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Technopolis Ltd

The UK practice was opened in 1989 and works with clients throughout the UK and internationally delivering a range of services

• Evaluation and economic impact assessment of public policies, programmes and institutions
• Strategic advice to policymakers and help with policy and institutional design
• Design and implementation of public programmes
• Comparative analyses of policies and practices across countries and organisations

Our team of 15 is comprised of professional social scientists, from economists to psychologists, providing advice and conducting studies across many policy fields, from innovation to healthcare to science

UK clients

• Ministries such as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS)
• Agencies such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI)
• Regional development agencies such as One NorthEast (ONE) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
• Research councils such as the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• NGOs and other intermediaries, such as the Design Council, Finance South East and Shell STEP

UK assignments

• Review of UK universities’ strategies for managing international research cooperation, for Universities UK
• Ex ante impact assessment of the Birmingham Science City initiative, for Advantage West Midlands
• Bridging research and policy through outcome evaluation in sustainable development, for DEFRA
• Evaluation of the innovation-support programme, strategy for success, for One NorthEast
• Market testing a research passport scheme for clinical researchers, for the NHS
• Annual survey of research institutes’ knowledge transfer activities, for the Office of Science and Innovation
• Evaluation of the festival of social science, for the ESRC
• International review of good practice in public engagement, for the EPSRC Societal Issues Panel
• Evaluation of the economic impact of the civil space R&D programme, for the BNSC
• Review of future challenges facing research in UK, for the Council of Science and Technology

International clients

• Overseas national and regional administrations, such as the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, or the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology or the Swedish national technology agency (VINNOVA)
• International organisations such as DG Budget and DG Information Society of the European Commission, the European Court of Auditors and the OECD

International assignments

• OECD National Innovation Systems Review: Norway, for the OECD
• Evaluation of the impact of European road transport policies on road safety, for DG Enterprise
• Strategic review of the Association for Technology Implementation in Europe (TAFTIE), for TAFTIE
• Evaluation of the Future Urban Transport Programme, for the Volvo Research and Education Fund
• Training civil servants in Turkey in programme design and evaluation, for Finance Ministry
• Preparation of the Operational Programme for Interreg IV, for Haute Normandie Regional Council
• Review of destinations of post graduates, for Forfás in Dublin
• Mapping of UK-Japan S&T links, for the British Embassy in Tokyo
• Evaluation of the EUROCORES research instrument, for the European Science Foundation (ESF)
• Review of the impact of Bologna agreement on HE, for DG Education and Culture
• Cost benefit analyses of organisational models for FP7 and CIP, for DG RTD and DG Enterprise

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