Regional Development and Innovation Policy Division

Globalization, climate change and digitization represent the major challenges of our time. As highly interconnected and integral elements of innovation and value creation systems, the subsystems of science, business and society are exposed to constant and high pressure to undergo transformation as a result of these megatrends. This drives our interest in knowledge and our will to research. We develop solutions for business, politics and society.

The scientists of the "Regional Development and Innovation Policy" division analyze, evaluate and develop instruments for shaping regional transformation processes and innovation policy interventions. Based on current scientific methods and findings, they support clients and partners from politics, science, society and business in the strategic planning and design of their future cooperation, transfer and funding activities. In this way, they contribute to closing the gaps between research and practice and to solving societal and economic challenges - from conception to implementation.

Innovation Policy and Transfer Design Unit

 

Head of Unit: Dr. Anna Wachsmuth-Pohle

Innovation Policy and Transfer Design

 

August 2023

Fraunhofer activity map: Quantum computing funding landscape

The Fraunhofer activity map, developed in the research project Quantum Ecosystem Deutschland Q.E.D. at Fraunhofer IMW, illustrates which organizations in Germany are publicly funded in the field of quantum computing.

Range of services

  • Development of new approaches and formats for the further development of innovation policy action
  • Assessment and evaluation of political measures
  • Scientifically sound advice on political decision-making processes
  • Support in the design and organization of transfer structures and networks, taking into account the actors, contexts and incentives involved

Innovative Regions Unit

 

Head of Unit: Dr. Benjamin Klement

Innovative Regions

 

August 2023

Fraunhofer activity map: Quantum computing funding landscape

The Fraunhofer activity map, developed in the research project Quantum Ecosystem Deutschland Q.E.D. at Fraunhofer IMW, illustrates which organizations in Germany are publicly funded in the field of quantum computing.

Range of services

  • Analysis of emerging technologies and transforming industries and regions
  • AIR model (Actors, Interactions, Framework Conditions) for the identification and analysis of development paths, knowledge bases, diversification potentials, and collaborations
  • Support for regions, companies, and research institutions on their transformation paths

Data Science for Innovation Unit

 

Head of Unit: Dr. Karl Trela

Data Science for Innovation

Range of services

  • Regional and thematic analyses of innovation ecosystems (e. g. based on patents, publications or web data)
  • Agile development of AI applications for knowledge transfer
  • Algorithms and recommender systems for matching actors and content from science, industry, politics, and society
  • Development of robust AI and data infrastructure (databases/pipelines, APIs, containerization/docker, data engineering, ML and DataOps) 
  • Using advanced data science methods:
    • Machine Learning and Deep Learning
    • Natural language processing and language models
    • Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies
    • Entity recognition and record linkage
    • Network analysis and GraphML

Scientific Library on Regional Development

In this scientific infothek, you will find bundled information on how research contributes to successful structural change. We report on scientific models, instruments and procedures for regional development and transformation processes and the resulting policy advice. This page is updated regularly. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact the editors.

 

Scientific Library on Regional Development