Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)

Abstract:

University-industry (U-I) links and their impact on innovation processes have been widely discussed in the literature. However, previous studies have mainly examined U-I knowledge transfer activities from the perspective of the research and third stream missions. In this study we go a step further, analysing such processes from the perspective of the university’s teaching mission.

To address this topic, we first review different U-I collaboration practices that, through the teaching mission, permit students working on authentic tasks via consultation with industry partners around workplace problems. Education is the oldest way through which academia contributes to economic growth. Students act as important channels, transmitting knowledge to the industry. Yet, we argue that knowledge flows also occur during education and not only after graduation. Second, we focus our attention on educational crowdsourcing platforms that help bringing universities and industry together to develop joint activities in undergraduate and graduate programmes. Nine platforms with different business models are examined. Finally, we present the experience of the B-SMART project, a project developed at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, funded by Fundació Puig and the “Aula d’Innovació Docent”. This project responds to the recent calls for making the educational process a professional and a personal experience.

Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent is an Associate Professor at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). She holds a PhD and MSc. in Industrial Engineer and EngineeringManagement from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

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