Strategies being pursued by Romanian HEIs to support knowledge transfer

Even though the higher education model of universities in Romania corresponds to a Humboldtian model based on harmonizing teaching and research activities, in recent years, under pressure from the knowledge-based economy, research activity has tended towards an increased role. Therefore, the role of...

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Autores: Marin, Elena|||0000-0002-7200-2887, Proteasa, Carmen|||0000-0003-0221-0338, Iucu, Romiță
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:222150
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/222150
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/educar.1056
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Knowledge transfer
Higher education
Researchers
Policymakers
Romania
Transferència de coneixement
Educació superior
Investigadors
Legisladors
Transferencia de conocimiento
Educación superior
Investigadores
Legisladores
Rumanía
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Sumario:Even though the higher education model of universities in Romania corresponds to a Humboldtian model based on harmonizing teaching and research activities, in recent years, under pressure from the knowledge-based economy, research activity has tended towards an increased role. Therefore, the role of universities across Romania is beginning to shift towards an entrepreneurial one. This paper seeks to identify the strategies that universities are currently developing to sustain the process of knowledge transfer. To achieve the above aim, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 university managers from research-intensive universities. The data was analysed using a coding system that was developed based on the theoretical framework. The results indicate a tendency among Romanian universities towards a linear model of tackling knowledge transfer, meaning that the primary focus is on establishing networks and partnerships between researchers and other categories of end users and on developing cross-domain research teams among researchers from the same university.