Policies Aimed at Strengthening Ties between Universities and Cities

Personal Networks on the Labour Market: Who Finds a Job in the Creative Sector in Poznań?

“…Previous studies of creative networks tended to focus on the role of social relations among creative workers (Perry-Smith, Mannucci 2015; Shaw et al 2012) and institutional networks (formal clusters of creative firms and institutions - Kovács, Musterd 2013;Stachowiak et al 2013) in the creative process. This paper fills the gap related to the role of the strength of ties in networks of creative individuals.…”

Universities as Anchor Institutions: Economic and Social Potential for Urban Development

“…Stachowiak, Pinheiro, Sedini, and Vaattovaara ( 2013 ) suggest the concept of "spaces of interaction " as the venues where universities and external stakeholder groups interact with one another. The spaces integrate the city-region's business, community, city development, and cultural efforts with the teaching, research, and "third mission activities" of the university.…”

“…Beyond the teaching and research function, service activities allow for the application of knowledge to economic and cultural development . One result of the interaction between cities and higher education is that both groups increasingly value the formal and informal networks that exist (Stachowiak et al, 2013 ).…”

Universities in crisis?--new challenges and strategies in two English city-regions

“…More recently, the 'city-university relationship' (Williams et al, 2008) or 'the roles of universities in knowledge based urban development' (Charles, 2011) has attracted growing policy attention as the concept of 'city-regions' and the new urban entrepreneurialism (Turok, 2009;Etherington and Jones, 2009) gained popularity in both policy and theoretical discourses (see Perry, 2008;Goddard and Vallance, 2013;Stachowiak et al 2013). The 'city-university relationship' is seen as pivotal to the economy by helping places "adapt to changes in the wider economy, increase the proportion of knowledge intensive jobs and workers, and deliver beneficial outcomes for communities" (Williams et al, 2008, p. 4).…”

“…However, the collaborative relationships were also in part the consequence of new 'regionalism' under the New Labour government, and supported by a number of funding incentives. The expectations around the universities' external engagement under new regionalism were though based on an underestimation of the tensions and contradictions between the different roles, activities and different dimensions of engagement (Stachowiak, 2013). the volume and speed of flow of knowledge from universities to knowledge users that leads to higher rates of innovation and economic development, meets the needs of policy, practice civil society communities and contributes to open knowledge and free enquiry (Goldstein, 2010).…”