Industry-academia
collaboration - callenges for
Elissaveta Gourova, Karina Anguelieva
Abstract
Research and innovation have gained
special attention world-wide in the last decade. Their
impact on economic and societal development, as well as on competitiveness and
growth of businesses, is widely acknowledged. Highly-skilled people, often referred to as ‘knowledge
workers’, are in
the centre of several studies and policy actions. The role of researchers as generators of new knowledge
and innovative ideas, and agents for knowledge sharing and transfer has essentially grown. The necessary support
for their professional career
development and mobility have been in the centre of several fora
and actions at
European and national level. However,
results of a recent survey carried out in 8 European countries highlight that there are still a number of
problems related to intersectoral mobility of researchers, and the
collaboration between industry and academic community.