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CEPS_thinktank
Thinking ahead for Europe
Research matching society From visions to actions TRUST Conference, 29-10-2015, European Commission, Brussels
www.ceps.eu
ILARIA MASELLI Research Fellow CEPS
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What “kind” of knowledge do we need to tackle future human challenges?
3(1) A better understanding of what drives innovation• Europe cannot grow just by accumulation of
production factors• Basics of growth: Perspiration VS Inspiration• How to push forward the frontier?• Skills? Democracy? R&D expenditure? Workplace
innovation?• US vs. Japan and EU2020
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…under time pressure
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Labour Force in million Labour Force/PopulationSource: The Global Economy in 2030 – CEPS 2013
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5(2) The on-demand economy
“Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. (…) And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Something interesting is happening.”Tom Goodwin, 3 March 2015
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Average earnings per submission on CoCon-test.com (€)
Source: Digital workers by design? – CEPS 2015
6(3) Divergence and growth in Europe
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Bulgaria: 2000 - 2016
Italy: 1960 - 1980
Spain: 1980 - 2000
Greece : 1980 - 2000
Romania: 2000 - 2016
7(4) Where policy transfer fails• Implementation on the ground• Quality of institutions• Rule of law• Corruption
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How research can have a direct impact on economics, politics and society?
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10What we (researchers) are good at…
11What we (researchers) are not good at… I• Talking to a wider public• Not strictly necessary• Difficult to translate research into more accessible lingo • Journalists are not easy to handle!
12What we (researchers) are not good at… II• Talking to policy-makers• Short-term vs long-term• Priorities not synchronized
…Yet effort needed: often huge distance between scientific knowledge and policy proposals
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