By Katerina Ciampi Stancova, PhD, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain This insights article explores the European Commission’s Thematic Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-food. First discussing the background to the initiative, Katerina Ciampi Stancova goes onto outline the criteria for successful submissions to the initiative and the potential benefits the scheme can bring to […]
By Elvira Uyarra, The University of Manchester, UK. Smart specialisation is now over a decade old. In this insights article, Elvira Uyarra, reflects on lessons learnt and identifies three areas in which the policy could be improved; internationalisation, implementation and greater attention to the demand side. She concludes that a normative and transformative agenda is […]
By John Edwards, Research and Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and Maria Palladino, Seconded National Expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture In this insights article, John Edwards and Maria Palladino explore the challenges faced by the European Commission in implementing smart specialisation policies with higher […]
By Anastasiia Konstantynova (Steinbeis 2i GmbH), Kristin Dallinger (Steinbeis 2i GmbH) and Heike Fischer (Steinbeis 2i GmbH) Introduction Have you ever felt like reinventing the wheel? Or would you rather use the wheels you already have more effectively? We suspect the latter… This line of thought, is worth bearing in mind when developing new policies. […]
By Bernard Musyck, School of Economic Sciences and Administration, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus. In this Insights, Bernard Musyck, looks at the possible allocation of EU Structural Funds and the subsequent implementation of a Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3), as part of the EU’s regional development policy after a possible reunification of Cyprus territory. Introduction Smart Specialisation refers […]
By Alex de Ruyter, David Hearne and Vangelis Tsiligiris, Centre for Brexit Studies, Birmingham City University, UK. Drawing on findings from an international survey of RSA member’s attitudes towards Brexit, this insights articles explores what RSA members consider to be the likely impacts of Brexit on the economy and higher education sectors of the UK […]
By Judit Kalman Ph.D., Center for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary In this Regional Insights article, Judit Kalman, as part of her Regional Studies Association Membership Research Grant Scheme (MeRSA), investigates what determines gender differences in subjective wellbeing across old and new EU member states and also across different welfare regimes. […]
