Customized Education as a Framework for Strengthening Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Regional Actors in Sustainable Development—Lessons from Albania and Kosovo

Meyer, Jonas; Pillei, Michael; Zimmermann, Friedrich M.; Stöglehner, Gernot

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“…HEIs have a strong influence on the regional innovation in collaboration with society, civil, government, and private initiatives [2]. A study conducted in developing countries (Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India) argues that a healthy balance of several types of higher education institutions (HEIs) at regional and national levels in a country may be necessary for a better performance of national innovation [65].…”

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Modeling of the Factors of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Influencing the Strategic Linking Decisions with the Industrial Sector: Whole-Institution Approach

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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are dedicated to the professionalization of human capital; to accomplish this, the link with the productive sector is an active component that must be strengthened through formal mechanisms. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the relationships and effects from the Institutional Framework (IF), as well as from the independent variables in the context of linking HEI with the industrial sector. Survey data were collected from 47 HEIs in the Northwest of Mexico; a mixed research approach was applied and analyzed through the partial least-squares structural equations modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. Although the IF is identified as a relevant aspect for the model, this is not a problem for Mexican HEIs, since the analysis reflects a solid legal framework regarding the common basic levels and research. The main impact for experts who carry out research activities is that the route to creating, maintaining, and promoting integrated academic, technical, and administrative personnel as a specialized work team is not achieved. The main factor that does not contribute for researchers who carry out research activities is that the route to integrating (creating–maintaining–promoting) academic, technical, and administrative personnel as a specialized work team is not achieved. One finding is that the informants agree with the existing stimuli that are not aimed at research linked to the industrial sector and problem-solving through applied research. There is a need for retaining the groups of researchers to help make the benefits for the industry clear by offering advanced linkage levels.

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“…The involvement of HEIs benefits the productive sector by generating bridge actions and institutions that could strengthen regional social capital and innovation capacity. Consequently, this guarantees a better social result [2,3].…”

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Modeling of the Factors of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Influencing the Strategic Linking Decisions with the Industrial Sector: Whole-Institution Approach

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“…From the investigation results, we conclude that awareness-raising and capacity-building has to be oriented on the specific demands of the respective stakeholder groups. Such courses can follow the principle of customised education programmes [23,76], where further education offers are organised according to action research principles: in this concept, the learning outcomes are defined together with the target group, in the light of the objectives the target group wants to reach-in this case the implementation of wastewater energy use-and the existing knowledge base is defined, as well as the knowledge gaps analysed and the learning demand derived. On this basis, educational programmes are designed-normally as short intensive courses-and implemented, evaluated, and further developed if needed.…”

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“…Kordana [22] describes a SWOT analysis of heat recovery applications in raw and treated wastewater. Neugebauer et al [23] estimated the thermal energy supply potentials of Austrian wastewater treatment plants considering their particular treatment capacity and spatial context. Kollmann et al [24] describe a procedure to assess the integration of a wastewater treatment plant into local energy supply concepts considering a spatial analysis, different energy flows, and the ecologic footprint of different supply scenarios.…”

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Participation as a Key Aspect for Establishing Wastewater as a Source of Renewable Energy

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Climate change is one of the great challenges of our times. In the search for renewable energy sources, wastewater has received increasing attention in recent years. This is due to the fact that it can serve as a source of electricity and heat supply, as well as a substitute for natural gas. The current literature frequently addresses more technical aspects from a mostly sanitary engineering-orientated perspective. Social aspects related to the energetic use of wastewater still appear to be underrepresented. To support the closure of existing knowledge gaps and to contribute to the development in this field, this article addresses two issues: it defines and characterises key stakeholder groups required to catalyse broader energetic usage of wastewater, and it proposes a participatory approach to support successfully establishing wastewater as a commonly accepted source of renewable energy to best support the ongoing energy transition.

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“…The adaptive capacity is essential for the quick response to the challenges of new situations, keeping up the existing structures, or, in case of negative developments, being able to make up for possible deterioration of living conditions. Opportunities for lifelong learning assure the access to requalification and targeted retraining, which helps the employees to actively contribute to further implementation of innovations [67,68]. The change in qualification demands can be covered by gaining new skills and knowledge or by accessing the workforce from outside.…”

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Spatial Dimension of the Employment Market Exposition to Digitalisation—The Case of Austria

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2020

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Digitalisation, referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, is gradually becoming part of all areas of life. The progressing digitalisation inspires new business models, restructures production processes and provides new revenue and value-producing opportunities. Simultaneously jobs are becoming abdicable and livelihoods can get threatened. To analyse the spatial context of the susceptibility of regional labour markets to 4.0 technology in Austria, the occupation-based assessment of digitalisation probability was projected on the industry standard classification and linked to the statistical employee data at the municipal level. The outcomes reveal to what extent the economic sections and divisions are exposed to digitalisation. Results representing spatial distribution reveal that digitalisation risks cannot be explicitly assigned to certain spatial structures or localities. Still, it can be stated that urban areas and small towns are relatively less exposed to disappearing of existing jobs. Municipalities with the highest vulnerability to labour replaceability are located mainly in rural areas. The discussion focuses on regional resilience, social vulnerability and possible development paths for different frameworks and spatial context of consequences. The study emphasizes the importance of digitalisation processes for regional development and presents an approach of analysing their territorial dimensions.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1852 2 of 29 never been needed before is being created [3,[7][8][9][10]. The development of digital technologies and the increasing internetworking of the past decades have already significantly changed the economy and business models. The significance of distance has changed, it is less and less considered to be a barrier for cooperation or delivery of goods and services. Changed accessibility opens up new markets for the companies and at the same time makes more goods and services available to the consumers. Digitalisation stimulates further development, demanding more innovative approaches in order to be capable of actively participating and shaping the digital transformation. It influences the expectations for the competencies of both the employers and employees [11,12]. The projections on the future demand for knowledge and skills reveal that digital technology is more likely to displace primarily routinized work than low-skilled work [13], and therefore can be the first revolution that takes away middle-class jobs. Consequently, it can lead to the point where the worse jobs, not only in terms of income but more demanding physically and less safe, are left for humans [14,15]. In the past substitution and abandonment of tasks have normally been accompanied by the continuous adjustment and emergence of other economic activities and tasks [16]. Although these processes take place concurrently, it is also evident that new digital technologies are observed to have a potentially positive influence on employment in the long-term, but short-term consequences are rather negative [17]....

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Customized Education as a Framework for Strengthening Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Regional Actors in Sustainable Development—Lessons from Albania and Kosovo

Cited by 16 publications

References 32 publications

Modeling of the Factors of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Influencing the Strategic Linking Decisions with the Industrial Sector: Whole-Institution Approach

Modeling of the Factors of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Influencing the Strategic Linking Decisions with the Industrial Sector: Whole-Institution Approach

Participation as a Key Aspect for Establishing Wastewater as a Source of Renewable Energy

Spatial Dimension of the Employment Market Exposition to Digitalisation—The Case of Austria

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