L’università come catalizzatore di relazioni per la valorizzazione del capitale territoriale / The university as a catalyst of relationships for enhancing territorial capital
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https://doi.org/10.13138/2039-2362/2535Abstract
Le conseguenze del Covid-19 sull’economia e sulla società hanno richiesto un impegno straordinario alle università che, come noto, hanno oramai missioni multidimensionali: alla prima (didattica) e alla seconda (ricerca) si è affiancata gradualmente una terza missione che le ha conferito un ruolo propulsivo per lo sviluppo e l’innovazione e ha imposto comportamenti di civic engagement. Nonostante la crescente attenzione del mondo accademico, istituzionale e civile verso il rinnovato impegno delle università, e nonostante i numerosi quadri teorici sviluppati, la letteratura appare a tutt’oggi ancora frammentata e la gran parte delle università sono ancora lontane dai modelli teorici emergenti. La vera sfida posta dal Covid-19 all’università è stata dar prova concreta del civic engagement per contrastare almeno in parte le conseguenze della pandemia. In Italia, così come in buona parte del resto del mondo, l’università sembra aver saputo recitare questo nuovo ruolo. La domanda che ci si pone è se l’esperienza di questi mesi possa costituire un utile insegnamento per innescare una forte spinta propulsiva alle università e restituire centralità al sapere.
The consequences of Covid-19 on the economy and society have required an extraordinary commitment from the universities which, as is well known, now have multidimensional missions: the first (teaching) and the second (research) have gradually been joined by a third mission that has conferred a propulsive role for development and innovation and imposed “civic engagement” behaviors. Despite the growing attention of the academic, institutional and civil world towards the renewed commitment of universities, and despite the numerous theoretical frameworks developed, the literature appears to be still fragmented and most universities are still far from the emerging theoretical models. The real challenge posed by Covid-19 to the university was to give concrete proof of “civic engagement” to at least partially counter the consequences of the pandemic. In Italy, as well as in much of the rest of the world, the university seems to have been able to play this new role. The question that arises is whether the experience of recent months can be useful teaching to trigger a strong driving force in universities and restore the centrality of knowledge.
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