ERIC Number: EJ1458868
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1857
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5812
Meeting in the Middle: Cultural Co-Creation, Transformative Partnerships, and Ecosystems for Public Good
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v57 n2 p112-127 2025
This paper explores quadruple helix ecosystems, cultural hubs, and living labs as models for transformative partnerships for higher education institutions (HEIs) as they move towards more open, co-operative, and co-creative research and innovation formats for public good. The transition of HEIs from mode 2 to mode 3 institutions prompts a cultural shift in HEIs that involves ongoing reimagination and reconfiguration. Here, the paper introduces and connects the quadruple helix ecosystem, living labs, and public good as a way for HEIs to revitalise themselves and their societal role. Following this, the model of cultural hubs is put forward as a way for partners to meet in the middle to co-create for, in, and with the world. Here, the Horizon Europe EPIC-WE research and innovation project serves as a guiding example with its specific emphasis on co-operative research-making, culture-making, and innovation-making between higher education institutions (HEI), creative industries (CI), cultural heritage institutions (CHI), and youth citizens (YC). Within EPIC-WE, cultural hubs are positioned as having the potential to act as cross-sector, transdisciplinary mediators that support the quadruple helix partners in moving towards transformative partnerships and empowered participation for public good(s) together.
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Altruism, Sharing Behavior, Partnerships in Education, Colleges, Ecology, Cultural Enrichment, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Cultural Background, Heritage Education, Learning Laboratories, Role of Education, Institutional Role, Epistemology, Research and Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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