RTD Evaluation Toolbox. Assessing the Socio-Economic Impact of RTD-Policies

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JONATHAN EATON (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), LUKE GEORGHIOU (PREST),
MAX KEILBACH (ZEW), EAMON KINSELLA (CIRCA),
STEFAN KUHLMANN (FHG­ISI), GEORG LICHT (ZEW),
PARI PATEL (UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX), WOLFGANG POLT (JOANNEUM RESEARCH),
JOHN RIGBY (PREST), JAIME ROJO (JOANNEUM RESEARCH),
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EUR 20382 EN IPTS Technical Report Series, EUR 20382 EN
"RTD Evaluation Toolbox ­ Assessing the Socio­Economie Impact of RTD­Policies"
Editors: Gustavo Fahrenkrog (JRC­IPTS), Wolfgang Polt (Joanneum Research), Jaime
Rojo (Joanneum Research), Alexander Tiibke (JRC­IPTS), Klaus Zinöcker (Joanneum
Research)
Authors: Spyros Arvanitis (ΕΤΗ), Marc Boden (IPTS/PREST), Susanne Bührer (FhG­
ISI), Henri Capron (ULB), Michele Cincera (ULB), Robin Cowan (MERIT), Jonathan
Eaton (Boston University), Luke Georghiou (PREST), Max Keilbach (ZEW), Eamon
Kinsella (CIRCA), Stefan Kuhlmann (FhG­ISI), Georg Licht (ZEW), Pari Patel
(University of Sussex), Wolfgang Polt (Joanneum Research), John Rigby (PREST),
Jaime Rojo (Joanneum Research), Giorgio Sirilli (CNRS), Elliot Stern (Tavistock),
Birgit Woitech (Joanneum Research)
Seville, Spain, 2002
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ABOUT THE JRC-IPTS
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a Directorate General of the European Commission, staffed with
approximately 2,100 people, coming in the vast majority from the 15 Member States of the
European Union. The Headquarters, the Directorate for RTD Strategy and seven Institutes located in
five different countries compose the main organisational structure of the JRC (http//:www.jrc.org).
The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the
conception, implementation and monitoring of EU policies.
The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) is one of the seven Institutes making up
the JRC. It was established in Seville, Spain, in September 1994.
The mission of the IPTS is to provide prospective techno-economic analyses in support of the
European policy-making process. IPTS' prime objectives are to monitor and analyse science and
technology developments, their cross-sectoral impact, and their inter-relationship with the socio­
economic context and their implications for future policy development. IPTS operates international
networks, pools the expertise of high level advisors, and presents information in a timely and
synthetic fashion to policy makers (http//:www.jrc.es).
The IPTS is a unique public advisory body, independent from special national or commercial
interests, closely associated with the EU policy-making process. In fact, most of the work
undertaken by the IPTS is in response to direct requests from (or takes the form of long-term policy
support on behalf of) the European Commission Directorate Generals, or European Parliament
Committees. The IPTS also does work for Member States' governmental, academic or industrial
organisations, though this represents a minor share of its total activities.
Although particular emphasis is placed on key Science and Technology fields, especially those that
have a driving role and even the potential to reshape our society, important efforts are devoted to
improving the understanding of the complex interactions between technology, economy and society.
Indeed, the impact of technology on society and, conversely, the way technological development is
driven by societal changes, are highly relevant themes within the European decision-making
context.
The inter-disciplinary prospective approach adopted by the Institute is intended to provide
European decision-makers with a deeper understanding of the emerging science and technology
issues, and it complements the activities undertaken by other institutes of the Joint Research Centre.
The IPTS approach is to collect information about technological developments and their application
in Europe and the world, analyse thisn and transmit it in an accessible form to European
decision-makers. This is implemented in the following sectors of activity:
Technologies for Sustainable Development
Life Sciences / Information and Communication Technologies
Technology, Employment, Competitiveness and Society
Futures project
In order to implement its mission, the Institute develops appropriate contacts, awareness and skills to
anticipate and follow the agenda of the policy decision-makers. IPTS Staff is a mix of highly
experienced engineers, scientists (life-, social- material- etc.) and economists. Cross-disciplinary
experience is a necessary asset. The IPTS success is also based on its networking capabilities and
the quality of its networks as enabling sources of relevant information. In fact, in addition to its
own resources, the IPTS makes use of external Advisory Groups and operates a number of formal or
informal networks. The most important is a Network of European Institutes (the European Science
and Technology Observatory) working in similar areas. These networking activities enable the IPTS
to draw on a large pool of available expertise, while allowing a continuous process of external peer-
review of the in-house activities. RTD-Evaluation Toolbox Assessing the Socio-Economie Impact of RTD-Poi ie ies
ABOUT JOANNEUM RESEARCH
With more than 350 employees JOANNEUM RESEARCH is the largest independent R&D
institution in Provincial ownership. As an innovation partner for business, industry and
public administration we focus on applied research and technological development in
cutting-edge key technologies. At present, we receive 40 % of our contracts from business
enterprises and 44 % from public authorities. The percentage of research contracts from
international organisations amounts to 16 %, accounting for 31 % of our operating
performance.
The 21 JOANNEUM RESEARCH institutes are located in Graz, Vienna, Judenburg,
Leoben, Niklasdorf, Frohnleiten, Weiz and Hartberg. Close co-operation with the Styrian
universities allows us to concentrate on applied research and deal with our customers'
wishes in detail. About a third of the JOANNEUM RESEARCH heads of institute are
university professors or university lecturers. This close link provides access to fundamental
research on the one hand and ensures a steady supply of young and highly talented
university graduates on the other. Although we can draw on long years of experience in all
our research divisions, we are an extremely young enterprise: the average age of our
employees is 36 years and more than half of our institutes was established in the past eight
years. RTD-Eval