Abstract
This contribution uses Nonaka’s knowledge spiral concept to analyse the activation of the knowledge square as conceived and implemented in Work Package #4 (WP4) of the EURECA-PRO 2.0 European University Alliance, focusing on SDG12, Responsible Consumption and Production. It presents actions fostering research, innovation, transformative services to society, and training, and analyses the potential for synergy between these four pillars based on the four phases of Nonaka’s SECI model (Socialisation, Externalisation, Combination, Internalisation). It shows the need to move from the static concept of the knowledge square to the dynamic concept of the knowledge spiral and outlines recommendations for steering WP4.
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In diesem Beitrag wird das Konzept der Wissensspirale von Nonaka verwendet, um die Aktivierung des Knowledge Square zu analysieren, das im Rahmen des Arbeitspakets Nr. 4 (WP4) der Europäischen Hochschulallianz EURECA-PRO 2.0 mit Schwerpunkt auf SDG 12, verantwortungsvoller Konsum und Produktion, konzipiert und implementiert wurde. Sie stellt Maßnahmen zur Förderung von Forschung, Innovation, transformativen Dienstleistungen für die Gesellschaft und Ausbildung vor und analysiert das Synergiepotenzial zwischen diesen vier Säulen auf der Grundlage der vier Phasen des SECI-Modells von Nonaka (Socialisation, Externalisation, Combination, Internalisation). Er zeigt die Notwendigkeit auf, vom statischen Konzept des Wissensquadrats zum dynamischen Konzept der Wissensspirale überzugehen, und skizziert Empfehlungen für die Steuerung von WP4.
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The research was conducted in accordance with the research agenda of the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production (EURECA-PRO). EURECA-PRO is supported by the European Union through different project funding sources. EURECA-PRO phase I 2020–2023 (No 101004049) and phase II 2023–2027 (No 101124439) is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The Research and Innovation dimension of EURECA-PRO has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 101035798.
EURECA-PRO is also supported at a national level by: the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the Austrian Academic Exchange Service OeAD (Austria); the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (Germany); the Ministry of Education (Greece); the Ministry of Education and Science (Poland), the Ministry of Education (Romania), the Ministry of the Presidency Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory and the Strategic Subsidy Plan 2021–2023 of the Ministry of Universities (Spain), and the Flemish Government, Department Economy, Science and Innovation (Belgium).
The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research has also lent its support and must be acknowledged.
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Grasser, B., Tombre, K. How Can the Synergies Between the Pillars of the Knowledge Square be Optimised? A Knowledge Spiral Approach in the Context of EURECA-PRO. Berg Huettenmaenn Monatsh 169, 77–80 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00501-024-01433-z
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Keywords
- Knowledge square
- SDG12
- Responsible consumption and production
- Knowledge spiral
- Tacit knowledge
- SECI model
- European University
- EURECA-PRO