How can universities improve their relationships with society?

21 June 2019

In this video, Peter Maassen (University of Oslo), author of the study „The Place of Universities in Society“, talks about the ‚Third Mission‘ of universities, the issue of social inequalities, and how universities can improve their relationship with society.

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