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Technological innovation, human capital and social change for sustainability. Lessons learnt from the Industrial Technologies Theme of the EU's Research Framework Programme

机译:技术创新,人力资本和可持续发展的社会变革。从欧盟研究框架计划工业技术主题中学到的经验教训

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Europe is facing a twofold challenge. It must maintain or even increase its competitiveness, a basic requirement in a globalised economy and under the current demographic threat. It needs also to tackle the so-called "grand challenges", especially environmental issues, through a sustainable model of production and consumption. Such challenges should lead to new business and industrial models, based on more sustainable production and consumption chains, from design to end of life. This implies a need for new industrial materials and processes, new skills and, indeed, new values and life-styles. Sustainability and innovation are key elements of EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programmes, particularly in the field of industrial technologies (nanotechnologies, materials and industrial technologies), which objective is to "improve the competitiveness of the European industry and generate knowledge to ensure its transformation from a resource intensive to a knowledge intensive industry". Sustainability and innovation are interrelated challenges for R&D. Research can develop technical solutions to tackle environmental or societal challenges, but such technologies need to be successfully commercialised to have a real environmental impact Several socio-economic studies carried-out by the European Commission show not only the emerging technological and industrial trends, but they also emphasise the need for linking sustainable technologies with social change. Human capital and new social behaviours are critical factors to combine economic competitiveness and sustainability: technology alone is no longer able to solve global challenges. But what kind of human capital (skills, behaviours, and values) are we referring to? How to encourage the shift towards a greener society through human capital? Which reforms are needed in education systems to move towards a sustainable economy? Are there examples of social innovation to be extrapolated and/or generalised?
机译:欧洲面临双重挑战。它必须维持甚至提高竞争力,这是全球化经济和当前人口威胁下的基本要求。它还需要通过可持续的生产和消费模式来应对所谓的“巨大挑战”,特别是环境问题。这些挑战应导致基于从设计到使用寿命结束的更可持续的生产和消费链的新商业和工业模式。这意味着需要新的工业材料和工艺,新的技能,甚至是新的价值观和生活方式。可持续性和创新是欧盟研究与创新框架计划的关键要素,特别是在工业技术(纳米技术,材料和工业技术)领域,其目标是“提高欧洲工业的竞争力并产生知识以确保其从知识密集型产业的资源密集型”。可持续性和创新是研发的相互关联的挑战。研究可以开发解决环境或社会挑战的技术解决方案,但是需要成功地将这些技术商业化,以产生真正的环境影响。欧盟委员会进行的几项社会经济研究不仅显示了新兴的技术和工业趋势,而且还强调必须将可持续技术与社会变革联系起来。人力资本和新的社会行为是结合经济竞争力和可持续性的关键因素:仅凭技术已无法解决全球挑战。但是,我们指的是哪种人力资本(技能,行为和价值观)?如何通过人力资本鼓励向绿色社会的转变?教育系统需要哪些改革才能迈向可持续经济?是否有可以推论和/或概括的社会创新实例?

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