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Transforming Research & Innovation for Ecodigital Futures

TWINRD reforms and enhances the European R&I system, focusing on translating research and innovation results into tangible economic benefits.
TWINRD supports the Twin (digital & green) Transition’s objectives, boosting the resilience and competitiveness of European economies and societies.
TWINRD advances scientific understanding and provides practical tools to empower policymakers and industry leaders in driving sustainable and inclusive growth.

OBJECTIVES

Support Research at the Knowledge Frontier of Macroeconomic Models2024-06-19T18:33:46+00:00

Objective: Develop a groundbreaking macroeconomic model that integrates Research & Innovation (R&I) with sustainable and equitable growth.
Scientific Outcome: Creation of the Twin R&D model, the first to represent both green and digital transitions using AI to characterize key technologies.
Societal Outcome: Enhanced policy insights for the European Commission (EC) on the economic and societal impacts of the Twin transition.
Target Groups: Scientists, policymakers, and industry decision-makers.
Scale: Provides new concepts for Twin transition modeling, benefiting the entire scientific community.
Significance: Introduces a new open-source model with comprehensive technological, sectoral, and spatial details.

Develop Innovative and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modeling R&I2024-06-19T18:39:31+00:00

Objective: Foster interdisciplinary research and innovative modeling of R&I policies in Europe.
Scientific Outcome: Brings together specialists to create a unique macroeconomic model addressing both green and digital transitions.
Societal Outcome: In-depth representation and analysis of the Twin transition’s impacts on jobs, inequalities, and resource consumption.
Target Groups: Scientific community, macroeconomic modelers, and policymakers.
Scale: Extends across various scientific disciplines and policy domains.
Significance: Provides comprehensive data and models for future interdisciplinary research.

Better Integrate R&I Activities in Macroeconomic Models2024-06-19T18:42:58+00:00

Objective: Improve the measurement and understanding of R&I impacts on Europe’s economy. Scientific Outcome: Open access to new data, matrices, and models for better integration of R&I activities. Societal Outcome: Provides policymakers with improved tools for assessing the impacts of R&I on green and digital transitions. Target Groups: Scientific community and policymakers. Scale: Broad community of modelers and policymakers. Significance: Enhances policy assessments and provides new insights into the interplay of R&I and Twin transitions

Investigate New Approaches to R&I Macroeconomic Models2024-06-19T18:45:13+00:00

Objective: Link R&I-related drivers to economic, scientific, and societal outcomes.
Scientific Outcome: Combines different specialties to propose a pioneering macroeconomic model.
Societal Outcome: Delivers elements for analyzing the Twin transition’s impacts on jobs, inequalities, and resource use.
Target Groups: Scientists, policymakers, and the scientific community.
Scale: Supports diverse scientific disciplines and policy areas.
Significance: Open-source data and models to spur future research and policy development.

Improve Macroeconomic Modeling for R&I Policy Evaluation2024-06-19T18:46:10+00:00

Objective: Enhance models for evaluating R&I policies at different levels of intervention.
Scientific Outcome: Produces a globally applicable Twin R&D model with detailed insights into green and digital technologies.
Societal Outcome: Provides policymakers with refined tools for policy design and assessment.
Target Groups: Macroeconomic modelers, policymakers, civil society, and business leaders.
Scale: Extends the granularity of models to regional and national levels.
Significance: Expands capacity through linkage with other models to improve policy assessments.

Produce a Novel Macro-Economic Model2024-06-19T18:46:48+00:00

Objective: Create a model that simulates the economy, including the R&I dimension, linking R&I to sustainable growth.
Scientific Outcome: A pioneering macroeconomic model representing both transitions.
Societal Outcome: Influences policy strategies for the EC.
Target Groups: Scientists, policymakers, industry leaders.
Scale: Innovative model with global relevance.
Significance: First of its kind, open-source model for the Twin transition.

Provide Full Model Descriptions and Data Sets2024-06-19T18:47:20+00:00

Objective: Ensure accessibility to modeling ideas and data for the European scientific community.
Scientific Outcome: Open access to all data, matrices, scientific articles, and model codes.
Societal Outcome: Indirect societal benefits through the dissemination of research and policy insights.
Target Groups: Broad community of scientists and modelers.
Scale: Comprehensive data and tools available for re-use.
Significance: Facilitates future research and development in macroeconomic modeling.

Prioritise Investments and Reforms in Research and Innovation2024-06-27T10:23:17+00:00

Objective: Inform policymaking with robust, accessible evidence.
Scientific/Economic/Societal Impact: Demonstrates new ways of using scientific evidence to prioritize R&I investments.
Target Groups: R&I policymakers, business and social innovation leaders.
Scale: Global, EU, national, and regional policies.
Significance: Enhances knowledge for supporting R&I policy decisions.

Translate R&I Results into the Economy2024-06-27T10:26:14+00:00

Objective: Meet digital and green transition objectives and boost economic resilience and competitiveness.
Scientific/Economic/Societal Impact: Supports the EU’s digital and green strategies with strong scientific evidence.
Target Groups: Policymakers, industry decision-makers, unions, civil society organizations.
Scale: EU and global policy relevance.
Significance: Prepares responses to global policy trends and highlights synergies between green and digital transitions.

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