World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma
UNESCO World Heritage cities can become smart cities if they take into account their cultural heritage and integrate diverse actors, including universities in their innovation practices. This article addresses the hackathon as an innovation contest method in the urban and educational context. Specif...
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| description | UNESCO World Heritage cities can become smart cities if they take into account their cultural heritage and integrate diverse actors, including universities in their innovation practices. This article addresses the hackathon as an innovation contest method in the urban and educational context. Specifically, it concentrates on hackathon design, particularly the focus of the event, as well as the outputs. Although the design plays an integral part in a hackathon, particularly in goal achievement, design has not yet been thoroughly studied in mainly descriptive hackathon research. To address the subject, this article presents a case study of a dual-focused, i.e., combined urban and educational hackathon in the City of Rauma, which has a World Heritage Old Town that aims to integrate its historical uniqueness with modern city services. As a result, the article portrays the process and outputs of a hackathon carried out with the collaboration of two higher education institutions (HEIs) and the Entrepreneur Association of Rauma. Presenting conclusions for both academics and the public sector, the article contributes to the literature on urban and educational hackathons in smart cities with a heritage context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02e77dff61f242b2b4c4eb838be30a662022-12-22T01:32:57ZengCarleton UniversityTechnology Innovation Management Review1927-03212019-09-01994554http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1268World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in RaumaAnu Helena Suominen0Seija Halvari1Jari Jussila2 <div>Tampere University</div><div>Anu Helena Suominen, D.Sc. (Tech.), is a university teacher at Tampere University, Finland. She defended her doctoral thesis on legitimacy building in inter-organizational networks in 2017. Besides working for years in the field of research and education, Anu has several years of practical working experience in industry: in export, managing networking, and training projects. Anu is responsible for teaching four Master’s level courses in Knowledge Management, Innovation, Procurement, and Project Business Management. Her research is currently focused on hackathons for both industrial and educational purposes, knowledge sharing and integration, and innovation in inter-organizational networks.</div><div> </div> <div>Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK)</div><div>Seija Halvari, M.Sc. (Tech.) and B.Eng., is a lecturer in Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK). Her research has focused on startup companies’ business model evolution and innovations. In addition, she has studied hackathons in an industrial and educational context. Seija has a strong industrial background and over a decade of experience in external and internal project management in various positions, together with experience in IT systems and business process improvement. </div><div> </div> <p>Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK)</p><p>Dr. Jari Jussila holds a PhD in Knowledge Management from Tampere University of Technology (TUT, 2015). At present, he is Principal Research Scientist at Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK). His research is currently focused on knowledge management, business intelligence, social media, big social data analytics, and health informatics. His works have been published in such international journals as Computers in Human Behavior, Industrial Management & Data Systems, International Journal of Knowledge Management, and Knowledge Management Research & Practice.</p> UNESCO World Heritage cities can become smart cities if they take into account their cultural heritage and integrate diverse actors, including universities in their innovation practices. This article addresses the hackathon as an innovation contest method in the urban and educational context. Specifically, it concentrates on hackathon design, particularly the focus of the event, as well as the outputs. Although the design plays an integral part in a hackathon, particularly in goal achievement, design has not yet been thoroughly studied in mainly descriptive hackathon research. To address the subject, this article presents a case study of a dual-focused, i.e., combined urban and educational hackathon in the City of Rauma, which has a World Heritage Old Town that aims to integrate its historical uniqueness with modern city services. As a result, the article portrays the process and outputs of a hackathon carried out with the collaboration of two higher education institutions (HEIs) and the Entrepreneur Association of Rauma. Presenting conclusions for both academics and the public sector, the article contributes to the literature on urban and educational hackathons in smart cities with a heritage context.https://timreview.ca/article/1268 |
| spellingShingle | Anu Helena Suominen Seija Halvari Jari Jussila World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma Technology Innovation Management Review |
| title | World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma |
| title_full | World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma |
| title_fullStr | World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma |
| title_short | World Heritage meets Smart City in an Urban-Educational Hackathon in Rauma |
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| url | https://timreview.ca/article/1268 |
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