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Public defense Alexandra David Thesis on Human Capital and the Role of Networks – Migration, Inclusion and New Qualification for a Sustainable Regional Economy.

On Friday the 6th of November Alexandra David defend her thesis on Human Capital and the Role of Networks – Migration, Inclusion and New Qualification for a Sustainable Regional Economy.

 

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.Th.A. Bressers

Co-promotor: Dr. F.H.J.M. Coenen
Time: 12.45 hr.
Location: Lecture room 4, Waaier

Actor networks are claimed to offer solutions to regional development. In the past, studies argued the importance of actor networks on regional innovation and firms’ performance. Nonetheless, there is less empirical demonstration dealing with actor networks’ role in the development of an adequate regional human capital stock. This study investigates whether and how actor networks can be regarded as co-creators and co-producers of regional human capital strategies using a bottom-up approach.

 

The lack of an adequate human capital is a common problem of several European regions also recognised by societal and political actors. Foremost, highly skilled workers as carrier of knowledge are the target group demanded by regions. It is thanks to the relevance of the highly skilled workers and their knowledge that regions develop and implement human capital strategies to mobilise their human capital potential and retain and (re)-attract highly skilled workers as a long-term endeavour. In that context the so-called non-core regions, which are defined here as border and peripheral regions, characterised by a lower level of attraction, are finding it even more necessary to develop a sustainable human capital model, including a mix of strategies to address highly skilled workers.

 

Driven by the research question of what kinds of strategies take regions (including non-core regions) into consideration to assure an appropriate regional human capital stock for a sustainable regional economy and how do actor networks support this purpose, the results of this study provide new insights and understandings into the mechanisms underlying regional human capital strategies on migration, inclusion and new qualification.

 

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