Engaging for sustainable development and transformation: exploring the concept of transformative academic institutions

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dc.contributor.authorCanto Farachala, Martha Patricia
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Madeline
dc.contributor.authorWise, Emily
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Michael Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-26T08:24:34Z
dc.date.available2025-02-26T08:24:34Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-02-26T08:24:34Z
dc.description.abstractUniversities are expected to play a proactive role in the sustainable development and transformation of their regions. However, they face external and internal barriers to play that role. One possible approach to overcome those barriers is through transformative academic institutions (TAIs). TAIs are defined as research centres created within universities to proactively engage in territorial development processes and can act as 'living labs' from which universities can draw lessons when developing a regionally engaged role. The article explores the TAI concept further by posing the following research question: How does the TAI approach look like in different contexts? What factors support and/or hinder TAI development? To that end, we analyse the case of five academic partners working in different organisational research settings within larger university structures. Our exploration of TAI practices followed an action research approach with participatory design methods to identify commonalities, challenges, and opportunities. Findings point to a more strategic partnering with external (non-academic) actors to contribute to (longer-term) change processes that address regional sustainability challenges. This can take universities towards new roles in curating collective knowledge and catalysing and facilitating change.en
dc.identifier.citationCanto-Farachala, P., Smith, M., Wise, E., & Johnson, M. P. (2024). Engaging for Sustainable Development and Transformation - Exploring the Concept of Transformative Academic Institutions. Triple Helix, 11(1), 75-106. https://doi.org/10.1163/21971927-BJA10049
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/21971927-BJA10049
dc.identifier.eissn2197-1927
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2377
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBrill Academic Publishers
dc.rights© Canto-Farachala et al., 2024
dc.subject.otherAction research
dc.subject.otherCo-design
dc.subject.otherSustainable development
dc.subject.otherTransformative Academic Institutions
dc.subject.otherTriple helix
dc.subject.otherUniversities
dc.titleEngaging for sustainable development and transformation: exploring the concept of transformative academic institutionsen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage106
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage75
oaire.citation.titleTriple Helix
oaire.citation.volume11
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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