Advancing Data-Based Policy-Making in Urban and Regional Development and Wide-Scale Implementation for Sustainable Environments

Descripción del proyecto

Promover la excelencia de los investigadores para elaborar políticas basadas en datos

Las tecnologías basadas en datos y la innovación son fundamentales para la gestión y el desarrollo continuos de ciudades y organizaciones, así como para la creación y evaluación de políticas novedosas. Sin embargo, el ecosistema de investigación actual carece de los grupos de investigación expertos necesarios para el análisis de políticas basado en datos, que resultan esenciales para aplicar soluciones y políticas sostenibles. El proyecto UR-WISE, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende fomentar las reformas tanto a nivel de sistema como de organización, a la vez que establece un grupo de investigación de expertos competitivo y permanente centrado en el análisis de políticas basadas en datos para el desarrollo urbano y regional. El proyecto también prevé integrar mejor la FEUN en el Espacio Europeo de Investigación, aumentar la movilidad dentro de ambas organizaciones, mejorar la excelencia investigadora y aplicar cambios y asociaciones para aumentar la eficiencia.

Objetivo

UR-WISE aims to achieve long-term excellence, institutional recognition, visibility, and better integration of the host institution (FEUN) in the European Research Area. Led by ERA Chair holder, the project seeks to foster competitiveness in research funding by promoting institutional reforms at both system and organisational level. It aims to establish a permanent and excellent research group in the field of data-based policy analytics for resilient urban and regional development. This is to be achieved through clearly defined and measurable specific objectives:
Establish an excellent research group fostering brain circulation and inter-sectoral mobility to create brain gain for FEUN, by increasing the number of R&I professionals relocated to ERA team and placing a strong emphasis on international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility;
Implement structural changes at FEUN to enhance its institutional framework by joining international networks and associations, forming alliances with economic faculties, and establishing partnerships with research-intensive institutions;
Increase FEUNs research excellence and profile in data-driven policy analytics through training opportunities, mentorship programs and collaboration with global partners;
Enact organisational changes to enhance contributions to knowledge-based economy and secure competitive research funds by upgrading research infrastructure, founding research institute, and forming partnerships with technology park;
Conduct a series of research to enhance FEUN's capacity for policy advising at local and national levels, by utilising a multifaceted methodology integrating spatial analysis, citizen engagement and multidimensional evaluation techniques.
The project leverages the ERA Chair holder's international network to establish collaborations, foster research excellence and attract outstanding scientists, thereby addressing the need for more and better links between R&I actors across the ERA.