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Universities and innovation in informal settings: Evidence from case studies in South Africa

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  • Glenda Kruss
  • Michael Gastrow

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Technological and economic development benefits a minority of the global population, challenging universities to consider how a transformative framework of innovation for inclusive development can inform an expanded understanding of their ‘third mission’. However, there is little conceptually and empirically informed research available, a gap that stimulated exploratory qualitative research to open up the field, through four case studies of emergent practices in South Africa. This paper aims to identify conditions that facilitate and constrain interaction and knowledge flows between universities and marginalised communities around livelihoods in informal settings. Analysis highlights how actors are driven to interact with one another, to learn and develop new competences. Conditions in the national and local policy environment intersect with organisational conditions within universities and communities, and within the interaction itself, to shape outcomes that impact on livelihoods and development. Finally, we reflect how working concepts may be refined to inform further research.

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  • Glenda Kruss & Michael Gastrow, 2017. "Universities and innovation in informal settings: Evidence from case studies in South Africa," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 44(1), pages 26-36.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:44:y:2017:i:1:p:26-36.
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    1. Il-haam Petersen & Glenda Kruss & Nicole van Rheede, 2022. "Strengthening the university third mission through building community capabilities alongside university capabilities [In Search of a Developmental University: Community Engagement in Theory and Pra," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 49(6), pages 890-904.
    2. Sharma, Gautam & Dahlstrand, Åsa Lindholm, 2023. "Innovations, informality, and the global south: A thematic analysis of past research and future directions," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    3. Bayuo, Blaise Booponoyeng & Chaminade, Cristina & Göransson, Bo, 2020. "Unpacking the role of universities in the emergence, development and impact of social innovations – A systematic review of the literature," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    4. Compagnucci, Lorenzo & Spigarelli, Francesca, 2020. "The Third Mission of the university: A systematic literature review on potentials and constraints," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).

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