Innovation Salons – Events for dialogical knowledge transfer between civil society and higher education institutions

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are recognised as generators for innovative solution relevant shaping socio-economic transformation processes, which knowledge transfer plays a crucial role. However, innovation studies demonstrate that solutions, example, in form of social generated by wide variety creative, social, or cultural actors with little no integration HEIs. Several regions and countries, therefore, recently set up strategies foster new forms collaboration among societal The German Ministry Research developed the ‘Innovative Hochschule’ programme initiating testing instruments HEIs to reach out interact broader society. Within this scope we ‘Innovation Salons’ an instrument dialogical helps regional tie unfold agency ongoing (social) processes. This paper introduces pilot Innovation Salon potential approach how may a-typical problem-centred Key conclusions underline importance scouting processes generating novel solutions curating interaction between society