Self-Different Fractals and Innovation

The book highlights how self-different fractals enhance interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, blending scientific and artistic research approaches to create productive chaos, shaping governance, academia, and innovation systems to advance societal and institutional development in higher education.

Dr. David F. J. Campbell is Associate Professor for Comparative Political Science at the University of Vienna (https: //politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/en/about-us/staff/associate-professors/campbell/); Founding Head of the Center for Higher Education Governance and Transformation at the Department for Higher Education Research, University for Continuing Education Krems in Austria (https: //www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/university/faculties/education-arts-architecture/departments/higher-education-research.html); and Quality Enhancement Expert, Quality Researcher and Publication Strategist at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (https: //www.dieangewandte.at/jart/prj3/angewandte-2016/main.jart?rel=en&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1458930944469&Pe-Id=4725). His research focuses on governance of higher education, referring to and integrating innovation and quality of democracy (https: //link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-72529-1). Together with Elias Carayannis, David Campbell developed the theory of Quadruple and Quintuple Helix Innovation Systems.

Dr. Elias G. Carayannis (https: //business.gwu.edu/elias-g-carayannis) is a Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as the co-founder and co-director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and the director of the European Union Research Center (EURC) at the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB). Dr. Carayannis’s teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic Government-University-Industry R&D partnerships, technology road-mapping, technology transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development. Elias Carayannis first conceptualized the concepts of the Quadruple and Quintuple Innovation Helixes and the Mode 3 Knowledge Production System in the mid-2000s, working with David Campbell (https: //link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13132-021-00778-x).