TeRRItoria

Gender Equality in Higher Education for Central Macedonia Like the other Transformative Experiments, the Greek partners in Central Macedonia – the Region of Central Macedonia (RCM) and the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC) – have completed their co-design and co-thinking phase. As part of this they worked with a wide array of regional stakeholders to … Read more

Building Bridges for Knowledge Exchange across Trøndelag No time to read? Headache? Scroll down for a video summary The Norwegian region of Trøndelag is special in terms of its very low overall population density, hosting only 8.74 people per km2 compared to an EU average of 105.3 people/ km2 and a German population density of … Read more

Let us continue to integrate: RRI + S3 = TetRRIS TetRRIS project launched in September 2020. This Horizon 2020 SwafS-14 project represents one of many EU funded research and innovation projects seeking to expand scientific understanding about how to better align R&I policies with society (its values, needs and expectations). This short article will briefly introduce the context in which this newly launched project called TetRRIS is … Read more

Our virtual project meeting Due to ongoing Covid-19-related travel restrictions, the project meeting of TeRRItoria scheduled for the 14th of January 2021 took place virtually. The meeting started with a summary of the activities carried out in the last six months. The last physical meeting took place in Bologna (Italy) in November 2019 and saw … Read more

#ResponsibleRegions: a monthly dialogue on S3 and RRI Since November 2020, TeRRItoria has been carrying out a new initiative: #ResponsibleRegions. This is a series of monthly online events which deal with the concepts of Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). These are presented in the format of multi-person dialogues with a … Read more

Emilia Romagna: inserting RRI in RIS3. An update from Bologna The Emilia Romagna region and ART-ER (its Regional Development Agency) have decided to focus primarily on two RRI dimension in formulating their regional Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) for 2021-2027. By using public engagement and science education and working on the inclusive governance dimension, the Emilia … Read more

The Nordland case in SeeRRI: an approach to co-creating regional planning strategy The first event organised by the TeRRItoria consortium in 2021 was the third dialogue of #ResponsibleRegions. On Thursday 21st January, Nhien Nguyen illustrated “The Nordland case in SeeRRI: an approach to co-creating regional planning strategy”.   Nhien talked about some different ways to view RRI: one through the … Read more

Open lecture on Responsible Innovation by Rene von Schomberg On Wednesday February 3rd, (16.00 – 17.30) Dr. Phil. René von Schomberg, first editor of and contributor to the International Handbook on Responsible Innovation, will intervene at the “Beyond Cosmethics” IdeaLab to make an opening lecture on Responsible Research and Innovation.   The “Beyond Cosmethics: Responsible Ethics for Responsible Innovation” IdeaLab is a multi-disciplinary initiative that brings together researchers from various … Read more

An update from North East Romania: developing a consultative tool for agenda setting in local mountain communities The specific focus of the Transformative Experiment in North East Romania is to increase the degree of involvement of local communities in the decision regarding investments for innovation in the areas where they live. In order to reach this goal, … Read more

#ResponsibleRegions – third dialogue #ResponsibleRegions is a series of monthly webinars dealing with the concepts of the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). EURADA and the TeRRItoria consortium are organising these webinars with the aim of sharing the valuable experience of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and local actors in developing and … Read more