11 May 2020
New Working Paper: Universities and regional economies – a symbiotic relationship?
By Andre Carrascal-Incera, Tasos Kitsos & Diana Gutierrez-Posada, Coventry University, the...
29 Apr 2020
Reflections on the pandemic lockdown from two PhD fellows
It isn’t about how we can keep working while being at home; it is about how we can keep being happy at home while...
28 Apr 2020
How should we measure knowledge exchange activity?
The Covid-19 pandemic has halted the implementation of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) in the UK, a new attempt to measure and publish KE activity, but...
27 Apr 2020
The Pandemic and the Regional Role of the University
As our Innovative Training Network on the Role of Universities in Innovation and Regional Development nears its end, the corona pandemic is profoundly...
6 Feb 2020
Preparing your defence
So the manuscript has been sent to the committee. The papers are published, the book is printed. The only thing that stands between you and the doctorate...
14 Aug 2019
On regional engagement and unique selling points
The concept of engagement in academe is in vogue! With much research focused on a myriad of issues around this concept – my research project alongside 13...
30 May 2019
Impact is ‘the new black’, but how do we ‘wear’ it?
Impact is ‘the new black’, but how do we ‘wear’ it? Revisiting the Nordic workshop on the regional innovation impact assessment framework for...
19 Feb 2019
Confronting the giant: a personal experience with mental health problems
On one gloomy evening, my wife asked me “are you okay? It looks like your mood has changed of late. I’ll advise you seek help.” I retorted. “Help? What...
11 Jan 2019
Early Career Researchers in Focus: A Journey of Clarifying Multiple Modes of Research Collaboration
As early career researchers, we frequently interact with our peers, namely PhD candidates and sometimes with post-docs in numerous platforms such as...
19 Dec 2018
How can universities contribute to the “soft power” of their states?
Universities, alongside being crucial academic and research assets, constitute significant ‘soft power’ sources for their host countries. The...
17 Oct 2018
What is transdisciplinarity? What does it mean for academics’ collaborations?
The terms multidisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary are used to imply, in increasing order, different degrees of academic...
17 Sep 2018
Summer School at the University of Twente: Welcome to a new family! or The notes of an outsider
On June 25-29, 2018, a RUNIN Summer School headed by Dr. Paul Benneworth was hosted in Enschede, the Netherlands. There, the RUNIN early-stage researchers...
