Beyond the third mission: Exploring the emerging university function of co-creation for sustainability

Food and gastronomy (F&G) are increasingly recognized as potentially determinant elements for the sustainable development of places. A commonly held theory in many research fields is that F&G can contribute to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of places while potentially representing elements that increase those places' attractiveness and competitiveness. This literature review investigates three main research streams: agriculture and rural studies, place branding and place marketing and food tourism. The aim is to reduce the research fragmentation by offering a more holistic perspective on how F&G are understood in different research areas to identify common and transversal elements that might represent the core of F&G's potential for place development. These areas have been analysed to identify common, recurrent and significative local F&G resources. Significance in this context indicates that the identified local F&G resources have emerged as meaningful at the local and global levels; that is, they are embedded in the place (spatially and culturally) and are able to identify and differentiate the place in global competition. The analysis reveals that all local F&G resources that support place distinctiveness and attractiveness should also address and strengthen the link between the place (territorial/geographical dimensions) and the people (cultural dimensions).

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“…To contribute to sustainability, place-based, multi-stakeholder partnerships able to solve real-world issues must be engaged [110].…”

Section: Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Food and Gastronomy for Sustainable Place Development: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Different Theoretical Approaches

Rinaldi

2017

Sustainability

139

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“…Borrell-Damian (2010) and Trencher et al (2013) emphasizes the importance of universities to work these missions in a unified project, as a solid combination of education, research and innovation in an endless interaction with industries and governments. The third mission is related to all activities concerning creation, use, application and exploitation of knowledge capabilities outside academic environment (Molas-Gallart & Castro-Martínez, 2008).…”

Section: Third Missionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, Trencher et al (2013) considers as a role of the university to collaborate with several social actors to create transformations with the aim of materializing sustainable development in a specific place, region or societal subsector. According to Etzkowitz (1998), the heart of this new mission is the "capitalization of knowledge", in which it is important to establish the university as a significant actor in their own economic environment.…”

Section: Third Missionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Brazilian Universities Incubators: A Panorama from Activities and GDP Perspective

Cruz¹,

Bezerra²,

Mendes³

2017

IJBM

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The entrepreneurship can collaborate to the economy and solve environmental problems by contributing to achieve the university third mission through the incubators process as the majority of technology transfer mechanisms. However, Brazilian universities incubators are less developed than the ones from United States and Europe. Therefore, this paper aims to explore Brazilian universities incubators from an activities and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) perspective. As a result, we identified 122 incubators that are from public universities, in their majority and work mainly in social entrepreneurship and base-technology sectors. Universities installed in cities with a high GDP have a restricted number of activities compared to other economic classes, as well as in lower class there are an interesting number of incubators focused on promoting and creating jobs and income generation, corroborating the role of the universities third mission. Incubators are still in consolidation in Brazil, which reflects the early stage of innovation in universities and industries. Recent studies are recommended in the area of incubator management and effectiveness of technology transfer.

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“…Throughout the world there are university departments, centers, and degree-granting programs oriented towards sustainability, where students and faculties take on more active roles in applied research, capacity building, and communication of knowledge to the public [13,14]. Societal actors, too, are reframed from passive recipients of knowledge to knowledge creators and essential partners in an educational and research agenda capable of leveraging many forms of knowledge in service of better, more sustainable futures.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transferring Sustainability Solutions across Contexts through City–University Partnerships

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Abstract:The urgency of climate change and other sustainability challenges makes transferring and scaling solutions between cities a necessity. However, solutions are deeply contextual. To accelerate solution efforts, there is a need to understand how context shapes the development of solutions. Universities are well positioned to work with cities on transferring solutions from and to other cities. This paper analyses five case studies of city-university partnerships in three countries on transferring solutions. Our analysis suggests that understanding the interest, the action on sustainability, and the individual and collective sustainability competences on the part of the city administration and the university can help facilitate the transfer of sustainability solutions across contexts. We conclude that the nature of the city-university partnership is essential to solution transfer and that new and existing networks can be used to accelerate progress on the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Beyond the third mission: Exploring the emerging university function of co-creation for sustainability

Abstract: Beyond the third mission: Exploring the emerging university function of co-creation for sustainability Science and Public Policy, 2014, 41(2): 151-179. Access to the published version may require subscription.

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Food and Gastronomy for Sustainable Place Development: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Different Theoretical Approaches

Food and Gastronomy for Sustainable Place Development: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Different Theoretical Approaches

Brazilian Universities Incubators: A Panorama from Activities and GDP Perspective

Transferring Sustainability Solutions across Contexts through City–University Partnerships

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