Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities
How Universities Shape the Future of Labour
Published on 8. November 2024
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-0353-3185-7 (ISBN)
Description
Addressing the growing need for integration between STEM and the social sciences and humanities, this book reinterprets the role of entrepreneurship education. It explores how universities can adapt to the rapid change, and challenges, of the job market brought by digital and green transitions. Specifically, it investigates the profound impact of the digital revolution on higher education institutions, including the integration of disciplines, changing student demands, as well as new job requests from firms and institutions on the market. Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanitiesidentifies how universities can respond to these issues.
The book highlights the need for a progressive consolidation between technical and soft skills, knowledge of digital tools, and ethical considerations in order to prepare students for the jobs of the future. Adopting a cross-disciplinary perspective, expert contributors argue that to fulfil their civic role, modern universities must develop a new humanism, placing the enhancement of human potential at its core. They draw on their diverse practical experience to show how intellectual growth, creativity, constructive criticism and a wide deployment of technologies can contribute to this goal.
Combining theoretical and empirical insights, this book is an invaluable resource for those working in management education and academic governance, as well as students and scholars of entrepreneurship. It is also a vital read for academic staff and higher education policy makers seeking to equip students for success in an era of uncertainty, dynamicity and turbulence.
The book highlights the need for a progressive consolidation between technical and soft skills, knowledge of digital tools, and ethical considerations in order to prepare students for the jobs of the future. Adopting a cross-disciplinary perspective, expert contributors argue that to fulfil their civic role, modern universities must develop a new humanism, placing the enhancement of human potential at its core. They draw on their diverse practical experience to show how intellectual growth, creativity, constructive criticism and a wide deployment of technologies can contribute to this goal.
Combining theoretical and empirical insights, this book is an invaluable resource for those working in management education and academic governance, as well as students and scholars of entrepreneurship. It is also a vital read for academic staff and higher education policy makers seeking to equip students for success in an era of uncertainty, dynamicity and turbulence.
Reviews / Votes
'Against a background of more than forty years of research on digital humanities, this exploration titled Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities: How Universities Shape the Future of Labour, is a unique contribution, opening new vistas and providing insightful policy guidelines not only to academics, government policy makers, researchers and students, but also to corporations focused on creativity. The volume sheds new light on a range of both problems and possibilities made more acute in a time of polycrises. The book underlines the growing role of digital humanities at the crossroads of several overlapping fields to foster new forms of entrepreneurship and to blend in the unique attributes of STEM education with a view to train new generations of impactful, broad-vision entrepreneurs. It makes a compelling case for removing the barriers that may exist in entrepreneurship and STEM education, all the while broadening their scope. It is a significant contribution reflecting a very rich array of "state of the art" topics and experts.' -- John R McIntyre, The Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 'Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities is a groundbreaking exploration of the intersection between digital humanities and entrepreneurship. Edited by renowned experts, this book masterfully bridges the gap between academic innovation and real-world applications. The book offers compelling case studies and theoretical insights, making it an indispensable resource for educators and policy makers in a digital age.' -- Vinod K. Aggarwal, University of California, Berkeley, USAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-3185-7 (9781035331857)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Francesca Spigarelli, Full Professor of Applied Economics and Director of China Center, University of Macerata, Italy, and Fellow, CiMET, National University Centre for Applied Economic Studies, Louise Kempton, Professor of Urban and Regional Policy, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK and Lorenzo Compagnucci, Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Macerata, Italy and Fellow, CiMET, National University Centre for Applied Economic Studies
