Identifying and Prioritizing the Antecedents and Consequences of the Effective Presence of the University Institution in the Context of Collaborative Governance

The ever-increasing growth of technology and globalization have caused the special attention of planners and policymakers to review the role of the university institution as one of the most important scientific institutions of Iran, in order to create transformation and achieve development goals, especially in developing countries. Therefore, the governance system of many countries tries to establish a purposeful connection between the higher education system and the goals of development management in these countries. The current research has been done with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the antecedents and consequences of the university institution's role-playing in the framework of collaborative governance. This research is a type of mixed research with a qualitative and quantitative approach, which is practical in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of nature and method. The research participants are 16 academic experts from 13 top universities who were selected based on the principle of theoretical adequacy and using the purposeful and snowball sampling method. In the qualitative part, semi-structured interview and thematic analysis method were used to collect information, and “Guba” and “Lincoln” four criteria were used to verify the data, and using the fuzzy Delphi method, the antecedents and consequences of the role-playing of the university institution were prioritized. The results showed that demand-oriented university services and scientific research management through the network of industry and university experts are considered as the most important antecedents of university performance. Also, research-oriented policymaking and division of universities to solve related regional and geographical issues, creation of decision-making chairs in addition to scientific and research chairs are also among the most important consequences of the role-making of the university institution in the framework of collaborative governance.