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Since 2005, valorisation is the relatively young, third core task of Dutch universities in addition to education and research. The aim is to make all talent, knowledge, networks and facilities in these knowledge institutions of value to society.
Minister Adriaansens, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, announces a strategic agenda to renew the entrepreneurial climate in the Netherlands, with ample attention for innovation and knowledge transfer.
Harvard Law School organiseerde in 2012 een symposium over financiële ‘conflicts of interest’ binnen universiteiten, over het raakvlak van wetenschap en ondernemerschap. (Engels)
In ten lessons, eight experienced professors of social sciences and humanities give tools to fellow scientists wishing to make impact with their research.
Recently, several organisations and people from the knowledge field have expressed concerns about the limited focus on knowledge and innovation in political programmes. Read the overview (in Dutch)
Ministers Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) and Micky Adriaansens (Economic Affairs and Climate Policy) have drafted a joint vision on innovation and valorisation. More focus and funding should ensure more societal impact of knowledge from researchers and entrepreneurs.
In recent years, the Dutch House of Representatives has put forward several motions requesting the government to present a vision about bringing innovation in the Netherlands to maturity. The government has pledged to inform the Dutch House of Representatives about this before the summer of 2022.
Opportunities abound to make better use of knowledge and innovation for major societal challenges, such as climate change, the future of healthcare or a fair data economy. That is apparent from research carried out by the Rathenau Instituut.
Jorg Kop is Managing Director of UtrechtInc. How does he - from his role as incubator lead - support more impact from science? And what are the opportunities?
Varsha Thakoersing is one of the ten winners of the Academic Startup Competition who were rewarded with a trip to the United States. The CEO of the medtech startup IMcoMET has just got back. What did Varsha notice and what can we learn from her experiences?
Departure Mirjam van Praag and Pieter Duisenberg - two people of major significance for the academic startup ecosystemn Pieter Duisenberg - twee personen van grote betekenis voor het academisch startupecosysteem
The (AWTI) advises several targeted measures, which will bring researchers and entrepreneurs together more often and enable them to collaborate more easily. The different needs of entrepreneurs should be taken into account more, especially the needs of SMEs.
Consultancy firm Beauhurst, commissioned by Royal Academy of Engineering, conducted research on factors that increase the success of spinoffs in the United Kingdom.
Study of Dutch and international best-practices in University-Centred Entrepreneurial ecosystems. This research is conducted by ECE on behalf of the AWTI. The AWTI was requested by the Dutch House of Representatives to provide an answer to three concerns about knowledge-intensive startups.
This is the ambition of the Dutch universities, university medical centers and TNO. Together, the knowledge institutes are launching a plan to strengthen the national innovation ecosystem with the aim of being among the best in the world by 2030.