Navigating a Sustainable Future: Rethinking Science, Technology and Innovation to address societal challenges.
Since the middle of the last century, we have experienced a period of robust economic growth, notably fuelled by Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Climate change, biodiversity loss, persistent inequalities have brought the value of unconstrained growth into question. Refocussing STI funding towards addressing ‘societal challenges’ and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals has been a strategic political response. Technopolis supports this transformative role of STI.
Technopolis Group has been at the heart of changes in STI for more than 35 years. Our STI policy experts support policymakers and research and innovation organisations in addressing the challenges they face by:
- delivering strategic advice and studies, foresight and evaluations;
- conducting scientific peer review process of R&I programmes; and
- providing secretariat and project management support for STI policies and programmes.
We work on key STI policy-related challenges:
- Research and innovation systems, and eco-systems
- Governance of science and technology policy
- Research and innovation funding
- Programme and agency evaluations and reviews
- International cooperation in science and innovation
- Open science
- Responsible Research and Innovation; Citizen participation in Science
- Technology transfer and knowledge exchange
Our policy consultants, PhD and engineers have an in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art science, technologies and markets in:
- Agrofood
- Climate adaptation
- Digital
- Key enabling technologies
- Life sciences
- Resource efficiency
- Sustainable energy
- Space
- Transport and mobility
We use up-to-date scientometrics methods and develop in-house solutions using the power of generative AI to measure the economic and societal impact of STI policies.
Who we work for and with
We work for the Ministries of Research and/or Innovation, National Research and/or Innovation agencies worldwide, the EU Institutions (European Commission, DG RTD, the Executive Agencies), and International organisations (OECD, Multilateral Development Banks, Multilateral and Bilateral Donors, UN Agencies…) . We operate all over Europe and beyond, including in low and middle-income countries.
Technopolis Group is leading and partner of a series of Framework Contracts for the European Commission, DG RTD to provide Foresight services (Lot 1), Strategic Studies (Lot 2), and Evaluation services (Lot 3).
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Sophie Viscido, Partner – European Research and Innovation Policy.