P20 Geography of higher education and the production of knowledge
Proposed session is dedicated to exchanging the current academic research and practical findings on all aspects of global spatial distribution of higher education sector and the knowledge production centers. The main goal is to explore the fundamental questions in human geography and social-economic studies linked to the role of higher education in local and regional innovativeness and knowledge spillovers. The intention of organizers is also to present strategic changes in geographical distribution of higher education sectors in Europe, the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), USA as well as other parts of the world. We would like to invite the presentations that address the following issues in different empirical and theoretical contexts, for example:
- The changes and challenges for higher education systems in “learning society and economy”;
- Geographical configuration / reconfiguration of global Universities networks;
- The role of universities and the knowledge production centers in regional development;
- The place of University in globalizing World;
- The impact of knowledge sectors on urban development.
- Higher education and social and technological innovations.
- The space in knowledge production *:
- Creative cities and the higher education institutions in Slovakia *, :
- Knowledge network formation for innovative study programmes in higher education *, :
- University research and development strategy as a mechanism for regional development in Slovenia *:
- Effects of the Hungarian higher education faculties of health sciences on the settlements – Case study: Pécs-Debrecen , *, , *:
- Smart path – co-operation of universities and enterprises *:
- The representation of research institutions and their localization in the context of development of metropolitan areas *:
- Capacity building for enhancing disaster management and planning: towards an integrated spatial perspective *, , :
- The dynamics of the higher education sector in Slovakia *, :