EU Project Chronicles - InnovEU, research and innovation

InnovEU connects current and aspiring participants of EU funded projects with the insights and networks necessary to navigate the funding landscape successfully. It offers a unique platform to understand evaluator perspectives, discover potential partnerships, and stay updated on new calls, ultimately empowering viewers to craft compelling proposals and engage more strategically in EU initiatives. fernandocgaspar.substack.com

EU Project Chronicles - InnovEU, research and innovation is a science podcast hosted by Fernando C. Gaspar, with 111 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Fernando C. Gaspar hosts EU Project Chronicles - InnovEU, research and innovation, a science show with 111 episodes published.

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  Episode #18

  InnovEU S5E18 with Francesco Molica - Is Your EU Project Territorially Blind?

  Jun 6, 202638 minS5

  <p>What if your Horizon Europe proposal is not weak because of the technology?</p><p>What if it is weak because it has no real territorial logic?</p><p>In this episode of InnovEU - The EU Project Chronicles, I speak with Francesco Molica, Director of EURADA, the European Association of Development Agencies.</p><p>And the lesson is uncomfortable:</p><p>* A project can be compliant.</p><p>* It can match the call.</p><p>* It can use all the right words: innovation, competitiveness, twin transition, resilience, ecosystem.</p><p>But if it is not connected to a...

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  Episode #17

  InnovEU S5E17 with Technopolis' AnnaMaria Annicchiarico - What Makes Innovation Ecosystems Last?

  May 30, 202642 minS5

  <p>What if the strongest innovation ecosystems are not the ones with the most money?</p><p>What if the real difference is continuity?</p><p>In this episode of InnovEU - The EU Project Chronicles, I speak with AnnaMaria Annicchiarico, from Technopolis Tech Park, Italy, about what 40 years of regional innovation can teach Europe today.</p><p>Technopolis has worked across digital transformation, incubation, entrepreneurship, SMEs, EU funded projects and the green transition.</p><p>And the lesson is clear:</p><p>* Innovation does not scale just because a region has universities, talent or public funding.</p><p>* It...

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  Episode #16

  InnovEU S5E16 with Tauno Kekäle -Can a Small City Beat Europe’s Capitals?

  May 21, 202632 minS5

  <p>What if the next European energy powerhouse is not in Berlin, Paris, Brussels, or Silicon Valley?</p><p>That is the question behind this new episode of InnovEU: The EU Project Chronicles.</p><p>This week, I spoke with Tauno Kekäle, Senior Advisor at Merinova, in Vaasa, Finland.</p><p>Vaasa is not a huge capital city.</p><p>It is not a global financial centre.</p><p>It is not a giant metropolitan region.</p><p>And yet, the Vaasa region has built one of Europe’s most impressive energy technology ecosystems:</p><p>180+ companies.13,000+ employees.More tha...

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  Episode #15

  InnovEU S5E15 with Patras Science Park's Takis Konstantinopoulos

  May 14, 202645 minS5

  <p>So - what if the biggest threat to your deep-tech project is not the technology itself… but the institutional culture surrounding it?</p><p>For decades, many European regions generated brilliant academic research that never escaped the lab.</p><p>Papers were published.</p><p>Projects were funded.</p><p>But startups failed to scale, local ecosystems remained fragile, and the economic value leaked elsewhere.</p><p>Meanwhile, regions outside major capitals faced another structural problem:</p><p>Isolation.</p><p>No dense venture capital networks.</p><p>No Silicon Valley-style ecosystem.</p><p>No strategic coordination between universities, ch...

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  Episode #14

  🎙️ InnovEU S5E14 with Steve MacFeely (OECD) – Beyond GDP: Are We Measuring the Wrong Future?

  May 6, 202635 minS5

  <p>And what does that mean for researchers, innovators and EU-funded projects?</p><p>So… what if the reason people feel poorer while GDP keeps growing is not just politics, inflation or bad communication?</p><p>I speak with Steve MacFeely, Chief Statistician at the OECD, about GDP, productivity, AI governance, data quality and why impact measurement is becoming one of the biggest strategic questions for Europe.</p><p>Because once you understand that bad measurement leads to bad decisions, you start seeing research projects differently.</p><p>In this episode, you’ll discover:</p><p>* Why GDP was never mean...

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