Working with industry

1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
RESEARCHERSWORKING WITH
INDUSTRY
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2. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Understand why working with industry is important for
researchers in 21st Century from both whole-system and
personal perspective.
• Become aware of possible threats but also opportunities
and get motivated to continue working and developing in
that direction.
• Learn some of the specific competences that both people
in business and research need today and reflect on how
to acquire them.
• Reflect upon the types of partnership models used today
between business and academia.

3. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - lesson 1
• Understand why working with industry is important
for researchers in 21st Century from whole-system
perspective.

4. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
WHY WORKING WITH INDUSTRY?
The Whole System Perspective.

5. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
• The late 20th century marked the beginning of the
Knowledge Economy in which knowledge and ideas
are the main source of economic growth.
• Success in such economy comes from the ability to
sift through many ideas and come up with the ones
that can be turned into profitable products and
services that create significant value for society.

6. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
CONCEPTUAL ECONOMY
• “The growth of the conceptual component of
output has brought with it accelerating demands
for workers who are equipped not simply with
technical know-how, but with the ability to create,
analyze, and transform information and to interact
effectively with others." ― Alan Greenspan

7. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL NEEDS
• 21st Century also started with immense challenges
as far as the sustainability of the planet, a growing
awareness of social issues and a request for new
employee-employer relationships.
• That created a new focus in the economy on:
– Improving sustainability on the planet
– Dealing with social injustices
– Creating more humane workplaces

8. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
OPEN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND WRITE YOUR
ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
• What are these changes really about?
• What do we need more of and less of?
• What is the future really calling us for?
• Who or what can make a real difference?

9. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
EudaimoniaSolutions©
RESEARCHERS’ ROLE FOR OUR WAY OF LIFE
“In today’s global world, generating new knowledge
and turning it into new products and services is crucial
to maintain and enhance the EU’s competitiveness.
Even more so, it is a precondition for sustaining the
“European Way of Life”.
“Transforming the results of scientific research into
new commercial products is, however, a complex
process involving a broad range of actors. We need to
ensure that researchers and industry work closely
together and maximize the social and economic
benefits of new ideas.”Directorate-General for Research and
Directorate-General for Enterprise and
Industry of the European Commission