Research portfolios of universities. searching for opportunities and collaboration partners

Paulo Morceiro, Ron Boschma () and Pierre-Alex Balland

No 2506, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: Universities lack a comprehensive view of their entire research portfolio when looking for opportunities in new research fields and searching for collaboration partners. The paper presents an analytical framework, building on the principle of relatedness, that aims to assess the potential of universities to extend their research portfolios, to identify potentials of collaborations with other research organizations, and to determine the extent to which universities exploit complementarities in their collaborations. We illustrate the framework presenting the case of an university alliance between three Dutch universities that aims to contribute to the circular society. Publication data are used to identify relevant scientific capabilities of the universities to promote the circular society, in what research fields complementarities can be identified between partners, and to what extent partners exploit those complementarities in terms of co-publications.

Keywords: scientific portfolio of universities; scientific capabilities; scientific complementarities; inter-university collaborations; circular society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J82 O15 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-02, Revised 2025-02
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