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The RIS4DANU Project

A Horizon Europe project with the aim to facilitate social-sustainable-technological transition in Danube regions through the revitalization of disused industry sites.

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The RIS4Danu workshop series is completed.

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Project & Objectives

The RIS4Danu project seeks to elaborate strategic business development plans for the re-opening of 21 disused industrial sites in the Danube Macro-Region, an area that stretches from the Black Forest to the Black Sea.

Project Partners

The RIS4Danu project relies on a solid consortium of seasoned partners who have a long history of collaboration and reached a high-level of mutual trust. The participating leading organizations and the associated local support partners and regional authorities and owners of disused industrial sites have been selected for their unique abilities to respond to the project’s specific challenges.

Advisory Board

Work of the RIS4Danu project is accompanied by a high-level Advisory Board, which provides current knowledge, critical thinking and analysis to the project.

Regions

Virovitičko-podravska, Croatia

Partner

Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments (Hamag Bicro)

Information

The Virovitica-Podravina County is one of the 21 Croatian counties and part of the Pannonian Croatia NUTS-2 region.

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Podravje – Maribor, Slovenia

Partner

Regional Development Agency Podravje – Maribor

Information

Maribor is the administrative capital of the Slovenian second largest region (Podravje).

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Nord-Est region, Romania

Partner

RDA Nord Est, City Hall of Slănic-Moldova, Moinesti Municipality

Information

The North-Est Region is the largest development region in Romania, having two strong economic sectors, namely services and the manufacturing industry.

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Upcoming Events

The RIS4Danu workshop series is completed.

A comprehensive list of RIS4Danu workshop results can be found here

Location

TBD

Finalised

Past S3/EDP Workshops

Find a list of all past S3/EDP Workshops here

Location

TBD

City

TBD

Type of Industry

All Industries

Latest News

March 1st, 2024

News

Research Translation Piece 2 – RIS4Danu at one glance (Poster)

We are happy to share the second Research Translation Piece in the context of RIS4Danu!...

February 5th, 2024

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Research Translation Piece 1: Regional innovation and economic policy for transformative change

We are happy to share the first Research Translation Piece in the context of RIS4Danu....

December 15th, 2023

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Entrepreneurial Discovery Workshops in Serbia

In early December, our RIS4Danu workshop team was invited to Serbia to conduct two EDP...

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Resources

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of Lower Austria

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Publications

Revitalisation of Disused Industrial Sites: Aligning Local Interests and Regional Priorities for Green Growth. A Workshop Concept based on Sustainable Smart Specialisation.

Martin Eichler, Dominique Foray, Oliver Ziegler (2024)

Deliverables

Research Translation Piece 2: RIS4Danu at one glance (Poster)

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2024)

Deliverables

Research Translation Piece 1: Regional innovation and economic policy for transformative change

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Publications

Regionale Innovations- und Wirtschaftspolitik in Zeiten transformativen Wandels: Der CORIS-Ansatz als Orientierungsrahmen

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Nord-Est region

Balázs Páger et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Sisak-Moslavina region

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Podravje region

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

RIS4Danu Interim Regional Report

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Hajdu-Bihar Region, Hungary

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Publications

Rethinking regional economic resilience: Preconditions and processes shaping transformative resilience

Trippl, Michaela et al. (2023). European Urban and Regional Studies. DOI:10.1177/09697764231172326

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Usti Region, Czech Republic

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Deliverables

Results of the Regional Analysis of the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg Region

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer et al., University of Vienna (2023)

Publications

Eine grüne Zukunft für alte Industriestandorte

Oliver Ziegler (2022). Tagesspiegel Background. 07.09.2022

Publications

The revenge of the places that don’t matter (and what to do about it)

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés. (2017). Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 11 (1). pp. 189-209. ISSN 1752-1378.

Publications

Partnerships for Regional Innovation – Playbook

Pontikakis, D., González Vázquez, I., Bianchi, G., Ranga, M., Marques Santos, A., Reimeris, R., Mifsud, S. (2022). European Commission - Joint Research Centre.

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Smart specialization strategies as a case of mission-oriented policy—a case study on the emergence of new policy practices

Dominique Foray. (2018). Industrial and Corporate Change 27:5, 817–832.

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Smart specialization strategies—insights gained from a unique European policy experiment on innovation and industrial policy design

Dominique Foray, Martin Eichler & Michael Keller. (2021). Review of Evolutionary Political Economy 2, 83–103.

Publications

Transformative Activities for Smart Specialisation: Considerations on a Workshop Methodology

Meier-zu-Koecker, Gerd; Foray, Dominique; Keller, Michael; Bersier, Jacques. (2018). Working Paper.

Publications

Unravelling green regional industrial path development: Regional preconditions, asset modification and agency

Michaela Trippl, Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer, Alexandra Frangenheim, Arne Isaksen & Jan Ole Rypestøl. (2020). Geoforum, 111, 189–197.

Publications

Reconsidering regional structural conditions for industrial renewal

Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer, Lea Fuenfschilling, Johan Miörner & Michaela Trippl. (2022). Regional Studies, 6:4, 579-591.

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White Paper on Strengthening the Capacities of Clusters in the Danube Region

Ziegler, Oliver; Schneider, Konstantin; et al.. (2020). Interreg.

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Evolving geographies of innovation: existing paradigms, critiques and possible alternatives

Lars Coenen & Kevin Morgan. (2020). Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 74:1, 13–24.

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Regional innovation systems in an era of grand societal challenges: reorientation versus transformation

Arne Isaksen, Michaela Trippl & Heike Mayer. (2022). European Planning Studies.

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Place-based innovation for sustainability

Philip McCann & Luc Soete. (2020). Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

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Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change

Johan Schot & W. Edward Steinmueller. (2018). Research Policy, 47:9, 1554–1567.

Publications

New directions for RIS studies and policies in the face of grand societal challenges

Franz Tödtling, Michaela Trippl & Veronika Desch. (2021). European Planning Studies.

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