The Role of Universities in Building Knowledge Cities in Australia

Charles, David

doi:10.2148/benv.37.3.281

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“…Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV) is recognized as a successful KCP building effort and a signature initiative in Brisbane (Charles, 2011). The development is characterized by a specific approach to achieve a real social mix providing different housing solutions and catering to different needs.…”

Section: Kelvin Grove Urban Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

Place Making for Knowledge Generation and Innovation: Planning and Branding Brisbane's Knowledge Community Precincts

Yiğitcanlar¹,

Guaralda²,

Taboada³

et al. 2016

Journal of Urban Technology

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Knowledge generation and innovation have been a priority for global city administrators particularly during the last couple of decades. This is mainly due to the growing consensus in identifying knowledge-based urban development as a panacea for burgeoning economic problems. Place making has become a critical element for success in knowledge-based urban development as planning and branding places is claimed to be an effective marketing tool for attracting investment and talent. This paper aims to investigate the role of planning and branding in place making by assessing the effectiveness of planning and branding strategies in the development of knowledge and innovation milieus. The methodology of the study comprises reviewing the literature thoroughly, developing an analysis framework, and using this framework to analyze Brisbane's knowledge community precincts-namely Boggo Road Knowledge Precinct, Kelvin Grove Urban Knowledge Village, and Sippy Downs Knowledge Town. The analysis findings generate invaluable insights into Brisbane's journey in place making for knowledge and innovation milieus and communities. The results suggest as much as good planning, branding strategies, and good practice, the requirements of external and internal conditions also need to be met for successful place making in knowledge community precincts.KEYWORDS knowledge and innovation milieus; knowledge community precincts; knowledge-based urban development; place making; place branding; urban planning; Brisbane

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Section: Kelvin Grove Urban Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

Place Making for Knowledge Generation and Innovation: Planning and Branding Brisbane's Knowledge Community Precincts

Yiğitcanlar¹,

Guaralda²,

Taboada³

et al. 2016

Journal of Urban Technology

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“…The call to universities to interact with public and private entities, to disseminate research both to the general public and in the creation of innovations and jobs can be understood as a political ambition for exploiting universities' potential. For example, universities face pressure from policy-makers to combine an emphasis on global research excellence with a contribution to the development of the knowledge economy in their host cities (Charles, 2011, Bonaccorsi, 2017.…”

Section: Universities' Engagement and Third Mission Rolesmentioning

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Bridging the chasm? Exploring the effect of the University Context on Knowledge Exchange

Ahoba-Sam

Caputo

Charles

et al. 2020

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This paper provides evidence of the importance of the university context in the facilitation of academic engagement. We conceptualise universities as important actors in the innovation process, and academic engagement as encompassing knowledge-related activities occurring within and outside the university, i.e. those involving both internal and external stakeholders. Universities have increasingly been seen to engage with their communities, or at least show much interest in third mission activities. Universities have, in some cases, put on a cloak of entrepreneurship and have essentially introduced the market into academia. Academic scientists have also had to be more entrepreneurial. However, too often, a chasm is evident between the institutional efforts and the individual efforts identified-universities' engagement efforts may not always consolidate the efforts of individual academics who could be considered the actual conduits for knowledge exchange. In fact, several studies have reported that academic scientists frequently engage outside their institutions with little or no direct assistance from their universities. In our view, this has implications on the ability of universities to facilitate knowledge exchange processes. Based on 39 interviews from Sweden and the UK, we argue that enhanced management of knowledge exchange processes is imperative for facilitating knowledge exchange. Our findings have implications for university management.

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“…From a historical perspective, several stages can be discerned in the development of university-society relations (Charles 2011;Bender 1988). In an early "monastic" stage, universities were self-contained and relatively secluded, often sited within the urban core.…”

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The Street-Wise University: The Amsterdam Knowledge Mile as an Intermediary and Place-Making Concept

2019

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Universities have become more engaged or entrepreneurial, forging deeper relations with society beyond the economic sphere. To foster, structure, and institutionalize a broader spectrum of engagement, new types of intermediary organizations are created, going beyond the “standard” technology transfer offices, incubators, and science parks. This paper conceptualizes the role of such new-style intermediaries as facilitator, enabler, and co-shaper of university–society interaction, making a distinction between the roles of facilitation, configuration, and brokering. As a case study, the paper presents the Knowledge Mile in Amsterdam as a novel form of hyper-local engagement of a university with its urban surroundings that connects the challenges of companies and organisations in the street to a broad range of educational and research activities of the university, as well as to rebrand the street.

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The Role of Universities in Building Knowledge Cities in Australia

Cited by 25 publications

References 20 publications

Place Making for Knowledge Generation and Innovation: Planning and Branding Brisbane's Knowledge Community Precincts

Place Making for Knowledge Generation and Innovation: Planning and Branding Brisbane's Knowledge Community Precincts

Bridging the chasm? Exploring the effect of the University Context on Knowledge Exchange

The Street-Wise University: The Amsterdam Knowledge Mile as an Intermediary and Place-Making Concept

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