Retos y aprendizajes de institutos de investigación transformadora

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to reflect on the role our academic institutions play as agents of change in our territories. Transformative research institutes aim to generate new knowledge different from traditional research centres because the objective is helping the development of their territories. The paper analyse two case studies based on the experience of the four co-authors, who actively orient their research towards transformative actions, in two Jesuit universities, one in the Basque Country, Spain, and the other in Uruguay. From this analysis the article identifies the changes that universities that want to have a more active and strategic role in the territorial development.