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  • The I3U Final Conference

    Read about the I3U – Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union Final Conference that took place on September 25, 2018 in Brussels. Take a look at photos from the event and download the presentations Read More

  • New book featuring I3U research

    Read the just-published book on Strengthening the knowledge base for innovation in the European Union, based on I3U research Read More

  • Read the policy brief on the IU's socio-economic impacts

    I3U's new policy brief on "The socio-economic impacts of the Innovation Union's commitments" quantifies the impact of the Innovation Union Read More

  • Read the policy brief on the state of the European Innovation Union

    I3U's new policy brief on "The State of the European Innovation Union and Working of the European Innovation Systems" analyses the overall success of the Innovation Union's 34 commitments Read More

  • New results published from I3U

    I3U's assessments of the Innovation Union's 34 commitments, including the state of implementation have now been published. See the list of deliverables available for download. Read More

  • What does the I3U project hope to accomplish?

    I3U's goal is to assess the impact of the Innovation Union, but what exactly do we mean by that?

  • Addressing Europe's challenges through innovation

    The Innovation Union was created to help Europe face seven major societal challenges: health and demographic changes; food security and sustainable agriculture; clean energy; smart, green and integrated transport; climate and the environment; inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; and protecting freedom and security.

  • Turning the Innovation Union's objectives into reality

    To strengthen Europe's innovative potential, the Innovation Union has set out thirty-four specific commitments. Read More

  • Measuring that reality: How is the Innovation Union doing?

    The purpose of I3U is to look at each of the thirty-four commitments of the Innovation Union and determine how successful each of these have been. Read More
  • 1 The I3U Final Conference
  • 2 New book featuring I3U research
  • 3 Read the policy brief on the IU's socio-economic impacts
  • 4 Read the policy brief on the state of the European Innovation Union
  • 5 New results published from I3U
  • 6 What does the I3U project hope to accomplish?
  • 7 Addressing Europe's challenges through innovation
  • 8 Turning the Innovation Union's objectives into reality
  • 9 Measuring that reality: How is the Innovation Union doing?
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Strategic assessments of the Innovation Union's 34 commitments have now been completed. For details on these assessments and other results of the project, see our reports

Read the new book on Strengthening the knowledge base for innovation in the European Union, based on I3U research

Read our policy briefs on Access to Finance and Innovation, The State of the European Innovation Union and Working of the European Innovation Systems, and The Socio-Economic Impacts of the Innovation Union

Published I3U research

Anic, I.D. “Facilitating Science – Industry Effective Collaborative Research: Literature Review”. Economic Trends and Economic Policy (Privredna kretanja i ekonomska politika) 26.140 (2017): 7-41.

Czarnitzki, D. and  Hünermund, P. (2018). “Public Procurement Can Speed up Innovation“. ZEW news March/April 2018.

Jokic, M., Mervar, A., and Mateljan, S. “Scientific potential of European fully open access journals”. Scientometrics 114.3 (2018): 1373-1394.

Kowalski, A. “Increasing European Innovation Potential through Common Investments in Priority Research Infrastructures”. World Economy Research Institute (WERI) Working Papers. Warsaw: World Economy Research Institute (WERI), Warsaw School of Economics, 2016.

Weresa, M. “The Role of Scientific Advice in Innovation Policy Making”. Ekonomista 5 (2017): 569-581.

Latest news

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    I3U's fourth newsletter released

    I3U - Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union has just released their fourth newsletter. It opens with the reflections of… Read More
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    Reflections on the project: The state of the Innovation Union

    By Pierre Mohnen, Scientific Coordinator of I3U As the project draws to an end, we can draw a number of… Read More
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    Innovation present and future: The I3U Final Conference

    How successful has the Innovation Union been in encouraging innovation and reducing the gap between countries that are strong in… Read More
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    Publication of I3U research

    As the I3U project draws to a close, the partners have been busy presenting the project at conferences, publishing papers,… Read More
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What is I3U?

  • Strengthening Knowledge

    How can we develop the skills of our workforces and implement policies that encourage R&I?
    Read More

  • Getting Good Ideas to Market

    Ensuring adequate funding for R&I and creating a unified market are essential elements for innovation.
    Read More

  • Governance of Innovation

    Regional, EU and global innovation: how do they compare and how do we encourage co-operation and best practices across the board?
    Read More
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 645884.
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