Measuring the socio economic impact of large research infrastructures

Geert van der Veen,

director Technopolis Group Netherlands

Technopolis Group

• Specialised in STI domain

• Extensive experience in RI studies

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• Almost all studies used for policy development and decisions on RI Funding in response to a growing demand for justification of expenditure

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Impacts on human capital

Positive contributions to

researcher mobility &

capacity development

Impact on attracting top researchers

unclear

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Impacts on:• network formation

• dynamics of knowledge exchange

• management structures

Framework for economic and innovation impact

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Construction

Operations

Output

Budget

Employment

Suppliers / maintenance employment

Multiplier effect

Innovations

Staff employment

Public Private Partnerships

Social Capital

Spin-offs

HR Capacity building

Joint ventures

Industry innovations

Innovations Market spillovers

Innovative clustering /

agglomeration

R&D spillovers

Regional effects

Exploitation of research results

Procurement

Market spillovers

Impacts on society

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Science communication &

education

New products & services(eg vaccines, ICT solutions)

Many RIs have explicit societal mission, but few impact studies

New policies(eg climate, earth quakes)

Key messages measuring the socio economic impact

• Insight in socio economic impact can strengthen support in society//justification for expenditure

• To gain better insight: More and more systematic measurement needed

• Lessons learnt:• Systems approach

• More comprehensive studies (not just case studies)

• Need to understand the different impact pathways

• Broad use of data collection methods

• No ‘one-size-fits-all’ methodology

• Balance between administrative burden and need to grasp socio economic impact

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