Making Universities Matter
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Lunds universitet - Företagsekonomiska institutionen |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 19 550 000 |
| Project duration | September 2019 - December 2024 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The project´s starting point was the role of the knowledge triangle and collaboration support in higher education policy, and aimed to increase the analytical precision of what collaboration is and how it is practiced, and to function as an expert pool available to various practitioners who are committed to collaboration, in politics, administration, academia and society at large. It has generated many publications but also collaboration spaces between researchers and practitioners.
Expected long term effects
The project aimed to increase understanding of how collaboration is led, organized, implemented and followed up - with the aim of both academic publication and interactive collaboration with practitioners in the field. The project has generated many publications on central aspects of collaboration, but also a large amount of collaboration - in investigations, advice, joint seminars, and contacts with ministries, authorities, universities and other actors who are engaged in the field.
Approach and implementation
The project was set up to create competence in the field of "collaboration" (mainly through postgraduate education but also competence-building), and by acting flexibly and quickly in presenting knowledge in relation to knowledge interests, mainly within Vinnova but also a wider circle. Four doctors have been trained, two associate professors and one professor have been promoted among the participants, and other staff have had ample scope for joint learning and with practitioners.