Higher Education and Regional Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. University Complexity and Regional Development in the Periphery

   • Rómulo Pinheiro, Karel Šima, Mitchell Young, Jan Kohoutek

   Pages 1-20

3. Geography Versus University Functions-Regionally Based Networks: The Case of the Ústí Region

   • Helena Šebková, Inna Čábelková, Vladimír Roskovec

   Pages 21-51

4. Designed for Regional Engagement? The Case of Telemark University College

   • Rómulo Pinheiro, Roger Normann

   Pages 53-77

5. Graduate Paradox at Jihlava: The Perspective of Stakeholders

   • Michaela Šmídová, Inna Čábelková

   Pages 79-110

6. Power, Institutions, and Periphery: What Can a Small University College Do?

   • James Karlsen

   Pages 111-134

7. Multiple Streams Running Dry: Third-Mission Policies at a Czech Research University

   • Jan Kohoutek, Karel Šima

   Pages 135-166

8. University Collaboration at a Cross-Road: Evolution and Tensions in Third-Mission Engagement

   • Roger Normann, Rómulo Pinheiro

   Pages 167-189

9. Conclusion: University Ambiguities and Analytic Eclecticism

   • Mitchell Young, Rómulo Pinheiro, Karel Šima

   Pages 191-212

10. Back Matter

    Pages 213-218

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This book analyses the role of universities as critical actors in the socio-economic development of peripheral regions in Norway and the Czech Republic. Examining the ambiguities of the traditional mission of a university in comparison to contemporary demands, the editors and contributors move past single-case analyses to adopt an integrated conceptual and analytical framework. The authors question whether universities can indeed ‘fix’ the conditions of any region they operate in, as is a common assumption, by examining peripheral regions, many of which have been devastated by natural or man-made disasters. Simultaneously acknowledging the complexities at the heart of both higher education institutions and regions, this book brings together a set of critical contributions that shed light on how universities can fulfil their role in peripheral regions rather than knowledge-intensive cities and towns. This uniquely researched book will be of interest to students and scholars of higher education, universities and communities, and education policy.

• University
• Tertiary education
• Infrastructure
• Norway
• Prague
• Czech Republic
• peripheral regions
• globalized education
• regional development
• knowledge centres

• Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

  Rómulo Pinheiro

• Centre for Higher Education Studies, Prague, Czech Republic

  Mitchell Young, Karel Šima

Rómulo Pinheiro is Professor in Public Policy and Administration at the University of Agder, Norway. 


Mitchell Young is Assistant Professor in the department of European Studies at Charles University, the Czech Republic. 


Karel Šima is Senior Researcher at Charles University, the Czech Republic.

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