Multiple streams running dry: Third-mission policies at a Czech research university

Abstract

This chapter examines the third mission of universities through a case study of Palacký University in Olomouc (UPOL), one of the few traditional, research-intensive universities in the Czech Republic. To our knowledge, no empirical study on the realization of the third mission at a Czech research-oriented university has been conducted to date; we intend to fill this gap with the study presented in this chapter. More specifically, we analyze how the third-mission agenda was set and enacted at UPOL and examine the associated ambiguity of intention.