Research as a Service: The Role of Competence Centers in Bridging Industry and Academia

Turning research results into commercial success has been one of the key economic challenges since the beginning of the industrial revolution. In this context, most recently an increasing impact of Public Private Partnership (PPP) approaches can be observed. In this chapter, we focus on a specific form of PPP which aims at establishing so-called “Competence Centers”, i.e. research institutions explicitly joining the forces of academic and industrial research. Based on two examples in the Austrian funding program COMET, we describe the basic setup of such centers, and discuss the specific roles and challenges for various types of research staff, including their roles and career paths. Finally, we sketch the most important lessons learned, before we conclude with a brief summary and outlook

Managing and Leading Creative Universities - Foundations of Successful Science Management: A Hands-On Guide for (Future) Academics

The primary intention of this book has always been to help future scholars to succeed in their careers. Others should also learn from our mistakes or successes. We strongly believe that we have been succeeding and have collected some excellent chapters from which future scholars will be able to learn. If you are interested in staying informed, please join the following channels: YouTube: http://www.youtube.artur-lugmayr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/universitymanagement Email list: http://emaillists.artur-lugmayr.com Website: http://unimgm.artur-lugmayr.com We would like to emphasize our YouTube channel, as there will be some videos with interviews published in the very near future. We wish for the readers that this book will help in creating a successful science career – it’s a fascinating domain, which is shaping our future. If some of the advice has helped, please contact us. We are also happy to arrange an interview with you on our YouTube channel. If you should be interested in contributing in others’ science careers, we are happy to arrange a Skype interview and publish it as part of our YouTube channel