Social innovation at the University of Gothenburg

In preparation for the IAU Global Meeting of Associations 6, this issue - IAU Horizons, 21, 1 - offers reports on IAU priority areas, new projects and initiatives, especially LGEU, and upcoming events and conferences.
By Pam Fredman. Social innovation at the University of Gothenburg
Universities play a key role in creating and developing knowledge and in ensuring that knowledge is disseminated and utilized in society. At the University of Gothenburg, students are given a research-based education and are provided with academic skills to be critical, analytical and creative, making them key players in transformation of knowledge and promotion of innovation in all sectors of society. The University’s responsibility to transfer research results to society also includes innovation. In the areas of medicine, the natural sciences and technology, commercialization and technology transfer have long traditions, and innovation models are well established. However, with the ongoing globalization, climate threats, urbanization, digitalization, social segregation and demand on health care, to name some of the challenges society is facing, it is obvious that innovation processes beyond commercialization and technology transfer are required. Download IAU Horizons, 21, 1.