Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities

Edited by Francesca Spigarelli, Full Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Law, University of Macerata, Italy, Louise Kempton, Professor of Urban and Regional Policy, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK and Lorenzo Compagnucci, Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Law, University of Macerata, Italy

‘Against a background of more than forty years of research on digital humanities, this exploration titled Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities: How Universities Shape the Future of Labour, is a unique contribution, opening new vistas and providing insightful policy guidelines not only to academics, government policy makers, researchers and students, but also to corporations focused on creativity. The volume sheds new light on a range of both problems and possibilities made more acute in a time of polycrises. The book underlines the growing role of digital humanities at the crossroads of several overlapping fields to foster new forms of entrepreneurship and to blend in the unique attributes of STEM education with a view to train new generations of impactful, broad-vision entrepreneurs. It makes a compelling case for removing the barriers that may exist in entrepreneurship and STEM education, all the while broadening their scope. It is a significant contribution reflecting a very rich array of “state of the art” topics and experts.’

• ContentsForeword xviiiFulvio EspositoIntroduction to Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities 1Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Kempton and Lorenzo CompagnucciPART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS1 Humanism and innovation in the global world: challengesfor universities and the transformation of the labour market 12Luigi Lacchè and Francesca Spigarelli2 Transforming researchers into entrepreneurs 27Conor O’Carroll3 Towards responsible entrepreneurship: embracinghumanities and social sciences skills into entrepreneurshipeducation for the digital era 38Ester Bernadó4 Social transformation and impact in HASS: evolution inthe debate and current assessment challenges 55Brigida Blasi5 Is regenerative leadership compatible with a business mind-set? 75Katia Dupret6 School of the future 87Ferruccio Resta7 Ethics for human-centered education in the age of AI 96Benedetta Giovanola and Paolo Granata8 Augmenting human intelligence: empowering cooperationbetween humans and algorithms 110Tracey P. Lauriault and Emanuele FrontoniPART II CASE STUDIES9 Swimming against the tide: the role for social sciences andhumanities in contributing to a more inclusive approach toinnovation in post-industrial cities 121Louise Kempton, David Marlow, Sabina Deitrick, MichaelR. Glass and Rachel Travis10 Entrepreneurial education, social sciences and humanities:the case of LUCI – Laboratory for Humanism, Creativityand Innovation 136Lorenzo Compagnucci11 Empowering change: the EIT HEI capacity buildinginitiative and its impact on higher education institutions 154Dolores Volkert and Luisa Bunescu12 Enhancing cultural and societal engagement throughparticipatory methods: cross-disciplinary learning perspectives 167Katia Dupret, Everardo Reyes, Mariana Ziku, SamuelSzoniecky and George Caridakis13 The digital transformation: humanities and entrepreneurship 184Sabine Maasen and Felix Poschinger14 Educating innovators: entrepreneurship in digitalhumanities in Italy 196Luca Pareschi, Silvio Peroni and Maurizio Sobrero15 From classroom to marketplace: the impact of digitaltransformation on academic entrepreneurship 209Efstratios Stylianidis, Vyron Chrysovergis and Eri TokaIndex 227