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Alina Lidén.

Alina Lidén

Senior lecturer

Alina Lidén.

Collaboration in the making-towards a practice-based approach to university innovation intermediary organisations

Author

  • Lisa Blix Germundsson
  • Sören Augustinsson
  • Alina Lidén

Summary, in English

The study aims to understand and explore situations of collaboration between various actors in connection with a university-driven innovation intermediary organisation, and how the intermediary organisation facilitates collaboration in the making. To this end, we employ a case of a university-driven long-lasting intermediary organisation within the agricultural and forestry sectors. We examine three collaborative situations, using practice-based research and process theories as theoretical perspectives. A narrative approach is adopted as the method of investigation. The findings are presented in a conceptual model where the structures of the intermediary organisation are translated into practices, against which individuals can develop their collaboration processes. It is concluded that collaboration in the making is formed in the interplay between structures, practices and processes in relations between people. This implies that the organising of collaboration should focus its attention not only on structures but also on the practices and processes formed between people. The study contributes to the understanding of the organising of university innovation intermediary organisations by untangling the relations between structures, practices and processes in situations of collaboration between people.

Department/s

  • Department of Service Studies

Publishing year

2020

Language

English

Publication/Series

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volume

12

Issue

12

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

MDPI AG

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Agricultural innovation systems
  • Interactive innovation
  • Intermediation
  • Learning
  • Multi-stakeholder processes
  • Open innovation
  • Sustainability transitions
  • Transdisciplinarity
  • University industry collaboration

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2071-1050