Societal value creation is at the heart of the universities’ third mission, and it is the ambition of publicly funded research. However, measuring and communicating the achieved and potential impact of research results is not always straightforward. Societal benefits arise from all disciplines and from a wide range of approaches to knowledge valorisation. Several initiatives have been developed to support researchers in identifying and presenting the value of their work for society. This way, researchers’ work benefits from increased recognition and impact outside science, including informing policy making. Learn about successful practices to capture and promote the societal value of your research in this webinar!
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- knowledge management | social sciences
- Tuesday 24 September 2024, 13:00 - 13:45 (CEST)
- Online only
- Live streaming available
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 24 September 2024, 13:00 - 13:45 (CEST)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English
Description
Agenda
- Introduction by Chair: Maria Cristina Russo, Director ‘Prosperity’, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission
- Presentation of the jointly developed researcher's online course on research impact of the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters by Laura Valkeasuo, Senior Advisor at the University of Helsinki
- Presentation of the Nova Research Impact Narratives Challenge by Hélder Lopes, Director of Research and Innovation at NOVA University, Lisbon
- Presentation of Impact Track by Tomas De Groote, Impact Coach at Social Innovation Factory
- Panel discussion with questions from the audience. You will be able to ask your questions via Sli.do.
We hope to see many of you online and look forward to the discussion!
Explore the repository of best practices on our KV Platform and get to know more best practices to promote the societal impact of research projects:
- Journey of Progress – Theory of Change card game to plan, monitor and evidence the impact of research projects, by the Evaluating Societal Impact (ESI) strategic project at Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Carrying the Message by using specific storytelling techniques of metaphor and animation techniques to create compelling valorisation narratives, sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Background information
Read about the outcomes of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Knowledge Valorisation - a policy dialogue among EU countries that delivered a set of policy recommendations and a policy toolbox to implement a knowledge valorisation strategy.
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission is organising a whole series of online EU Knowledge Valorisation Talks throughout 2024 to showcase inspiring practices that are transforming knowledge into practical solutions and exchange experience among valorisation actors from all over Europe. The focus is on new trends and developments in knowledge valorisation.
Mark your calendars for our next Knowledge Valorisation Talk on ‘What it takes: successful models for academia-industry knowledge valorisation’ on Tuesday 19 November 2024.
For any question or suggestion, please contact: RTD-VALORISATION-POLICIES-IPR
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (RTD-VALORISATION-POLICIES-IPR[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
