INESC TEC helps to develop new concept and business models to improve energy performance contracting


AmBIENCe innovated in terms of energy performance contracting: the purpose of the project was to reduce the CO2 emissions of buildings by introducing the flexible use of energy sources combined with electrification and demand response. This led to the concept of AEPC – Active building Energy Performance Contracting. “Throughout the project, by combining energy performance contracting with […]
European Research Council awards €1.5M grant to INESC TEC researcher


One of the most prestigious scientific research grants has just been awarded to researcher Bruno Loff, who will receive €1.5M by the European Research Council (ERC). The research grant will support the research in the field of Computational Complexity. In practical terms, it’s a field of computing theory that “aims to understand which computational resources […]
INESC Brussels Hub Summer Meeting 2022


With a fascinating list of speakers and moderators, we will be discussing research careers and research assessment, international collaboration, future agendas of R&I for green and digital, science-based innovation, science futures anticipation and science-based policy making. We will also be hosting a networking cocktail event in the INESC Brussels Hub HQ and a dinner discussion. […]
Podcast “The Insider” – ESFRI and the future of Research Infrastructures, with Jana Kolar







Subscribe on any of the platforms below Spotify Google Broadcast-tower Clone Circle-notch Chart-bar Apple Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. In today’s podcast we bring you our conversation Jana Kolar. Kolar is the current Chair of ESFRI – the European Strategy Forum for Research […]
Podcast “The Insider” – 20 years in the Brussels R&I bubble, with Charlotte Andersdotter







Subscribe on any of the platforms below Spotify Google Broadcast-tower Clone Circle-notch Chart-bar Apple Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. In today’s podcast we bring you our conversation with Charlotte Andersdotter. Charlotte is currently the Head of Office of the Confederation of Swedish […]
Podcast “The Insider” – The extra mile? We do it for societal impact! 20 years of INESC Coimbra – with Carlos Henggeler







Subscribe on any of the platforms below Spotify Google Broadcast-tower Clone Circle-notch Chart-bar Apple Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. This is a special episode, commemorative of the 20 years of our INESC institutes in Coimbra. It is a very relaxed and […]
Podcast “The Insider” – On Technology Infrastructures: the critical questions – with Sophie Viscido







Subscribe on any of the platforms below Spotify Google Broadcast-tower Clone Circle-notch Chart-bar Apple Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. In this week’s episode, we are going to address head on the critical questions being asked about Technology Infrastructures. How distinct and […]
Podcast “The Insider” – Gender Equality Plans: united in diversity? – with Catarina Valente







Subscribe on any of the platforms below Spotify Google Broadcast-tower Clone Circle-notch Chart-bar Apple Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. “United in diversity”, the motto of the European Union, first came into use in 2000 but never made so much sense in […]
Podcast “The Insider” – What kind of innovation do we want for our future?







Subscribe on any of the platforms below Spotify Google Broadcast-tower Clone Circle-notch Chart-bar Apple Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. This week’s podcast will leave the traditional R&I policies and ask a question that has been growing in importance before us all […]