Bo Göransson – författare

Globalization, the information age, and the rise of the knowledge-based economy are significantly transforming the way we acquire, disseminate, and transform knowledge. And, as a result, knowledge production is becoming closer and more directly linked to economic competitiveness. This evolution is also putting new and urgent demands on academic institutions to adjust to the changing needs of society and economy. In particular, there is growing pressure on the institutions of higher education and research in developed economies to find and affirm their new role in the national innovation system. Their counterparts in developing economies need to define their role in supporting emerging structures of the innovation system. This book examines the role of universities and national research institutes in social and economic development processes. Featuring contributions that showcase initiatives and innovations from around the world, including China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Western Europe, it offers timely insight that will be of interest to policymakers, university administrators, economic and social leaders, and researchers alike.

La mondialisation, l’ère de l’information et l’essor de l’économie du savoir transforment profondément les modalités d’acquisition, de diffusion et de transformation du savoir. Il s’ensuit que la production du savoir a graduellement davantage à voir avec la compétitivité économique et y est plus directement liée. Ce nouvel état de fait signifie également que les universités se sentent de plus en plus poussées à s’adapter aux besoins de la société et de l’économie, qui évoluent sans cesse. En particulier, des pressions croissantes s’exercent sur les établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche des pays industrialisés pour qu’ils définissent et affirment leur nouveau rôle au sein du système national d’innovation. Les établissements des pays en développement, quant à eux, sont appelés à définir le rôle qu’ils joueront afin de soutenir les structures émergentes du système d’innovation.Ce livre examine le rôle des universités et des instituts de recherche nationaux dans le développement économique et social. En réunissant des textes rendant compte d’initiatives et d’innovations dans diverses régions du monde, notamment en Chine, en Europe de l’Est, en Amérique latine, en Scandinavie, en Asie du Sud-Est, en Afrique subsaharienne et en Europe de l’Ouest, l’ouvrage brosse un tableau qui est d’actualité et qui intéressera tant les responsables des politiques et les administrateurs d’universités que les leaders économiques et sociaux et les chercheurs. Bo Göransson et Claes Brundenius sont tous deux affiliés au Research Policy Institute de l’Université de Lund, en Suède. M. Göransson est professeur agrégé et coordonnateur du programme LEAP4D, et M. Brundenius est professeur honoraire.

This book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems. Around the world, biotechnology has become a driving force for dramatic change in systems and policies intended to spur innovation. The leading contributors expertly construct a detailed picture of policy approaches that support biotechnology and how such approaches work under different economic and social conditions. They also provide an insight into the role of universities in this process. Researchers, academics, students, policy advisors, decision makers and other professionals involved in the fields of biotechnology, innovation systems, higher education and development will find this book an invaluable resource.Contributors: A. Adamsone-Fiskovica, S.G. Antunes de Souza, I. Bortagaray, T.N. Ca, J.E. Cassiolato, L.V. Chuong, A.M. da Graça Mondjana, B.D. Diyamett, B. Göransson, B. Gregersen, J. Kristapsons, R. Lindner, A. Lulle, P. Macucule, N.P. Mai, E. Mneney, L.F. Montalvo Arriete, B.L.M. Mwamila, L. Neves, J. Núñez Jover, C.M. Palsson, I. Pérez Ones, T.T. Phuong, M.S. Rapini, T. Reiss, C.M. Ribeiro, G. Sagieva, U. Schmoch, J. Sutz, E. Tjunina, L. Van Chuong, H. Wang, Z. Yuan, G.F. Zucoloto

The rise and expansion of organized scientific research has led individuals to become accustomed to an unceasing delivery of new scientific results and technical improvements that resolve even seemingly unsolvable problems. This timely book examines how science-based research and innovation is designed, implemented and applied in developing countries in support of development and poverty alleviation. The expert contributors trace and compare the emergence of National Innovation Systems (NIS) in four developing countries - Bolivia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Vietnam. Dedicated chapters on each country identify the main structural and organizational problems for improving the relevance and quality of research output for the productive sector, and conclude by offering suggestions on how the process of applying research outputs and innovations in support of development goals can be improved. Scholars and students of development, innovation and related subjects will find this book to be useful with its focus on national innovation systems. It will also be of interest to policy advisors, decision-makers and other practitioners involved in development issues.

This book examines the ways in which universities can play a crucial role in inclusive development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It aims to prove the importance of inclusive development and inclusive innovation on economic growth and demonstrate the ways in which universities can be pioneers in this area through initiatives in social responsibility and social innovation. For example, providing access to a university education without discrimination of race, gender, income status, or other factors would help to diminish the increasing income differentials currently being experienced in many countries, especially in the developing world.  The research and studies included in this book provide insight into possible actions that can be taken by universities and public and private shareholders in inclusive development, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and overall regional economic and social development.Innovation is currently considered to be themost important and dynamic factor explaining growth and development. At the same time, the traditional view considering innovation as having to be commercialized at any price is being challenged. Lately, there has been growing interest in innovation in the public sector, particularly with respect to social innovations designed to reduce income inequality. To address these concepts, constant exchange of ideas and information between research groups became necessary. UniDev (Universities in Development – the Evolving Role of Academic Institutions in Innovation Systems and Development) is an international research group with researchers in twelve countries interested in the role of universities in development. This book features the results of research performed by eleven research groups from UniDev country communities, presenting in-depth and comparative case studies from universities around the world, including Latin America, Northern and Eastern Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. This title will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, and policy makers interested in the role of universities in development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

