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 but not much real attention has been dedicated to it so far: what kind of innovation do we want for the future. No, it is not a simple question and we could address it from many different perspectives. Inspired by the 8th Cohesion Forum, which took place earlier this week and counted with the participation of the Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Professor Carlota Perez from SPRU, University of Sussex we delved into the increasingly urgent connection between innovation and societal challenges and how science and policy intersect to address these challenges, in particular at an EU level.

This is also going to be the theme for a working dinner organised by the INESC Brussels HUB later this year, so any reactions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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