Abstract
Smart specialisation is a bottom-up frameworkfor regional development. Smart specialisationemphasizes the role of universities, but the official strategies tend not to differentiate betweenthe needs of regions, regional clusters and universities. Such simplification often causes disparities between the actual and the plannedhuman resources of an area, potentially leadingto a waste of ‘smartness’. This article introducesthe Arctic Smartness program of Lapland andthe Älyke project of the University of Laplandwhere teachers and students experimentallyparticipate in smart specialization. The articleexplores the opportunities to develop the agencyof university students and teachers.
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