In the ERASMUS+ project ENDORSE (Enhancing development of entrepreneurial strategies at university locations affected by brain drain), University of Lodz collaborates with universities in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Greece and Latvia. The project starts in 2022 and runs until 2025.
We want to strengthen the link between universities, businesses and municipalities, which is essential for the creation of regional innovation networks. Areas affected by brain drain must ensure that cooperation between universities and local stakeholders works to create an entrepreneurial environment for students, entrepreneurs and academics to work in. Increased knowledge and regionally adapted models for such collaborations will improve the conditions for students to remain
says Alina Schoenberg, Professor at IMC Fachhochschule Krems and Project Manager for ENDORSE.
The project will classify areas affected by brain drain as well as the type of business models that can be successful for each type of area and develop study material and courses to strengthen students’ entrepreneurial potential. In particular, researchers will study the conditions of women and immigrants.
In order to be able to live where you want to live and work, you need to be able to make a living and here, entrepreneurship can be crucial, both for the individual and for society. We will develop digital and flexible training modules, oriented towards various professional categories that will help build the right skills of an individual based on the needs and conditions of the region where the individual operates
says Maciej Turała Professor at the University of Lodz and ENDORSE project coordinator in Poland.
Researchers will also develop recommendations for policy makers to address strategies to increase the strategic role of universities in shaping the local business environment.
Another benefit of the project is, of course, that we are creating a transnational network that strengthens international cooperation. The importance of working together across borders to learn from each other and find similarities and differences between individual countries’ circumstances cannot be emphasized enough in these times
says Maciej Turała.
Participating Universities: IMC Fachhochschule in Austria, Mid Sweden University in Sweden, Hochschule Niederrhein in Germany, University of Lodz in Poland, Kai Politikon Epistimon in Greece and Ventpils Augskola in Latvia.
Source: Faculty of Management
Edit: Promotion Centre of the University of Lodz