COVID-19: Entrepreneurial Universities and Academic Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to reflect on how the pandemic has shaped entrepreneurial universities, academics and academic entrepreneurship. Against this background, some strategic dilemmas are considered for entrepreneurial universities, namely, first mission delivery and programme configurations, investment and funding, organisational configuration, institutional research priorities, third mission—technology and knowledge transfer—and university community and universities communities: resilience and progression. Considerations of how the pandemic has shaped academic and academic entrepreneurs are also discussed, concerning teaching, research priorities, research impact, technology and knowledge transfer and health and well-being.