The aim of the KNOWMAK project was to develop a web-based, interactive tool for visualising and analysing knowledge production and networking (co-creation) in the European Research Area. The focus was on activities in the context of the EU Societal Grand Challenges (SGC) and Key Enabling Technologies (KET). To this end, actors were identified in various research databases and their activities and networking classified in relation to specific SGC and KET topics. The tool developed not only created a new substantial basis for policy development within the EU, but also offers researchers completely new opportunities for empirical analysis of the dynamics of the European Research Area. The Competence Unit Innovation and Industrial Dynamics contributed its expertise in the analysis of innovation networks and the development of R&D databases to the project, which also involved the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Leiden University, the University of Manchester and the Centre for Social Innovation.
Start: 2017
Duration: 3 years
Funded by: European Commission
Contact: Thomas Scherngell
