In the course of the XIV International Triple Helix Conference ‘Addressing ecosystem challenges in the era of crises’ from 25th to 27th September 2016 in Heidelberg, the SI-DRIVE partner ‘Innovation Systems Department, Austrian Institute of Technology’/AIT, will host a session on ‘Social Innovation – is there a Role for Universities?’. This session will be a mixed event with the possibility to present academic papers. For more details, please, have a look at the new call! The discussion panel will involve experts, academics and representatives of NGOs. This session emphasizes the increased importance of the society, not only from a Quadruple Helix view, but as a platform for The Triple Helix and possibilities to redefine the role of universities, especially as knowledge hubs, for this important and fast developing type of innovation: social innovation.
The organisers of Triple Helix track 18 on ‘Social Innovation – is there a role for universities?’ are pleased to invite conference participants and representatives from local authorities and businesses to a roundtable discussion on social innovation. Please submit your abstracts here. Submissons are accepted until 31st July 2016.
Chairs: Dr. Matthias Weber, Doris Schartinger; Research, Technology & Innovation Policy, Innovation Systems Department AIT
The aim is to address the qualitatively different roles for universities in different social innovation undertakings. Furthermore, we invite theoretical and empirical perspectives from different areas, as well as experimental research and case studies of social innovations addressing ecosystem challenges.