Across Europe, strategies and tools have been developed to transform research results into societal and economic benefits. The Repository includes practices, 'learning from experience' examples and relevant policies. All information is provided by the stakeholders themselves who remain responsible for accuracy and veracity of the content.
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Best Practices
Measuring Societal Impact
Impact measurement is for many organisations a huge challenge. The Social Innovation Factory has conducted action research on this topic with different types of organisations that are generating positive societal impact. This resulted in an online tool and
Social Innovation Factory
The Social Innovation Factory supports the movement of exploring a broad range of solutions for societal challenges. From the onset it focused on both social innovation and social entrepreneurship. The Social Innovation Factory welcomes people working on
Coping with complexity
GABEK supports qualitative social research regarding the convictions, evaluations, and emotional attitudes of the individuals concerned. It aims at identifying and valorising knowledge assets that are usually difficult to capture, notably tacit knowledge.
Spin-off Learning Platform
The Spin-off Learning Platform is an initiative by the Spin-off and Innovation team of KU Leuven Research & Development, the technology transfer office (TTO) of the university of Leuven (Belgium).
Turning urban biowaste into innovative biobased products
Using pilot demonstrations, WaysTUP! improves the public’s perception of biowaste as an resource to develop new.
Integrating sustainability in business development
The Swedish business developer ALMI has developed specific tools and advisory services to help SMEs integrate sustainability in their business development and growth paths, thereby fostering knowledge uptake and valorisation for the green and digital
‘Demand Accelerator’: Driving knowledge uptake and innovation in and by the public sector
‘Demand Accelerator’ is an intermediary aiming to accelerate the demand for new sustainable solutions by serving as a pivotal link between public needs, policies, innovation, and business development.
Boosting the inclusive valorisation of new ideas at Uppsala University Innovation
The University’s innovation office aims to encourage students and researchers of all ages and genders from diverse scientific disciplines to identify as innovators and actively contribute to future solutions for the benefit of society.
Industrial PhD Programme in Austria
The best practice strengthens links between industry and academia by offering doctoral students the opportunity to conduct their PhD at an Austrian company or non-university research institution.
The Science Offensive of the Trinational Metropolitan Region Upper Rhine
The Science Offensive is a joint initiative of the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, the Région Grand Est and the Interreg Upper Rhine Programme to promote excellent cross-border projects in the field of science and innovation.