This follows on from the very well-received Volume I UNIVER-CITIES: Strategic Implications for Asia — Readings from Cambridge and Berkeley to Singapore edited by Anthony SC Teo and published in 2013. The early discussions on the topic "univer-cities" sparked considerable interest, leading to the Inaugural Univer-Cities Conference 2013.
Volume II is the result of papers presented at the Inaugural Univer-Cities Conference 2013. Founded by Anthony SC Teo, the Conference was held under the auspices of Nanyang Technological University and the Lee Foundation in Singapore. The Inaugural Address was delivered by His Royal Highness Raja Dr Nazrin Shah and followed by presentations by eminent scholars and leaders of thought from universities all over the world.
Building on the foundation for further research, discussion and input from scholars worldwide and the international community, the next univer-cities conference is planned for 2016.
*His Royal Highness Raja Dr Nazrin Shah ascended the Throne as the 35th Sultan of Perak Darul Ridzuan on 29 May 2014.
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Univer-Cities: Strategic View of the Future — From Berkeley, Cambridge to Singapore and Rising Asia, Volume II (253 KB)
Contents:
- Foreword (Leszek Borysiewicz)
- Welcome Address (Bertil Andersson)
- Univer-Cities: Strategic View of the Future — From Berkeley and Cambridge to Singapore and Rising Asia, Volume II (Anthony SC Teo)
- Universities and Cities: The Future of Univer-Cities in Asia (*His Royal Highness Raja Dr Nazrin Shah)
- Berkeley: Campus and Community (Richard Bender, Emily Marthinsen and John Parman)
- Cambridge: Beyond the Univer-City (Peter Carolin)
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM): East-West Views of Univer-Cities — UKM with Bangi, Kuala Lumpur and Tiger Malaysia (Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin)
- University of Newcastle: Recasting the City of Newcastle as a Univer-City — The Journey from 'Olde' Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the New Silk Road (Nancy Cushing, Katrina Quinn and Caroline McMillen)
- From Burnaby's Mountain Top to Vancouver and Surrey: The Making of an Engaged University (Andrew Petter, Richard Littlemore and Joanne Curry)
- Modelling Good Urban (Design) Behaviour: University-led Neighbourhood Development, University of Manitoba (Richard Milgrom, David T Barnard and Michelle Richard)
- Carleton University: The Architecture of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Architecture (Roseann O'Reilly Runte)
- KAIST: World-Class Innovations in Top-Notch Research University — Case of the On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) (Nam P Suh)
- Cambridge: From Medieval Market Town to Univer-City (Gordon Johnson)
- Tunisian Scientists' Experiences in Singapore: On the New Silk Road? (Lilia Labidi and Anthony SC Teo)
- Univer-City of Melbourne: Case of Medical Regionality (Shane Huntington and Stephen K Smith)
Readership: Campus planners, architects, landscape and lighting consultants, city planners, mayors, futurists, educators.
"The role that universities have played in the economic development of cities, regions and nations has been seriously underappreciated. From their origins in the medieval centuries in Europe and the Islamic world to their centrality in the growth of entire new industries in modern times, universities have played a key part in the evolution of urban and regional economies. The beneficial effects of clustering of research and entrepreneurship around great universities has radiated outwards and profoundly affected the course of the global economy. The editors of this Univer-Cities book are to be congratulated for producing a timely and prescriptive book that should be read by all those concerned with the inter twining of centres of learning with the improvement of mankind's material and qualitative conditions."
Dr Ali Allawi
former Senior Research Professor, Middle East Institute of National University of Singapore 2012–14
former Finance Minister of Iraq, Fellowships at Kennedy School, Oxford, Exeter, Princeton and the World Bank, and
Author of Faisal I of Iraq
"In our highly interconnected world, knowledge networks will play an ever-increasing role in fueling economic growth, societal development and interactions, as well as developing the engaged deep dialogues which are essential for communities around the world to understand and advance thinking on complex global issues. This is an area where Universities are uniquely placed to lead and contribute, and will be a growing part of the distinctive value that we can bring in a rapidly changing environment."
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan
President, National University of Singapore (QS 2014 Ranking: No. 1 University in Asia)
Deputy Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, and
Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum since 2013
"A great university is where people with great minds gravitate to learn, explore, and contribute in solving important problems of humanity and in advancing the frontiers of knowledge."
Dr Nam Pyo Suh
former President, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (QS 2014 Ranking: No. 2 University in Asia) 2006–13 and
Ralph E & Eloise F Cross Professor, Emeritus, MIT
"Univer-cities are redefining the New Silk Road by posing new vistas of challenges for Asia's universities with multi-focussed approaches to the future. Interestingly, we are building upon half a millennium of West Asia-East Asia cross-links and can visualize these in Asia's emerging multimedia super-corridors."
Professor Dato Dr Mohd Amin Bin Jalaludin
Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya, and
former President, Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health 2011–13
"Univer-cities will accelerate. University of British Columbia is an incorporated municipality porously contiguous with the garden City of Vancouver; and pioneered social embeddedness through private-public co-development which raised some 500 million for our endowment."
Dr Arthur Hara OC
former Chairman, Board of Governors, University of British Columbia
"When Professor Teo addressed the faculty and community leaders, including Alumna Governor Esther George of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, at a UMKC dedication event, he spoke about 'Univercities' which struck a chord with us. It does take a city and its universities to reinvent the emerging Univer-City in the 21st century as with the mid America frontier hub of Kansas City founded in 1854.
Repositioned with state, city, public, civil society and a tradition of univercitizens in philanthropy from Vogel and his founding 41 acres to Hyde, Kauffman and Henry Bloch to co-create a global vibrant city with UMKC and Henry W Bloch School of Management to pioneer entrepreneurship and innovation through experiential learning, attract talent, higher value jobs, businesses, research, start-ups and a by-product — an overarching spirit evoked by the peerless Kansas City Royals in World Series 2014 versus The Giants as destiny versus dynasty."
Dr Henry W Bloch
Co-Founder of H&R Block and Benefactor of the Henry W Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri, Kansas City, and
Professor Tan Teng-Kee PhD (Cambridge)
former Dean and Harzfeld Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Henry W Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri, Kansas City
"The big Greco-Roman books have influenced learning at universities, cities and society. With the rise of China, Confucius is now making a comeback, anecdotally a preferred undergraduate course at Harvard. 25 centuries ago, my ancestor Zengzi (曾子) transmitted the teachings of Confucius to posterity. After 75 generations, I (曾繁如) at a personal level am amping up its essence to the West in selected Univercities."
Dr Alan HJ Chan (76th Zeng Generation)
Director, Qufu Confucius Neo-Institute, Honorary Citizen of Qufu, Professorial Mentor, Zhejiang University, and
Benefactor, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
