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Abstract

The interactions between the higher education sector and society and industry have been attracting increased attention in terms of ways to develop social innovation solutions to societal problems. Despite calls from politicians and the existence of some guidelines, we know little about how higher education could incorporate social innovation activities into its structure and missions. This study examines some practice experiences in two southern European public universities in Portugal and Spain. We show that the third mission of universities, which includes social innovation, is both linked to the first two missions of teaching and research, depending on the university’s historical and social context. The high dependence of higher education institutions on economic returns increases the importance of political action to drive the development of social innovation activities. This conditioning factor seems to be intrinsic to some of the barriers that have been identified, such as lack of legitimization and recognition of social innovation practices at the formal governmental level.

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Title
Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Social Innovation: Practices in Two Southern European Universities
Author
Monteiro, Sílvia 1 ; Rosa Isusi-Fagoaga 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Almeida, Leandro 1 ; García-Aracil, Adela 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Research Center on Education, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; [email protected] 
 University Institute of Educational Creativity and Innovation (IUCIE), Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] 
 Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
3594
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20711050
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2562198918
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.