Measuring universities’ engagement: a revision of the European research projects and the actual use of the so-called ‘third mission’ indicators

• Autores: Eva de la Torre García, Fernando Casani Fernández de Navarrete , Carmen Pérez Esparrells
• Localización: Revista de estudios regionales, ISSN 0213-7585, Nº. 120, 2021, págs. 97-128
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Cómo medir el compromiso socio-económico de las universidades: una revisión de los proyectos de investigación europeos y del uso empírico de los indicadores de “tercera misión”
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  • español

    Nowadays, the interaction between universities and their territories (engagement or third mission) is considered a core mission of universities whatever the country and the policymaker. Still, this third mission is an ambiguous notion and there is no consensus in the scientific community about its definition and system of indicators, hindering the visibi-lity of universities’ socioeconomic contributions to their territories. This paper revises the wide variety of indicators proposed theoretically in Europe as well as their actual restricted use in empirical studies. Our revision shows that both theoretical and used indicators are strongly heterogeneous and biased towards technology transfer and innovation.

  • English

    En la actualidad se considera que la tercera misión o el compromiso socio-económico de las universidades y su interacción con sus respectivos territorios es una de sus misiones fundamentales. Sin embargo, dicha tercera misión continúa siendo un concepto ambiguo, no existiendo consenso sobre su definición y sistema de indicadores. Ello reduce la visibilidad de las contribuciones socio-económicas de las universidades en sus territorios. Este estudio revisa la amplia variedad de los indicadores teóricos pro-puestos en Europa, así como su restringido uso empírico. Nuestra revisión muestra que estos indicadores son muy heterogéneos, caracterizando principalmente la transferencia e innovación tecnológica.

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