CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT AND CITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS IN EUROPE WILLEM VAN WINDEN

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1 CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT AND CITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS IN EUROPE WILLEM VAN WINDEN

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3 TOPICS 1. City and university interaction 2. City-University partnerships in Europe 3. The risk of urban fragmentation 4. Campus developments & trends

4 THE CITY PERSPECTIVE Universities as engines of innovation and growth Universities as attractors of (international) talent Universities as solution for urban/regional/societal problems Universities of drivers of local cultural dynamics Universities as catalysts for urban zones City & university need to solve many practical problems together: Housing, public transport, studentification, engaging citizens, city branding, etc.

5 Norrkoping/Linkoping, October 2015: Civic universities, academic cities Topics EUniverCities network Lausanne, May 2015: Collaboration for sustainability Aalborg, April 2014: The attractive Student City Aveiro, November 2013: Towards an integrated knowledge city Magdeburg, December 2017: Social engagement of universities/3 rd mission Parma, June 2016: Creating an attractive brand Tampere, November 2016: Campus development Ghent, January 2012: Student Life Ghent, December 2014: Students & public spaces Lublin, June 2017: International students&entrepreneurship Trondheim, April 2013: HEIs and knowledgebased business development Aachen, September 2012: Marketing the City together

6 THE UNIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE City as classroom Strategic City as rich source of research questions/funding Living labs Joint research programmes Problem-based learning Challenge-based/action research Innovation projects Ad Hoc Guest lectures Thesis work Internships Study visits Joint PhDs Contract research Ad Hoc Education Research

7 VOLTEFACE LAUSANNE: ENERGY TRANSITION Region + University + Energy Utility + urban stakeholders Concerns: University: Energy utility: Region: academic freedom, research quality, IP Image, communication Accountability, transparency, public support Language problems.. Joint convention

8 OTHER EXAMPLES Pact van Groningen (City, Province, Universities, Academic Hospital) to make city & region leading knowledge hub Leuven Mindgate: 4helix membership-based organisation, to promote city as hub for health, high tech and creativity Norrkoping: systematically use university knowledge to improve policy making and city services Amsterdam: 300k for collaborative action research programme in three thematic fieldlabs Working from physical locations, concrete challenges, link with curricula

9 Ad-Hoc collaboration By active individuals Short term Workfloor level Joint projects Small challenges Partial/single topic Shared vision & ambition Platforms Strategic collaboration Institutionalised, incentives Long term Management level Joint programmes Big societal challenges Integrated

10 Much action Adolescent Grown-up! Little action Embryonic Ad Hoc Hollow Strategic

11 CHALLENGES & PITFALLS Universities are highly complex organisations with many drivers and incentives.so are city administrations Partnerships require management of expectations to avoid disappointments Sustained funding from the city side can be a problem Power relations between city & university can be problematic Poor communication of results and benefits for citizens & stakeholders Risk of new divisions in the city

12 DISCONNECTED URBAN SOCIETIES? Foreigners/expats Locals/nationals Academic/ high skilled Others

13 WHAT TO DO ABOUT THESE DIVIDES? Connect academic research and education to urban/civic challenges Combine knowledge economy with tourism and entertainment Engage the citizens in science Create hybrid, mixed and inspiring spaces and places that people love

14 NORRKOPING VISUALIZATION CENTRE

15 MAGDEBURG S LONG NIGHT OF SCIENCE

16 LEUVEN MINDGATE CITY BRANDING FOSTERING NETWORKS STARTUPS CITY, UNIVERSITY, R&D Medical house

17 CAMPUS DEVELOPMENTS & TRENDS

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22 CAMPUS TU TWENTE, NL

23 Knowledge comes back to the city

24 Campus to the city: Trondheim

25 Campus becomes a city: Kista IT city, Stockholm

26 Greenfield New science cities Science parks Mixed use Campus + Technology parks Corporate Campuses Urban Campuses Science quarters Monofunctional Creative districts Urban

27 WHY? Urban lifestyles, preferences of higher educated From ivory tower to open innovation cultures University and students as catalysts of city development

28 EMERGING CAMPUS MODELS:

29 Campus as part of economic clusters CAMPUS FOR SCIENCE OF ARTS Mediapolis Future tram route Railway station City center CAMPUS FOR HUMANITIES AND BUSINESS UTA SCIENCES (Central Campus) HEALTH CAMPUS UTA TAMK (University of Tampere) Tays (Tampere University Hospital) (Tampere University of Applied Sciences) Transportation connections 1h 56min By train from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport 14min By taxi from Tampere railway station 18min By taxi from Tampere-Pirkkala Airport Police University College Tampere University of Technology Hermia Business Park TTY VTT Technical Research Centre CAMPUS FOR TECHNOLOGY SCIENCES

30 RDM CAMPUS ROTTERDAM

31 New campus RWTH Aachen

32 Aachen model Campus as locus for programmatic research-business collaboration Companies become member of the campus Members have rights and obligations Academic Centre of Excellence organises a cluster around it Private investors step in to fund infrastructures, labs, buildings

33 City as a campus: Knowledge Mile Amsterdam

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35 ESSENTIALS No control Search for shared interests and projects University as independent broker Strong community management model

36 Campus serves the city: establishments in urban neighbourhoods

37 CONCLUDING REMARKS Universities and campuses are drivers and enablers of economic, social and cultural development in the knowledge economy Campus investments have a long-term structuring impact on the city.better do it right! City & university need a shared vision on the future of education, research and innovation in relation to the local/regional economy and society..but rewarding small bottom-up initiatives is even more important Attracting and integrating international talent (students and expats) is a game changer for medium sized university cities in Europe