Sustainable Solutions: Let Knowledge Serve the City
DOI: 10.9774/gleaf.9781783534012_14
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Higher education as a driver for urban sustainability outcomes: The role of Portland State University Institute for Sustainable Solutions

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“…Portland State University (PSU) is one of many public-sector players that help local governments fulfill their climate mitigation responsibilities and adaptation preparations. For example, the Portland Climate Action Collaborative (Beaudoin and Sherman, 2016) allows Portland's BPS to prioritize Climate Action Plan research questions, which PSU faculty and students then help answer. This approach is now being replicated by philanthropies and city-university consortia, illustrating the benefits of universities accommodating municipal partners' needs, rather than expecting cities to adjust to the peculiarities of academic culture.…”
Section: Scaling and Transferring Portland's Climate Lessonsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Portland State University (PSU) is one of many public-sector players that help local governments fulfill their climate mitigation responsibilities and adaptation preparations. For example, the Portland Climate Action Collaborative (Beaudoin and Sherman, 2016) allows Portland's BPS to prioritize Climate Action Plan research questions, which PSU faculty and students then help answer. This approach is now being replicated by philanthropies and city-university consortia, illustrating the benefits of universities accommodating municipal partners' needs, rather than expecting cities to adjust to the peculiarities of academic culture.…”
Section: Scaling and Transferring Portland's Climate Lessonsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…What is then set in motion is a continuous cycle of exploration, innovation and learning that is pursued over a longer time period of time than the one offered by the constraints of an academic calendar and held together by a number of strategies that create a chain of continuous work. (Beaudoin & Sherman, 2016). Working in this collaborative mode sets up a pattern of trial and error in which the participants learn to see problems in new ways and to apply emergent solutions in a complex environment where no proven solutions exist, the consequences of any actions taken are inherently unpredictable, and no single organization or individual is in control.…”
Section: Changes In the Nature Of Engagementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At Portland State University, the Institute for Sustainable Solutions (ISS) through its Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (SNI) has begun to experiment with new forms of interaction with some of the neighborhoods in Portland (Beaudoin & Sherman, 2016). These programs operate as a nexus effect (Ernst & Chrobot, 2011) or node within the complex environment of Portland State while connecting in a number of ways deeply into the surrounding Greater Portland Region.…”
Section: Boundary Spanning In An Increasingly Uncertain Environment: mentioning
confidence: 99%