Позитивные изменения. Том 3, № 3 (2023). Positive changes. Volume 3, Issue 3 (2023)

The Third Mission Through the Prism of Science: A Review of Russian-Language Publications from 2021 to 2023

Anna Movchan

DOI 10.55140/2782–5817–2023–3–3–84–97

In recent decades, universities worldwide have significantly transformed their recognition of their societal role. The enthusiastic interest of academic institutions in the third mission is evident in a plethora of scholarly investigations and publications. This review delves into the different aspects of universities’ social missions that have garnered the most attention from Russian-speaking researchers recently.

Anna Movchan

Junior Researcher, Federal Resource Center, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education

The objective of this study is to identify the research directions (trends) that have captured the greatest interest among Russian-speaking scholars in the last three years. The analysis draws upon digests of scientific publications[154] compiled as part of the project “Building and Upscaling the Implementation Practice of the University’s Third Mission” by the Institute of Socio-Economic Design at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. In this study, we examined 56 scholarly articles published between June 2021 and August 2023, containing references to the term third mission of the university either in the title or content.

Based on our analysis, we have identified eight key research areas (trends), each of which will be explored in detail below.