Universities, innovation system, scientific and research policies in Galicia

25 years after the creation of the new Galician universities

Abstract

Based on the assumption that knowledge is the driving force behind innovation in modern societies, this article attempts to review Galicia’s capabilities in this field and to assess the extent to which they are currently being used to their full potential. Few people living in today’s world would dare to deny the above assertion that knowledge is the drivin g force behind innovation in modern societies. What interests us here is how to  interpret it in Galicia today, using a panoramic observation of Galicia’s innovation system, which serves the university’s driving force. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Universities of A Coruña and Vigo, our analysis will focus on the present and the future rather than going back to remember the separation process, about which much has been written and said.