Contents

pp v-vi

List of tables

pp vii-viii

Abbreviations

pp ix-x

Participating regions

pp xi-xii

Introduction: Regions and universities in the post-2008 world

pp 1-4

Part I - Towards Mode Two knowledge production

pp 5-6

1 - Complexity and diversity – the ‘global problematique’

pp 7-17

2 - Governance and the changing ‘three sectors’

pp 18-28

3 - Two key partners – (1) the region

pp 29-35

4 - Two key partners – (2) higher education

pp 36-50

Part II - PURE findings – leading policy issues

pp 51-52

5 - PASCAL and the PURE project

pp 53-54

6 - Social inclusion and active citizenship

pp 55-64

7 - The new ecological imperative – green skills and jobs

pp 65-78

8 - Culture and creativity

pp 79-90

9 - Entrepreneurship and SMEs – regions and innovation systems

pp 91-102

10 - The audit era and organisational learning – benchmarking and impact

pp 103-114

Part III - Learning and partnership processes – wider policy reflections

pp 115-116

11 - The PURE project and inter-regional learning

pp 117-130

12 - Regions, central government power and policy-making

pp 131-141

13 - Engaging horizontally – leading, partnering, learning

pp 142-151

14 - Wider reflections – engaging with the new imperative

pp 152-164

Annex: Twelve policy implications, twenty-one questions and answers

pp 165-168

Bibliography

pp 169-176

Index

pp 177-179