University collaboration for co-designing sustainable urban areas

¹ College of International and Public Relations Prague, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, U Santošky 17, Praha 5, 150 00 Prague, Czech Republic
² Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya str., Krasnodar, 350040, Russian Federation
³ Griboyedov Institute of International Law and Economics (IMPE named after A. S. Griboyedov), 21 Entuziastov highway, Moscow, 111024, Russian Federation
⁴ National Academy of Public Administration, 201 Phan Boi Chau st., Hue city, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam

^* Corresponding author: cajka@vsmvv.cz

Abstract

Our article tackles the timely and important issue of the university collaboration aimed at shaping up the sustainable urban areas and contributing to their development through the teaching and research. Universities provided qualified labour force, yield novel research solutions and act as hubs for entrepreneurial activity in urban areas. In this article, we show that even though most of the universities are concentrated in large urban centres and capital regions, many of them are located in small rural areas and have a profound effect on them. We also demonstrate the impact of universities on the sustainable development which is done through the sustainable education as well as the R&D approaches. These effects are very relevant for the co-designing of sustainable rural areas that can follow the principles of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the green policies imposed by the majority of the local and central governments around the world.