This book analyzes the current trends in the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge which contribute to social inequalities, especially in the Global South. The aim of the text is to explore the possibilities of active involvement by universities in the democratization of knowledge - a process by which people will be able to more easily acquire and utilize knowledge, as well as the results and benefits of research and development. Combining higher education, research, and knowledge utilization is what universities should be doing. When they efficiently contribute to overcoming inequality and underdevelopment, they may be considered developmental universities. They should not function in solitude with privileged elites alone, but in the context of "inclusive innovation systems."

This book examines the ways in which universities can play a crucial role in inclusive development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It aims to prove the importance of inclusive development and inclusive innovation on economic growth and demonstrate the ways in which universities can be pioneers in this area through initiatives in social responsibility and social innovation. For example, providing access to a university education without discrimination of race, gender, income status, or other factors would help to diminish the increasing income differentials currently being experienced in many countries, especially in the developing world.  The research and studies included in this book provide insight into possible actions that can be taken by universities and public and private shareholders in inclusive development, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and overall regional economic and social development.Innovation is currently considered to be themost important and dynamic factor explaining growth and development. At the same time, the traditional view considering innovation as having to be commercialized at any price is being challenged. Lately, there has been growing interest in innovation in the public sector, particularly with respect to social innovations designed to reduce income inequality. To address these concepts, constant exchange of ideas and information between research groups became necessary. UniDev (Universities in Development – the Evolving Role of Academic Institutions in Innovation Systems and Development) is an international research group with researchers in twelve countries interested in the role of universities in development. This book features the results of research performed by eleven research groups from UniDev country communities, presenting in-depth and comparative case studies from universities around the world, including Latin America, Northern and Eastern Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. This title will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, and policy makers interested in the role of universities in development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

This book analyzes the current trends in the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge which contribute to social inequalities, especially in the Global South. The aim of the text is to explore the possibilities of active involvement by universities in the democratization of knowledge - a process by which people will be able to more easily acquire and utilize knowledge, as well as the results and benefits of research and development. Combining higher education, research, and knowledge utilization is what universities should be doing. When they efficiently contribute to overcoming inequality and underdevelopment, they may be considered developmental universities. They should not function in solitude with privileged elites alone, but in the context of "inclusive innovation systems."

Cecilia Bäcklander och Bo Göransson har bott och rest i Tanzania, Etiopien, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia och Sudan. Det här är deras berättelse om östra Afrika. Boken handlar om makt och maktlöshet, om konflikter och politik, om ekonomi och etnicitet och om korruptionens anatomi. Allra mest handlar den om kvinnor. Författarna tror att utvecklingen i östra Afrika de närmaste decennierna måste bygga på kvinnors frigörelse. Bo Göransson var Sidachef i Tanzania på 70-talet, rådgivare på jordbruksministeriet i Etiopien på 80-talet, svensk ambassadör i Kenya på 2000-talet. Dessemellan generaldirektör för Sida i Sverige. Cecilia Bäcklander har gjort dokumentärfilmer från regionen och arbetat med medier i Kenya och Etiopien.

Kenya och Etiopien är goda grannar men lever i skilda världar. Båda länderna är stormakter på Afrikas Horn. Men de är varandras motsatser i så gott som allt - ekonomi, politik, statens roll, det civila samhället, historia, religion och säkerhet. pänningarna ökar i båda länderna. Det etiopiska imperiet skakas i sina konstitutionella grundvalar, det kenyanska riskerar att vittra sönder av maktmissbruk, straffrihet och korruption. Etiopien har en lång historia av självständighet och imperiebyggande och har gått från kejsarmakt till marxistisk militärdiktatur till dagens statsstyrda ekonomi. Etiopiska maktskiften har varit militära revolutioner. Kenyas gränser skapades av kolonialismen och landet har präglats av en ekonomisk rövarliberalism som ibland har gått hand i hand med politisk repression. Kenya styrs av en liten elit trots tidvis fria val. Både Kenya och Etiopien bekämpar terrorismen i Somalia som spiller över gränserna. Men där kenyansk polis och säkerhetsstyrkor läcker som ett såll håller de etiopiska makthavarna landet i ett järngrepp. Cecilia Bäcklander och Bo Göransson berättar om människor de följt under årtionden. Löparstjärnan Tegla ordnar fredslopp för att få slut på de blodiga boskapsstölderna, Linah, den oomskurna ministern, för ett korståg mot könsstympning, Monera blir del av den stora exporten av hushållsarbetare till arabvärlden. Boken skildrar det slagfält för andra krafter som kvinnornas kroppar ofta är. Fria och ofria medier, religionens livskraft, korruptionens anatomi, och den allt överskuggande frågan om mark och mat beskrivs på författarnas väg till att förstå varför humlan Etiopien flyger trots avsaknad av naturresurser och dynamiskt företagsklimat och varför det genomkorrupta Kenya kan bli en blomstrande lejonekonomi.