Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to propose a highly acceptable “hypothesis” for community-university co-creation through university-led social development model. First, we will conduct a literature review on historical approaches to the co-creation of community and universities in Europe and the United States of America for analyzing the structure of the role that universities should play for the development of society. Based on the review, the authors develop a comparison study with Japanese universities. Then, the authors present a three-step analytical framework of community-university co-creation for evaluating community-university communication level. Finally, the authors will present the “hypothesis” of multi-directional co-creation dialogues necessary for the university to be the anchor for promoting industrial and social innovation in the knowledge-based society.
