• Contextualizing the role of universities to regional development: introduction to the special issue 

      Benneworth, Paul; Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03)
      Universities are increasingly expected to provide contributions to regional innovation and economic development processes. Despite much work on how universities can contribute to regional growth processes, there is much ...
    • Towards regional responsible research and innovation? Integrating RRI and RIS3 in European innovation policy 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Benneworth, Paul; Asheim, Bjørn Terje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)
      This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI) policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3). ...
    • Universities and regions : New insights and emerging developments 

      Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Thomas, Elisa; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Pinheiro, Romulo; Benneworth, Paul (Chapter, 2022)
      In this concluding chapter, the editors take stock of the empirical findings across the cases and levels of analysis and link the empirical evidence to the analytical framework presented in Chapter 2. In so doing, we revisit ...
    • Universities' mundaneness and regional engagement : Setting the stage 

      Thomas, Elisa; Benneworth, Paul; Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Pinheiro, Romulo (Chapter, 2022)
      This chapter introduces the main logic of this volume, which starts from the grassroots level of universities’ “everyday” engagements, looking at the manifold ways in which university knowledge agents build connections ...
    • Unpacking Mundaneness : A novel conceptual framework for universities and regional engagement 

      Pinheiro, Romulo; Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Thomas, Elisa; Benneworth, Paul (Chapter, 2022)
      In this chapter, we debate the current view on university-regional engagements and suggest a renewed theoretical framework based on four main elements – macro, meso, micro dimensions, as well as a meta-dimension of temporality ...