Projects

Current projects

Engaging entrepreneurial ecosystems for the youth

The Ecosys4you project is funded by the European Commission under the Horizon programme. The project partnership is committed to improve the flow of innovation resources between entrepreneurial ecosystems of the regions Ruhr in Germany, Varna in Bulgaria, and Maribor in Slovenia. It develops an entrepreneurial education programme by establishing innovative interlinkages between the actors of the entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Evaluation of partially automated care processes in long-term care using the example of AI-based movement monitoring

Under the leadership of the IAT, an interdisciplinary consortium from the social sciences, nursing sciences, health economics and medical informatics is investigating, in cooperation with practical institutions of outpatient and inpatient long-term care, whether and how AI applications can contribute to the burdening or relieving of nursing work and which prerequisites and framework conditions must be given so that nursing processes can be des

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Strengthening Societal Innovative Capacity

The project »GIs – Strengthening Societal Innovation Capacities« analyses societal innovation capacities in less developed regions. It aims to develop explanations and models to understand how innovations promoting a successful regional transformation are generated.

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Development of an indicator system for measuring regional socio-ecological transformation

Over the last decade, a variety of alternative measurement concepts have emerged to capture social and economic development.

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Industrial Symbioses in the Ruhr Area: Emergence & potentials of the concept for the transformation of regions in change

The concept of industrial symbiosis describes the cross-company exchange of industrial by-products such as waste heat, wastewater or production residues in geographical proximity. Such co-operations enable economic as well as environmental advantages.

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List of all current projects