KNOWMAK
Knowledge in the making in the European society
The KNOWMAK project aims at developing a web-based tool that provides interactive visualisations and state-of-the-art indicators on knowledge co-creation in the European Research Area (ERA). The tool itself is created by following a co-creation approach - it is understood as the engagement with and involvement of the target user groups from the start, co-designing and co-developing a tool that is tailored to their data and information needs.
KNOWMAK is structured around three integrative elements:
- Geographical spaces, with a focus on multiple level metropolitan, regional, national and European spaces and their interconnectedness.
- Research topics, by developing ontologies around Societal Grand Challenges and Key Enabling Technologies.
- Actors, with a focus on the quadruple helix and the involvement of societal actors in knowledge co-creation.
The tool combines traditional research output data (projects, publications, patent applications) with information on social innovation projects and user attention to knowledge production. ZSI is reponsible for
- the engagement of lead users from key stakeholder groups such as policy-makers, research funders, or representatives of business, civil society, or research or innovation manageres;
- the increasing involvement of a wider circle of users;
- the develpment of the KNOWMAK website; and
- the development of the online tool that allows to visually explore the European knowledge output.
Team:
- DI Dietmar Lampert (project leader)
- Dr. Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez
- Ingmar Karner
- Kay Kollmann, BSc.
- DI Stefan Philipp
- Dr. Johannes Simon
- Georg Daniel
- Sebastian Mair
- Mag. Dr. Katja Mayer
- Daniel Steinboeck
Section: Research Policy & Development
Partners:
- Université Paris‐Est Marne‐la‐Vallée (Coordinator)
- Austrian Institute of Technology
- Politecnico di Milano
- Universiteit Leiden
- University of Manchester - Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
- University of Sheffield
Related Articles:
- News: Visualising knowledge co-creation in Europe
- Event: KNOWMAK – Launch event at STI 2018 conference in Leiden
- News: How is European knowledge production distributed across regions?
Tags: co-creation, European Research Area, knowledge society, visualization
Type: Research
Program: H2020
Project Status: In progress
Project Duration: 36 months
Start/End: 01/2017 - 12/2019
Website: https://www.knowmak.eu