Potencjały i relacje uniwersytetu w społeczeństwie i gospodarce opartej na wiedzy

Abstract

The aim of the conceptual and constructivist efforts undertaken in the article was to present an outline of the evolution of network development and hyper-networks as well as a justification for the need to build increasingly complex social, economic, and public authorities. Such possibilities are created by the use of new concepts, methods, and ideas that not only precisely describe and explain complex relations of influence, but also indicate the need to strengthen the cooperation of an increasing number of institutions and organizations. It is a necessary process to design the next stages of learning and building multidimensional and multilevel interactions between universities, authorities, public administration, local and regional communities, and economic organizations. The author adopted Barton Clark’s model as the first common theoretical platform for the presented issues. It consists of three elements: the academic oligarchy, the market, and state power. He then extended it to the model of a triple and quadruple spiral of socio-economic control relations according to the model of H. Etzkowitz and L. Leydesdorff, which reflect the relations between higher education institutions and the economy, society, and public authorities on the institutional, legal, cultural, and organizational level.