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RESEARCHERS WORKING WITH INDUSTRY

PIPERS | POLICY INTO PRACTICEEURAXESS RESEARCHER CAREER SKILLS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT

EUDAIMONIA SOLUTIONS SELF-PACED COURSE

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES• Understand why working with industry is important for

researchers in 21st Century from both whole-system and personal perspective.

• Become aware of possible threats but also opportunities and get motivated to continue working and developing in that direction.

• Learn some of the specific competences that both people in business and research need today and reflect on how to acquire them.

• Reflect upon the types of partnership models used today between business and academia.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES - lesson 1

• Understand why working with industry is important for researchers in 21st Century from whole-system perspective.

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WHY WORKING WITH INDUSTRY? The Whole System Perspective.

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KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY • The late 20th century marked the beginning of the

Knowledge Economy in which knowledge and ideas are the main source of economic growth.

• Success in such economy comes from the ability to sift through many ideas and come up with the ones that can be turned into profitable products and services that create significant value for society.

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CONCEPTUAL ECONOMY• “The growth of the conceptual component of

output has brought with it accelerating demands for workers who are equipped not simply with technical know-how, but with the ability to create, analyze, and transform information and to interact effectively with others." ― Alan Greenspan

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SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL NEEDS• 21st Century also started with immense challenges

as far as the sustainability of the planet, a growing awareness of social issues and a request for new employee-employer relationships.

• That created a new focus in the economy on:– Improving sustainability on the planet– Dealing with social injustices – Creating more humane workplaces

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OPEN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND WRITE YOUR ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

• What are these changes really about?• What do we need more of and less of?• What is the future really calling us for?• Who or what can make a real difference?

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RESEARCHERS’ ROLE FOR OUR WAY OF LIFE

“In today’s global world, generating new knowledge and turning it into new products and services is crucial to maintain and enhance the EU’s competitiveness. Even more so, it is a precondition for sustaining the “European Way of Life”.

“Transforming the results of scientific research into new commercial products is, however, a complex process involving a broad range of actors. We need to ensure that researchers and industry work closely together and maximize the social and economic benefits of new ideas.” Directorate-General for Research and

Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission