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8th RISIS Policymakers Session: Evaluation studies, potentials of the SIPER DATABASE

2.00 – 2.10 Welcome & Introduction by Alessia Fava  IRCrES, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   2.10 – 2.50  Presentation by Susanne Bührer, Jakob Edler, and Elisa Wallwaey   Fraunhofer ISI   2.50 – 3.20 Discussion with Michael Keenan Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (OECD)   3.20 – 4.00 Debate & Closing   Agenda Policy brief | Issue #8 REGISTRATION FORM [sibwp_form id=4]

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RESEARCH SEMINAR Where innovation meets directionality: Index to measure regional readiness toward Societal Challenges

Presenter: Francesco Cappellano, University of Eastern Finland   Discussant: Gaston Heimeriks, Utrecht University     Abstract: The growing interest to address societal challenges is changing research and innovation policy dynamics. However, a challenge-oriented approach requires specific public sector capacities to coordinate and provide directionality while having an innovation ecosystem with sufficient scientific and technological endowments to address them effectively. In this perspective, a challenge-oriented policy is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and only recently, the literature has started…

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Innovative means of communicating research findings on Sustainable Development Goals

The 17th  RISIS Research Seminar will take place on 6th April from 12.30 to 2.00 pm (CET)  and will focus on a presentation entitled Innovative means of communicating research findings on Sustainable Development Goals, by Barbara Lancho Barrantes, University of Leeds. Ismael Rafols, University of Leiden is involved as discussant.     The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set in 2015 by the international community as part of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through which countries of the world…

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Societal challenges, a journey into Italian regional heterogeneity

The 15th  RISIS Research Seminar will take place on 9th February from 12.30 to 2.00 pm (CET)  and will focus on a presentation entitled Where innovation meets directionality: Index to measure regional readiness toward Societal Challenges of Francesco Cappellano, University of Eastern Finland. Gaston Heimeriks, Utrecht University, is involved as discussant.   The paper proposes a composite index to assess REgional Societal Challenges-Oriented REadiness (RE-SCORE). An exploratory application is conducted to examine and compare Italian regions facing four selected societal challenges (SC)s: bioeconomy,…

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RISIS NEW DATASETS AT EU-SPRI 2021

The Eu-SPRI 2021 conference took place in Oslo in a virtual form from 9th to 11th of June.  The European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI Forum) aims to strengthen the researchers’ community focusing on interdisciplinary dimensions related to policy and governance in the field of knowledge creation and innovation. This edition, during which occurs the Eu-SPRI 10th Anniversary Conference, was focused on three main themes linked to the complex season we’re leaving…

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