NSF CI Compass invites you to join us for the next installment in our webinar series: Scoping and measuring the socio-economic impact of research infrastructures, presented by Elina Griniece, principal researcher, European Future Innovation System Centre.
This webinar will take place on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at Noon EST / 11 a.m. CT / 10 a.m. MT / 9 a.m. PT.
About the session:
This session will offer a comprehensive introduction to the realm of research infrastructure (RI) impact assessment, drawing on a decade of collaborative learning and insights from working with European-level research infrastructures. The presentations will reflect on impact assessment requirements and context, cover methodological fundamentals such as impact pathway logic and the design of an impact framework, and provide some valuable takeaways on indicators, monitoring requirements, and suitable measurement approaches. The goal of the session is to share, discuss and co-create actionable insights and practical tips that will help RIs advance their impact assessment practices.
About the Elina Griniece:
Elina Griniece has over fourteen years of experience in conducting studies and providing intelligence and advice in research and innovation policy. Since 2012, she has focused on the socio-economic impact assessment of research infrastructures, developing methodological guidance materials and offering technical assistance to various types of research infrastructures.
From 2018 to 2020, Elina managed the Horizon 2020 funded RI-PATHS project, which aimed to equip RI funders and managers with tools to assess the economic impact and societal contributions of RIs. She has been instrumental in developing a participatory approach to charting the impact pathways of investments in research infrastructures. The project's outcomes contributed to a more unified approach to understanding RI impact at the international level, building on the results from the OECD Global Science Forum's Working Group on the Socio-Economic Impact of Research Infrastructures and engaging key international stakeholders in discussions.
Leveraging the contributions of the RI-PATHS project, Elina continues to collaborate with and support individual RIs in operationalizing the developed impact pathway approach. She has conducted technical assistance projects and impact studies for various RIs, including ELIXIR, EATRIS, ALBA, DESY, CERN, GlobalBioimaging, ESO, ESS, among others. Additionally, she has led numerous impact pathway co-design training sessions and delivered presentations and keynotes on this topic at international events such as the ICRI conference, Global Research Council workshop and Canadian Major Science Initiatives Fund workshop.
