaction2. City-University partnerships in Europe3. The risk of urban fragmentation4. Campus developments & trends

THE CITY PERSPECTIVE

• Universities as engines of innovation and growth• Universities as attractors of (international) talent• Universities as solution for urban/regional/societal problems• Universities of drivers of local cultural dynamics• Universities as catalysts for urban zones

City & university need to solve many practical problems together:

Housing, public transport, studentification, engaging citizens, city branding, etc.

Topics EUniverCities networkAalborg, April 2014: “The attractive Student City”

Magdeburg, December 2017: “Social engagement of universities/3rd mission”

Ghent, January 2012: “Student Life”

Trondheim, April 2013: “HEIs and knowledge-based business development”Lublin, June 2017:

“International students&entrepreneurship”

Norrkoping/Linkoping, October 2015: “Civic universities, academic cities”

Lausanne, May 2015: “Collaboration for sustainability”

Parma, June 2016: “Creating an attractive brand”

Tampere, November 2016: “Campus development”

Aveiro, November 2013: “Towards an integrated knowledge city”

Ghent, December 2014: “Students & public spaces”

Aachen, September 2012: “Marketing the City together”

Internships Contract research

Joint PhDs

Problem-based learning

Thesis workGuest lectures

Study visits

Innovation projects

Challenge-based/action research

Joint research programmesLiving labs

Education Research

City as classroom City as rich source of research questions/funding

THE UNIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE

Ad Hoc

Strategic

Ad Hoc

VOLTEFACE LAUSANNE: ENERGY TRANSITION 2015-2018

Region + University + Energy Utility + urban

stakeholders

Concerns:

University: academic freedom, research quality, IP

Energy utility: Image, communicationRegion: Accountability, transparency, public

support

Language problems…..Joint convention

OTHER EXAMPLES

• “Pact van Groningen” (City, Province, Universities, Academic Hospital) to make city & region leading knowledge hub

• Leuven Mindgate: 4helix membership-based organisation, to promote city as hub for health, high tech and creativity

• Norrkoping: systematically use university knowledge to improve policy making and city services

• Amsterdam: 300k for collaborative action research programme in three thematic “fieldlabs” Working from physical locations, concrete challenges, link with curricula

Ad-Hoc collaboration Strategic collaboration

By active individuals Institutionalised, incentives

Short term Long term

Workfloor level Management level

Joint projects Joint programmes

Small challenges Big societal challenges

Partial/single topic Integrated

Shared vision & ambition

Platforms

Ad Hoc Strategic

Little action

Much action

Adolescent

Embryonic Hollow

Grown-up!

CHALLENGES & PITFALLS

• Universities are highly complex organisations with many drivers and incentives• ….so are city administrations• Partnerships require “management of expectations” to avoid disappointments• Sustained funding from the city side can be a problem• Power relations between city & university can be problematic• Poor communication of results and benefits for citizens & stakeholders• Risk of new divisions in the city

DISCONNECTED URBAN SOCIETIES?

Academic/

high skilledOthers

Locals/nationals

Foreigners/expats

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THESE DIVIDES ?

• Connect academic research and education to urban/civic challenges

• Combine knowledge economy with tourism and entertainment

• Engage the citizens in science

• Create hybrid, mixed and inspiring spaces and places that people love

NORRKOPING VISUALIZATION CENTRE

MAGDEBURG’S “LONG NIGHT OF SCIENCE”

LEUVEN “MINDGATE”

• CITY BRANDING• FOSTERING NETWORKS• STARTUPS

CITY, UNIVERSITY, R&D Medical house

CAMPUS DEVELOPMENTS & TRENDS

CAMPUS TU TWENTE, NL

Knowledge comes back to the city…

Campus to the city: 2015-2015 Trondheim

Campus becomes a city: Kista IT city, Stockholm

Greenfield

Urban

Mono-

functional

Mixed

use

Science parks

Campus +

New science cities

Science quarters

Creative districts

Urban Campuses

Corporate Campuses

Technology parks

WHY?

• Urban lifestyles, preferences of higher educated

• From ivory tower to open innovation cultures

• University and students as catalysts of city development

EMERGING “CAMPUS” MODELS:

Future tram route

Police University College

UTA (Central Campus)

Business Park

City center

HEALTH CAMPUSUTA (University of Tampere)

TAMK (Tampere University of Applied Sciences)

Tays (Tampere University Hospital)

Technical Research Centre

Tampere University of TechnologyBy trainfrom Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Transportation connections

Railway station

TTY

Mediapolis

1h 56min

By taxi from Tampere railway station

14min

By taxi from Tampere-PirkkalaAirport

18min

Hermia

VTT

CAMPUS FOR TECHNOLOGY SCIENCES

CAMPUS FOR HUMANITIES AND BUSINESS SCIENCES

CAMPUS FOR SCIENCE OF ARTS

Campus as part of economic clusters

RDM CAMPUS ROTTERDAM

New campus RWTH Aachen

Aachen model

• Campus as locus for programmatic research-business collaboration

• Companies become “member” of the campus

• Members have rights and obligations

• Academic Centre of Excellence organises a cluster around it

• Private investors step in to fund infrastructures, labs, buildings

City as a campus: Knowledge Mile Amsterdam

ESSENTIALS

• No control• Search for shared interests and projects• University as independent broker• Strong community management model

Campus serves the city: establishments in urban neighbourhoods

CONCLUDING REMARKS

• Universities and campuses are drivers and enablers of economic, social and cultural development in the knowledge economy

• Campus investments have a long-term structuring impact on the city….better do it right!

• City & university need a shared vision on the future of education, research and innovation in relation to the local/regional economy and society

• …..but rewarding small bottom-up initiatives is even more important

• Attracting and integrating international talent (students and expats) is a game changer for medium sized university cities in Europe