JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE - SEVILLE - System dynamics for system innovation

On May 06 the second session of the working group on system dynamics for system innovation took place at the JRC premises in Seville. The group has discussed an early version of POLYTRoPOS, a system dynamics model that will be applied to several use cases trying to measure and evaluate innovation policies at different territorial levels. This project is instrumental in the efforts of the European Commission aiming to deploy Europe’s full innovation potential and measure its effects.

date: 20/05/2024

After the opening by Mikel Landabaso, the first session was chaired by Edurne Magro (Orkestra), where Dimitrios Pontikakis, Matthijs Janssen (Utrecht University) and Hedvig Norlen (Urbanstat) presented an overview of the model, its theoretical background and key indicators.
The second session, chaired by Michal Miedzinski, had George Papachristos (Eindhoven University), Pål Ingebrigt Davidsen (University of Bergen) and Steve Smith (University of Exeter) showing the application of the model to the renewal energy system.
After a keynote from Simon Sharpe, a policy discussion chaired by Daria Ciriaci further developed the policy layer of the model, with the participation of Bianca Cavicchi (DG Research and Innovation), Fabienne Corvers (SG), Luis Goñi Navarro (Navarra), Göran Marklund (VINNOVA) , Josefina Monteagudo (DG GROW) and Matthias Weber (Austrian Institute of Technology).
We counted on a second keynote from Mauricio Uriona Maldonado (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), on systems dynamic modelling for technology diffusion and a final session chaired by Dimitris Pontikakis on behalf of Nuno Videira (FCT NOVA) to have an initial validation of the model, with Carolina Resende Haddad (OECD) presenting OECD - OCDE transformative agenda.