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The bond between Higher Education institutions and society: A scoping review about knowledge transfer and valorisation to promote sustainable development

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This chapter aims to identify how higher education institutions (HEIs) have operationalised the transfer of knowledge to society in terms of research, development, and innovation; the determinants of this process; and how the knowledge transfer to society contributes to local and regional development and sustainability. Herein, a scoping review was carried out to address this goal. Out of 197 retrieved articles, 30 met the inclusion criteria. These studies concentrate on the following themes: (1) determinants of the knowledge transfer process between HEIs and society; (2) the state of knowledge transfer in HEIs; (3) transfer knowledge to local and regional development; and (4) transfer of knowledge to sustainability. This study concludes that although different determinants influencing this collaboration have been identified, most studies reveal that the transfer level is still at a very early stage.

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This research was supported by the Catholic University of Lisbon, which is funded by the Porticus Foundation [in the form of a Posdoc Programme in Integral Human Development]; the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through the Life Quality Research Centre [grant number: UID/CED/04748/2020].

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Sustainability Knowledge transfer Society Higher education institutions Scoping review

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Aleixo, A.M, Leal, S., Mano, M., & Azeiteiro, U.M. (2023). The bond between Higher Education institutions and society: A scoping review about knowledge transfer and valorisation to promote sustainable development. In S. Rodrigues & J. Mourato, (Eds.), The Impact of HEIs on Regional Development: Facts and Practices of Collaborative Work With SMEs (pp. 271-292). IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6701-5.ch015

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