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| | | Article Name : | | | The dynamics of research changing role in Albania
in its way to knowledge-based economy | | Author Name : | | | PhD candidate AIDA LAHI | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Being part of a dynamic global society, which is actually
developing quite rapidly towards a knowledge-based society, it has
certainly brought out the prioritization of the research and innovation
quality. The quality of human knowledge is crucial for the successful
steps towards social and political development. Albania is actually
going through one of its most ambitious paths, the EU integration.
European Union in itself is a union based on knowledge
economy and as such it is implementing a stimulating strategy named
Europe 2020, which put a lot of attention on the education and
research to promote a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Therefore, Albania as a country that considers its future at the
EU has to shift and adapt to the new role of the university from the
traditional one based in teaching and research to an entrepreneurial
one. Such a new role is characterized by the set-up of the knowledge
transfer centers, where the research, project management or
enterprising/innovative activities are considered as a core activity.
In this context, the reality in Albania is quite different. The
role of the university is in a transition period and with a great need to
be transformed and re-dimensioned. Hence, it is crucial that, especially
in the research domain, universities need substantial support from
public policies. Such support aims to change it to a main generator of
the country’s social and economic development.
This paper endeavors to further contribute to the enrichment of
the country respective literature and furthermore debate on the
dynamic role of the university in the context of its trifold role: i) as a
provider of the highest level of education, ii) provider of the advanced research and iii) provider of the innovative initiatives. These three
dimensions are the components of knowledge triangle, and main
features of the Europe’s ambition to be the world’s leading knowledge
based economy and society.
Furthermore, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for
analyzing variation in the roles performed by universities in the
development of own research capacities. This framework is based on
the triple helix model of university, industry, government relations and
the literature on university engagement, more generally.
| | Keywords : | | | knowledge economy, triple helix model, entrepreneurial
university |
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