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Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology: exploring the most effective model to integrate public and private research systems Colombo M., Pirelli L., Piva E. Politecnico di Milano Third International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): Impacts and implications for policy and decision-making 16th- 17th October 2008 Contact:

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Outline Research questions The concept of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Research design, data, analyses - identification of the key dimensions and trade-offs to be taken into account in shaping the EIT Findings and discussion - focus on the most critical and controversial dimensions Conclusions and further developments

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Research objectives Investigate how organizations aimed at integrating public and private research systems should be shaped Identify which are the most critical elements in designing such organizations considering the points of view of the different stakeholders Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as a way to explore which is the most effective model to integrate education, research and innovation

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology The EIT concept Knowledge is a form of joint production, with strong complementarities between public and private research The EIT will be at the same time a university, a research centre and an industrial lab, performing: - Master and doctoral education, courses in entrepreneurship - Cutting-edge research based on public-private partnerships - Dissemination and industrial exploitation of research results The envisaged impact of the EIT consists of: - Graduates and PhDs with both an academic and entrepreneurial mindset - Publications, patents, technological innovations, spin-off companies - Improved performance of the European higher education and research institutions and of their collaboration with industrial partners

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology The EIT mission and vision Mission: strengthening the integration between education, research and industrial innovation, becoming a reference model for managing innovation across Europe Innovation Education Research EIIT Vision: pooling the best minds and ideas reaching critical mass and coordinating their efforts towards the commercialization of the research outcomes

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology The EIT architecture Combining top-down and bottom-up approaches Energy EIT eSociety Climate change EIT Governing Board KICs Partners Source: Adapted from the presentation made by the European Commission at the European Economic and Social Committee on 18 December 2006

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Research questions Which are the most critical and controversial dimensions to be taken into account while shaping the EIT? Why do different participants have different views on the model for the EIT? What are the implications of the different possible configurations of the EIT? How do the potential participants in the EIT would like it to be organized? - What should be the role of companies in education and research? - Which model of governance and financing is most appropriate? - What should be the geographical layout of the EIT?

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Research design Exploratory analysis of the most critical and controversial dimensions Survey to investigate the preferences of the potential participants towards the EIT possible configurations Ordered Probit econometric model to investigate which respondents attributes may explain the different levels of criticality and controversiality Literature review on university-industry collaboration and interviews with the EIT policy makers to identify the key dimensions and policy options in shaping the EIT

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Key dimensions 1.Participants in the EIT 2.Criteria for partners selection 3.Role of companies 4.Target of the training activities 5.Type of research 6.Level of inter-disciplinarity 7.Degree of specialization of the KICs 8.Model of Governance 9.Financing model 10.Resources ownership 11.Geographical layout Who should take part in the EIT? How should activities be performed? What should the structure of the EIT be?

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology The respondents sample 312 Italian researchers took part in the survey

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Key dimensions: criticality vs controversiality

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Respondents attributes explaining controversiality Ordered Probit econometric model to investigate which respondents attributes may explain the different levels of controversiality 1.Age 2.Years of work experience in: universities / research centres / companies 3.Experience in managerial positions 4.Experience in coordinating a EU project 5.Level of basic/applied research 6.Field of research: Eng&IT / Life Sciences / Basic Sc. / Geo Sc. / Other Sc.

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Role of companies Which should be the role of companies within the EIT? Funding and exploitation of the results 34,2% Also strategic involvement (e.g. priorities definition, evaluation, monitoring) 33,1% Also operative involvement in training and research activities 32,7% Also operational involvement Need for keeping a long-term orientation of education and research Need for more business input in education and research Funding & exploitation Also strategic involvement Applied researchers Age Years of work experience in university

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Partners selection criteria How would you select the partners (universities, research centres, companies) of a KIC (=Knowledge and Innovation Community)? Only excellent partners to ensure a significant shift of the technological frontier 41,5% Broad involvement of partners to ensure the dissemination of the research results 58,5% Broad involvement Focus on excellence to ensure a significant shift of the technological frontier (mission approach) Broad involvement to ensure dissemination of the research results (diffusion approach) Only excellent partners Applied researchers Age Coordinators of EU projects Managerial Experience

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Participants in the EIT The participants in the EIT activities should be… Single experts/researchers25,9% Units/teams54,6% Departments16,0% Entire organizations (universities, research centres or companies) 3,5% Entire organizations Higher specialization, motivation, flexibility (individual mobility and low bureaucratization) Stronger parent organizations support and widening of research horizons Single Coordinators of EU projects Business Experience Units Departments

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Level of inter-disciplinarity How would you organize the EIT activities ? Experts in different fields work together on the same issue, ensuring cross-fertilization (inter-disciplinary approach) 52,7% Experts in different fields work separately, but exchange information (multi-disciplinary approach) 45,7% Experts in different fields work separately, facing individually different issues (disciplinary approach) 1,6% Disciplinary approach Need to ensure cross-fertilization and knowledge sharing/combination Need to have partners sharing cultures, interests and cognitive schemes Inter- disciplinarity Multi- disciplinarity Years of work experience in universities Years of work experience in research centres Managerial Experience

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Main general findings Potential participants in the EIT strongly converge on: - focusing on use-inspired basic research - activities should be financed by the central Governing Board rather than directly by partners But participants strongly disagree on: - the role of companies (funding/strategic/operative) - the criteria for partners selection While participants tend to agree on the importance of: - multi-/inter- disciplinarity in performing activities - involving single researchers or units and not entire organizations to avoid bureaucratization

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Main findings related to the respondents attributes Applied researchers would focus on dissemination of the research results and flexibility involving single, but not necessarily excellent, participants While basic researchers and senior academics are skeptical towards the business interference in education and research, a broad involvement of partners and multi- disciplinary approach Respondents with experience in managing/coordinating projects would focus on pooling excellent researchers ensuring cross- fertilization and avoiding bureaucracy Young researchers have similar views with respondents performing applied research and having business experience

Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Conclusions and further developments Achievements: - first exploratory research supporting the political debate around the EIT organizational model - identification of the most critical and controversial dimensions to be considered in designing the EIT (and similar boundary-spanning institutions) - analysis of the researchers attributes explaining the different views on the possible EIT configurations Further developments: - geographical extension of the survey at a European level, including researchers working for the private sector - other analyses (case studies on the EIT pilot projects) - using other attributes to explain controversiality (e.g. differences across sectors in terms of: tacitness of knowledge, need for critical mass or need for large infrastructures)

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