ABSTRACT
Creative hubs represent the modern infrastructure of universities. Their creative ideas and activities influence not only the universities themselves, but also cities and regions. This contribution describes the structure of the creative hub at Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic) and its system of functioning. Documents on strategic planning at the level of university, city and region were studied and statistical data from Palacký University Olomouc were analysed. More than twenty research centres, laboratories, and other creative hub forms (film festival, entrepreneurial incubator etc.) were identified. A standalone research topic are the science centres with their large R&D and application potential for the creative economy of the region.
