Kick-off meeting in Strasbourg

Project start in Strasbourg The European Science Foundation organized the Kick-Off meeting of the TeRRItoria project during the 27th and the 28th of February 2019. The meeting was attended by all the partners and by a representative of the European Commission. It was confirmed the relevance of the project to concretely operationalise Responsible Research and … Read more

Taking Stock of RRI in 5 EU Territories

One of TeRRItoria’s key ambitions is to enable our five territorial partners to develop a deeper understanding of how RRI is and could be relevant within their own context, and use that understanding to leverage their own thinking and leadership capacities to further the integration of RRI principles into the territorial contexts. The mapping process … Read more

Inventory of 43 RRI Governance Innovation Practices

Inventory of 43 RRI Governance Innovation Practices In 2017-2018, the project “Big Picnic” organised dozens of co-created outreach exhibitions in, among other venues, botanical gardens. The purpose of this was to establish public debate on food security issues and allow participants to share their views on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in this field with … Read more

TeRRItoria and the Use of Bottom-Up Governance Innovation Practices

TeRRItoria and the Use of Bottom-Up Governance Innovation Practices What do technological education in Mexico, renewable energy on a remote Scottish island, and waste management in Bangladesh have in common? As it happens, all of these examples are things that TeRRItoria can draw inspiration in the coming months when crafting the five “transformative experiments” the project will implement.  In order to complete its mapping of governance innovation … Read more

TeRRItoria among RRI projects present at the SeeRRI workshop

TERRITORIA was among the EU-funded RRI-related projects who had been invited at the SeeRRI workshop “Building Self-Sustaining Research and Innovation Ecosystems in Europe though Responsible Research and Innovation”, held in Bologna on September 2019. The Workshop convened several EU funded projects on RRI, territory management and environmental issues with the aim to share experiences and … Read more

TeRRItoria Project at the 2019 European Triple Helix Congress on Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ETHAC 2019)

During 30th September-1st October the 2019 European Triple Helix Congress on Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ETHAC 2019) was organized in Thessaloniki, Greece. The mission of ETHAC is to mobilise knowledge and innovation transfer to the global market by enabling international triple helix interactions where academics, innovators, industry, entrepreneurs, investors, governments and policy makers actively engage … Read more

Smart Regions 3.0 Conference Transformation through Smart Specialisation

Changes in climate, technology, and demography are transforming our societies and way of life. Europe must lead the transition to a healthy planet and a new digital world. The Smart Regions conference will be a good occasion to strengthen the links between people, nations, and institutions. Between expectations and delivery of smart specialization strategies. Between … Read more

European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) – Science for Citizens: how science meets regions and cities

In the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities, last 9th of October, the H2020 project TeRRItoria was presented in the workshop Science for Citizens: how science meets regions and cities, attended by more than 100 people. The workshop sought to present how citizens get involved in science and how researchers and policymakers are able to design together  solutions for local … Read more