Universities and the advancement of technologies
COURSE PLAN .
COURSE PLAN .
The course is organized in three phases to build towards outcomes (see assessments).
The focus of the first month (January) will be on building the foundations for the two papers that you will author. This will set the agenda for the topics that we want to cover in February and March.
February will give you the tools and methodologies to work on the papers, including theories/concepts and review of existing works.
March will focus on finishing the works you have built by providing inputs and refining your papers.
Links to slides will be provided next to the lecture, once the class is over. While the important readings are provided here, detailed reference materials are included in the slides.
3/Jan - Class 1: [Lecture] Introductions, Logistics, and Assessments
6/Jan - Class 2: [Discussion] What do we mean by universities and why do we need them?
Slides. No reading material.
Altbach, Philip G. "Advancing the national and global knowledge economy: the role of research universities in developing countries." Studies in higher education 38.3 (2013): 316-330. Link
10/Jan - Class 3: Unbundling
11/Jan - Last date for course add/drop
13/Jan - Finalization of course roll list
13/Jan - Class 4: Unbundling in higher educatoin
Slides.
McCowan, Tristan. "Higher education, unbundling, and the end of the university as we know it." Oxford Review of Education 43.6 (2017): 733-748. Link
Nillesen, Paul HL, and Michael G. Pollitt. "Ownership unbundling in electricity distribution: empirical evidence from New Zealand." Review of Industrial Organization 38.1 (2011): 61-93. Link
17/Jan - Class 5: [Lecture] Institutional theory
20 Jan - Class 6: [Lecture] Legitimacy
Slides
Suchman, Mark C. "Managing legitimacy: Strategic and institutional approaches." Academy of management review 20.3 (1995): 571-610.
Assignment 1 details available here.
24/Jan - Class 7: The economics of research and development.
27/ Jan - Class 8: The link between R&D and national development
Diamond Jr, Arthur M. "Edwin Mansfield’s contributions to the economics of technology." Research Policy 32.9 (2003): 1607-1617. Link
31/Jan - Submit areas and groups for ASSIGNMENT 1 by email.
31/Jan - Class 9: Knowledge transfer and organisational innovation
03/Feb - Class 10: The link between R&D and national development
7/Feb - Class 11: An overview of Technology transfer.
10/Feb - Class 12: Public policy and the transfer of technology from universities
10/Feb - ASSIGNMENT 2: Quiz question released. Link
Week 7: No class due to Minor week
14/Feb - Class 13: No class.
17/Feb - Class 14: No class.
Readings
17/Feb: Mid night: Quiz submissions due.
Week 8: Can universities turn regions in to innovation hubs?
21/Feb - Class 15: Technology transfer as a process.
24/Feb - Class 16. Universities and regional innovation.
ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE. In class presentations
Readings
28/Feb - Class 17: Universities and regional innovation - part 2.
3/Mar - Class 18: TBD
Readings
3/Mar - Mid night - ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE
7/Mar - Class 19: TBD (Universities industry collaboration) slides
10/Mar - Class 20: TBD
Readings
14/Mar - Class 21: TBD
17/Mar - Class 22: TBD
Readings
20/Mar - Class 23
26/Mar - Class 24
27/Mar - 2 April - No lecture week
11/April - Mid night - ASSIGNMENT 4 DUE
05/April - 12/April - MAJOR TEST/Evaluations