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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


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


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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

Room 0.23



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

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Collaborative initiatives between academics and socio-

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Transfer of Knowledge

PoliciesFrom the 70s onwards

CollaborativeschemesFrom the 80s onwards

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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

http://www.innovation.lu.se/en/futureinnovations

http://thirdmission.univie.ac.at/en/

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/cops/research/knowledge-transfer-and-impact-146.php

http://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/)

https://www.bizkaiatalent.eus/en/

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/)

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.

http://www.steirischerhochschulraum.at/en/science-space-styria/

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/

http://www.bm30.eus/en

http://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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Strategic topic alignment

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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

Thank you!

[email protected]

Local & Regional

Caroline Nevejan

Chief Science Officer (CSO), municipality of Amsterdam

Room 0.23



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

YUTPA Framework: to be with You in Unity of Time, Place and Action

Trade-offs for trust and truth

• 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


• 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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ResearchPolicy

Design

Chief Science Officer

Research time and societal credits

GatheringResearch

MatchingPeople

Publishing Platform

Matching:

• Social Sciences

• Natural sciences

• Law

Significant encounters

Shared study

Experiment - Pilot – Living lab

PhD Trajectory

Shared proposal

Thank you

[email protected]

Room 0.2320 & 21 september 2017, Cardiff


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

Next up

Now Coffee break

15.45h Strategic and institutional approaches to

research impact & Panel discussion



Documents

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