
Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System
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the spatial dimension of knowledge development;
understanding regional practice;
explaining regional practice;
influencing regional social practice.
A useful resource for both policy makers and researchers, the book helps readers reflect on the type of mutual competence building that applied social science research implies, and depends on, in a regional knowledge development process. It represents a voice on how to understand the development of the knowledge society at regional and global levels.
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Elisabet S. Hauge is a Senior Researcher at Agder Research, Norway, and post doc at the University of Agder, Norway.
May-Linda Magnussen, PhD, is a Senior Researcher at Agder Research, Norway, and post doc at the University of Agder, Norway.
Richard Ennals is Professor in the Department of Working Life and Innovation at the University of Agder, Norway. He is also Professor in the Department of Skill and Technology at Linnaeus University, Sweden, and Emeritus Professor at Kingston University, UK.
Content
1. Developing a sustainable business model in a changing economy
Roger Henning Normann, Eugene Guribye and Kristin Wallevik
2. Why Norway has to develop its own innovation policy
Arne Isaksen
3. Knowledge transfer in different regional contexts
Nina Kyllingstad and Elisabet S. Hauge
4. Collective knowing
James Karlsen and Miren Larrea
Part II: Understanding regional practice
5. Opening or reproducing understandings
Mikaela Vasstrom
6. Social integration of refugees
May-Linda Magnussen and Ingunn Kvamme
7. Comparative reflection
Hanne Haaland and Hege Wallevik
8. Phenomenology of music students
Elisabet S. Hauge
9. Power and knowledge
Jorn Cruickshank and Hege Wallevik
Part III: Explaining regional practice
10. Network ties between universities and cultural and creative industries
Barbara Zyzak, Romulo Pinheiro and Elisabet S. Hauge
11. The usefulness of applied research
Christine Svarstad and Ellen Nyhus
12. Regional knowledge infrastructure
Sissel Strickert
13. The Mittelstand
Michael Ricke, Kristin Wallevik and Geir Jorgensen
Part IV: Influencing regional social practice
14. Getting China-ready
Sarah Holst Kjaer
15. Business models for new experiential services
Tor Helge Aas and Geir Jorgensen
16. Commitment to sustainability in Agder
Stina Torjesen and Karen Landmark
17. Universities' external relations
Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Roger Normann and Romulo Pinheiro
Conclusion: Applied social science research in the regional knowledge system
Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Elisabet Sorfjorddal Hauge, May-Linda Magnussen and Richard Ennals
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