The OSIRIS team gathered in Valencia 10-11 October for this year’s full consortium meeting. We had two intense and stimulating days of presentations and discussions. Some of the important items of the agenda were the following:
- Presentation of the new researchers in the OSIRIS team.
- Preliminary results from the Norwegian pilot survey to ministries and agencies about use of research.
- Preliminary results from the macroeconomic analysis about inter-industry spillover effects of R&D.
- Progress on three of the in-depth case studies: traffic congestion, biodiversity and rare diseases.
2019: Cross-country work and seminar series
We also laid plans for the rest of 2018 and for 2019. The most important decision here was to increase our ambitions for cross-country work. We will strive to do the Norwegian policy survey in the UK and possibly elsewhere, and we will select cases of research impact that allow for a deep comparison across national settings.
In addition, we will start a policy-oriented seminar in Oslo about every second month, starting early 2019. Topics for the seminars will be discussed in advance with policymakers and other stakeholders.