Content
Contents
Foreword xviii
Fulvio Esposito
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities 1
Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Kempton and Lorenzo Compagnucci
PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
1 Humanism and innovation in the global world: challenges
for universities and the transformation of the labour market 12
Luigi Lacche and Francesca Spigarelli
2 Transforming researchers into entrepreneurs 27
Conor O'Carroll
3 Towards responsible entrepreneurship: embracing
humanities and social sciences skills into entrepreneurship
education for the digital era 38
Ester Bernado
4 Social transformation and impact in HASS: evolution in
the debate and current assessment challenges 55
Brigida Blasi
5 Is regenerative leadership compatible with a business mind-set? 75
Katia Dupret
6 School of the future 87
Ferruccio Resta
7 Ethics for human-centered education in the age of AI 96
Benedetta Giovanola and Paolo Granata
8 Augmenting human intelligence: empowering cooperation
between humans and algorithms 110
Tracey P. Lauriault and Emanuele Frontoni
PART II CASE STUDIES
9 Swimming against the tide: the role for social sciences and
humanities in contributing to a more inclusive approach to
innovation in post-industrial cities 121
Louise Kempton, David Marlow, Sabina Deitrick, Michael
R. Glass and Rachel Travis
10 Entrepreneurial education, social sciences and humanities:
the case of LUCI - Laboratory for Humanism, Creativity
and Innovation 136
Lorenzo Compagnucci
11 Empowering change: the EIT HEI capacity building
initiative and its impact on higher education institutions 154
Dolores Volkert and Luisa Bunescu
12 Enhancing cultural and societal engagement through
participatory methods: cross-disciplinary learning perspectives 167
Katia Dupret, Everardo Reyes, Mariana Ziku, Samuel
Szoniecky and George Caridakis
13 The digital transformation: humanities and entrepreneurship 184
Sabine Maasen and Felix Poschinger
14 Educating innovators: entrepreneurship in digital
humanities in Italy 196
Luca Pareschi, Silvio Peroni and Maurizio Sobrero
15 From classroom to marketplace: the impact of digital
transformation on academic entrepreneurship 209
Efstratios Stylianidis, Vyron Chrysovergis and Eri Toka
Index 227
Foreword xviii
Fulvio Esposito
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities 1
Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Kempton and Lorenzo Compagnucci
PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
1 Humanism and innovation in the global world: challenges
for universities and the transformation of the labour market 12
Luigi Lacche and Francesca Spigarelli
2 Transforming researchers into entrepreneurs 27
Conor O'Carroll
3 Towards responsible entrepreneurship: embracing
humanities and social sciences skills into entrepreneurship
education for the digital era 38
Ester Bernado
4 Social transformation and impact in HASS: evolution in
the debate and current assessment challenges 55
Brigida Blasi
5 Is regenerative leadership compatible with a business mind-set? 75
Katia Dupret
6 School of the future 87
Ferruccio Resta
7 Ethics for human-centered education in the age of AI 96
Benedetta Giovanola and Paolo Granata
8 Augmenting human intelligence: empowering cooperation
between humans and algorithms 110
Tracey P. Lauriault and Emanuele Frontoni
PART II CASE STUDIES
9 Swimming against the tide: the role for social sciences and
humanities in contributing to a more inclusive approach to
innovation in post-industrial cities 121
Louise Kempton, David Marlow, Sabina Deitrick, Michael
R. Glass and Rachel Travis
10 Entrepreneurial education, social sciences and humanities:
the case of LUCI - Laboratory for Humanism, Creativity
and Innovation 136
Lorenzo Compagnucci
11 Empowering change: the EIT HEI capacity building
initiative and its impact on higher education institutions 154
Dolores Volkert and Luisa Bunescu
12 Enhancing cultural and societal engagement through
participatory methods: cross-disciplinary learning perspectives 167
Katia Dupret, Everardo Reyes, Mariana Ziku, Samuel
Szoniecky and George Caridakis
13 The digital transformation: humanities and entrepreneurship 184
Sabine Maasen and Felix Poschinger
14 Educating innovators: entrepreneurship in digital
humanities in Italy 196
Luca Pareschi, Silvio Peroni and Maurizio Sobrero
15 From classroom to marketplace: the impact of digital
transformation on academic entrepreneurship 209
Efstratios Stylianidis, Vyron Chrysovergis and Eri Toka
Index 227