The representatives from seven countries discussed the metrics for entrepreneurial universities

On June 22 – 23, the international workshop ‘’Entrepreneurial University Metrics: State of the Art and Future Direction’’ took place in Leiden, Netherlands. It was devoted to metrics and indicators for entrepreneurial universities. Stephen Hagen, the vice rector for Change Management of ITMO University and Alexander Bikkulov, the head of Project Management and Fundraising Department represented Russia.

Henry Etzkowitz, the professor of Stanford University, the author of ‘’Triple Helix’’ and ‘’entrepreneurial university’’ concepts inspired this workshop.

This hands-on workshop is aimed at elaborating the entrepreneurial university certification methodology and sub rating these universities in present international ratings. The representatives of universities of Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, the Netherlands, the USA and Russia gathered to discuss these issues.

Two-day workshop resulted in detailed definition of an ‘’entrepreneurial university’’ and led to development of several groups of indicators for universities’ progress estimation.

‘’Our next target is joint advancement of this methodology. We also want to send different grant proposals for the development of entrepreneurial university metrics. We will share and research the case studies available. In prospect we would like to apply these indexes to international university ranking systems,’’ says Mr. Bikkulov.

Daria Sankova

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