Job: Investigador Junior
Department: Innovation Consultancy
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Contract: Internship
Working day: Full time
Sector: Auditing and consulting
Vacancies: 1
Discipline: InnovationEurecat is the second Research & Technology Organisation in Spain and one of the largest applied research and technology transfer organisation in Southern
Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 800 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 69 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Eurecat integrates advanced digital capabilities and experience in biotechnology, industry and sustainability and collaborates with industry in R+D+I activities and projects, offering advanced scientific and technological services and specialized knowledge to respond effectively to the technological needs of very different business sectors, accelerating innovation, reducing both risks and spendings on scientific and technological infrastructures. The technology center participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I, has 230 patents and 10 spin-offs. Eurecat has eleven centers in Catalonia and presence in Madrid, Malaga and Chile.
Job description
Analysis and development of models for assessing the impact of R&D activities from multidisciplinary perspective: economic, social, environmental, among others
PHD Description
The Technology Consultancy Department at Eurecat Technology Center is looking for a highly motivated researcher to work on the field of impact analysis considering different disciplines, and related to the R&D activities of a company, a research Center or even a region or country.
The candidate will work for the AVALUA internal innovation and research project. The thesis will research into the models for assessing the impact, specifically for the R&D&I activities, and the different focuses these analyses should take (economic, environmental, social, political…). The general goals of the thesis are to gain knowledge about potential perspectives on which to make an adequate impact assessment for the R&D activities and to define Eurecat's own logical model for the comprehensive assessment of the impact of R&D&I, in order to interrelate, among others, the economic, social and environmental perspectives. To achieve these aims, the candidate will deep into the existing impact assessment models and KPIs related to the R&D activities and propose an optimal impact assessment model considering different scopes of application: small (company R&D activities), medium (research centre, university…), and big (region or county).
Location: Barcelona or Cerdanyola
Requirements
REQUIRED SKILLS:
• Minimum 70 points out of 100 (or equivalent) on the Master degree’s dissertation.
• Basic knowledge of data analysis software (Stata, R, Atlas.ti, NVivo, etc.).
• Team spirit and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills, flexibility and creativity.
• Very good knowledge of English is required.
What Eurecat can offer you
Eurecat, Technology Centre brings together the expertise of 650 professionals and serving more than a thousand companies. Applied R + D, technological services, highly technoscientific training, technology consulting and professional events are some of the services that Eurecat offers for companies of all sectors.
The Technology Consultancy Department is composed of a multidisciplinary team oriented to increase the competitiveness of our customers (both public and private) through the inclusion of innovative technology and innovative processes within their organisations’ strategies. The department is specialised in innovation strategies at territorial and company level, organisation 4.0, financing strategies and innovation ecosystems. Related with the Vicente Lopez, the Technology Consultancy R&D is focused in the impact assessment. Our group has developed methodologies for the impact assessment of cultural spectacles, for the impact assessment of European R&D projects and for the introduction of innovative technologies in companies, mainly from economical point of view. Our intention is to integrate our previous experience in a research to develop a line of thinking and a methodology for analysing the impact of R&D activities, which is conceived from a holistic and systemic point of view, which includes contributions from multiple disciplines and methodologies, and which can be standardized.
