The Regional Innovation Impact Assessment (RIIA)

The Regional Innovation Impact Assessment (RIIA) framework has been developed separately but in close cooperation with the HESS project. A JRC Science for Policy Report was published in 2018 in which a RIIA analytical approach was outlined. It covers four categories of university activities, suggesting potential indicators to measure impact. These indicators combine quantitative and qualitative information in a ‘narrative with numbers’ approach. The four categories are:
 
  • Education and human capital development;
  • Research, technological development, knowledge transfer and commercialisation;
  • Entrepreneurship and support to enterprise development;
  • Regional orientation, strategic development and knowledge infrastructure.

Following the Science for Policy Report, case studies were launched whereby a selection of universities in Europe were asked to complete self-appraisal reports following the RIIA analytical framework. These case studies are made available here, with the permission of the relevant authors from the universities concerned. They were also used to translate the approach into a model that can be used by independent evaluators to assess the regional innovation impact of universities. This resulted in an open source book that also suggested how the framework may be operationalised as part of EU policies and funding programmes. This book was presented on 18th June at on online book launch organised by the JRC. 

Regional Innovation Impact Assessment (RIIA)

AaltoUniversity

Aalto University.pdf
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Kaunus University of Technology

Kaunus University of Technology.pdf
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(378 KB - PDF)
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KU Leuven

KU Leuven.pdf
English
(432 KB - PDF)
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Politecnico di Torino

Politecnico di Torino.pdf
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(552 KB - PDF)
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University of Aveiro

University of Aveiro.pdf
English
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Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Universitat Politecnica de Catalyuna.pdf
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University of Bologna

University of Bologna.pdf
English
(155 KB - PDF)
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University of Ruse Angel Kanchev

University of Ruse Angel Kanchev.pdf
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(828 KB - PDF)
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University of Stavanger

University of Stavanger.pdf
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(177 KB - PDF)
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University of Trieste

University of Trieste.pdf
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(513 KB - PDF)
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