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
‘Impact at Scale’ Pipeline in SSH
The ‘Discover, Launch, Accelerate, Scale’ (DLAS) methodology and associated training programme help create impact at scale from SSH research ideas, including research-based ventures for social and economic value operating across a wide range of sectors.
NOVA Research Impact Narratives Challenge
In 2023, NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA) launched the pioneering initiative “NOVA Research Impact Narratives Challenge”, which aims to incentivize researchers to effectively communicate the impact of their scientific projects.
Building the Infrastructure to Enhance Public Policy Through Research
Brunel Public Policy uses research produced at Brunel University London to help inform policy-makers, legislators and regulators.
Improving Societal Impact of Collaborative Research
The NANOSIS platform in Turkey aims to develop nanotechnological components, products and systems for medical monitoring and diagnosis. The “Societal Impact” project, conducted under this virtual ‘Research Centre’, is situated horizontally across the
Science Monitor
Big data and Artificial Intelligence are key in realizing more impact from scientific research. The aim of the Science Monitor Platform is to create a system that harnesses the power of diverse data sources and cutting-edge APIs to forecast scientific
Impact Alliance
The Impact Alliance aims to establish responsible organisation and evaluation practices for societal impact of scientific and scholarly research. To this end, it facilitates knowledge exchange within a national community of practice in the Netherlands.
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).