结论
在国际范围内，政府和组织机构已开始关注到Richard Florida 的经济观点，即在诸如都柏林、波士顿或墨尔本这些中心城市，重工业向创意资本转移，在此过程中创意产业日益成为经济非常重要的组成部分（Florida，2002）。对于Florida观点的一个尖锐批评是其理论模型突出了创意产业中经济活动的规模，而忽略了此种活动产出的内在价值（Rossiter，2006）。在评估产出的质量、投资与支持这一领域创新的举措发展方面，需要建立一系列标准。
我们可以从RMIT 建筑学博士（项目式研究）及其他类似学位的制度结构和文化实践中吸取经验。在回应当下城市的复杂情况及新兴的技术方面，在如何提升和拓展设计专业人士发展与转换其学科实践以实现真正创新的能力上，此种博士生教育进行了程序和实践方面的探索。RMIT 采用的项目式研究在学界与业界之间培育了典范意义上的实践共同体，在实践者、研究者以及正在崛起的实践型研究者这一类精英人士之间维持了具有建设性、批判性的对话，这一切反过来也促进了项目模式的发展。科研教育在培育产业界与学界之间的沟通对话中是重要的角色，政府和大学内的政策制定者意识到这一点可从中受益。通过展示出科研知识与技能在学界与工作场所之间的双向流动，项目研究挑战了此类知识与技能从学界转移至工作场所单向流动的固化理解。考虑到博士候选人已经是成功的专业人士，他们在诸如交流技能等方面更为娴熟，在这种情况下对发展“通用技能”的关注也具有局限性。
颇为有意思的是在新知识与实践的发展过程中候选人创新与领导力的增长。此处关键的一点经验是在创造性学科内的研究需以自身的术语进行推进，使用并且更新自身学科的思维方式。这一切在更广阔的专业实践领域内将具有推动真正创新的潜力。
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