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...
5 Jul 2019
The 6th RUNIN training held successfully in Aveiro
RUNIN completed its sixth Training Week out of a total of eight, in Aveiro, Portugal on 10th to 14th June....
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...
30 Oct 2018
Regional Innovation Policies Conference 2018
This year, like last year, the RUNIN project was represented at the Regional Innovation Policies Conference. The 13th RIP conference was held on October 11th -...
25 Oct 2018
Best paper award at the Triple Helix Conference
From the 5th until the 8th of September the “XVI Triple Helix Conference” took place at the University of Manchester, bringing together almost 300...
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...
9 Sep 2018
Researching Research: How to Identify the Organisations of a Research System
Many organisations related to higher education and research exist. When researching research, it is essential to be aware that research organisations are part...
29 Aug 2018
Finding a way through the labyrinth of university entry-points
Questions about the role of young and regional universities in the innovative development of their regions lays at the heart of the RUNIN...
