Bright Satanic Mills

Abstract

Contents: Introduction: Universities, 'relevance' and scale, Alan Scott and Alan Harding. Part 1 Local and Regional Engagement Strategies: Dilemmas and Options: External Engagements and Internal Transformations: Universities, Localities and Regional Developments, Beth Perry and Michael Harloe Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Can Universities Promote Regional Development?, Morten Levin Regional Development, Universities and Strategies for Cluster Promotion, David R. Charles The International Network University of the Future and Its Local and Regional Impacts, Huib Ernste. Part 2 Knowledge Production, Management and the Academic Role: A 1: University Governance: Actors and Identities: Who Are the Real 'Problem owners'?, On the Social Embeddedness of Universities, Davydd J. Greenwood Regulation, Engagement and Academic Production, Tim May Narrating the University: Values Across Disciplines, Dolores Byrnes Academics in the 'Knowledge Economy': From Expert to Intellectual?, Todd Bridgman and Hugh Willmott. A 2: Organising Engagement: Practices and Impacts: Building Bridges over Troubled Water a A Tale of the Difficult Cooperation between University and Region, Stephan Laske, Maximilian Egger and Claudia Meister-Scheytt Community Engagement in Developing a New Campus: The Griffith University, Logan Campus experience, Christine Smith and William Lovegrove Managing a University Merger in a Post-Industrial Context (the Ruhrgebiet), An interview with Lothar Zechlin, Founding Rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Bibliography Index.