HOW TO EVALUATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LARGE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES?

On Wednesday 28th November, ALBA hosted one participatory workshop of the EU funded project RI-PATHS for exploring inputs and impressions about how to measure the socio-economic impact of scientific facilities like ALBA. The workshop was conducted by the European Future Innovation System (EFIS) Centre, coordinator of the project, and Fraunhofer ISI, and counted with the participation of Massimo Florio, professor of Public Economics at the University of Milan and leading expert on cost-benefit analysis.

Cerdanyola del Vallès, 29th November 2018. Representatives from 15 European research facilities and LEAPS have been taking part in this workshop with the aim of exchanging and providing ideas and impressions to frame the impact assessment model that is being developed within this project.

The EU funded RI-PATHS project aims at developing a model describing the socio-economic impact of research infrastructures (RIs) and their related financial investments. "The objective is to develop tools that will help showing the potential of research infrastructures to the scientific community, the funders or stakeholders but also the tax payers", according to Massimo Florio.

During the session, held at ALBA's premises, the participants identified the most relevant impact areas to be included in the initial conceptual framework and generated a shared understanding on the main impact pathways.

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https://ri-paths.eu

RI-PATHS has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 777563.