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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author CRESPO, Manuel
Title Intensification of university?industry relationships and its impact on academic research / Manuel Crespo ; Houssine Dridi
Publication year 2007
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 54 (2007) 1, S. 61 - 84
Inventory number 22757
Keywords Ausland : Kanada : einzelne Hochschulen ; Ausland : Kanada : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : Kanada : Forschung, Hochschullehrer ; Hochschule und Wirtschaft
Abstract This paper analyses the intensification of university?industry relationships and its impact on university research. The paper consists of recent follow-up research to an international comparative research project conducted in the 1990s. It deals specifically with the Québec (Canada) situation. Twenty-eight in-depth interviews were conducted in the winter of 2003 with university researchers and an additional five interviews with technology transfer officers. The interviews were conducted in six francophone higher education institutions in Québec. With regard to university?industry relationships, the interviews revealed that university researchers in scientific and technological fields conducted innovation-oriented research, which benefits their graduate students and the institution itself. Freedom of publication is somewhat conditioned by intellectual property constraints. Thus, a majority of university researchers adopt an ?entrepreneurial ethos? which they find compatible with their academic values. The intensification of university?industry relationships may also have latent dysfunctional effects with regard to conflicts of interest, as some university researchers have created start-up companies which act both as research funding sources and as beneficiaries of research results. Thus, intellectual property and conflict of interest issues evolve in a grey zone and are often sources of stress and tension for researchers. However harsh some disputes may become over these issues, they are resolved, at least in the context analysed in this research, in ways that satisfy both the researcher and the institutions. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Crespo, Manuel, E-Mail: manuel.crespo@umontreal.ca