ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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EGIS emerges from the successful experience of GEOINNO, a highly visible, network-distributed research forum on the economics and geography of innovation, open to contributions from regional science, innovation management, network theory, sociology, and planning. Its founders intend now to create an equally visible and long-term sustainable integrated Master programme (EGIS EMJM), with two ultimate objectives: U1-To translate the GEOINNO experience into an original and unique international teaching programme, aimed at feeding local and national policy-making bodies, multinational companies, and international organizations, with young talents capable of designing, implementing and evaluating innovation and sustainable development solutions, and open to civic engagement U2-To create a new, broad and diverse network, with a combined teaching-and-research agenda, characterized by its international orientation, geographical diversity and inclusiveness The proposed Design Measures will be articulated in various activities, 3 of which will focus on: i. the geographic extension of the original network, with special emphasis on EU13 and non-EU Programme countries ii. its institutional differentiation, by involving many diverse non-academic Associate Partners (perspective employers and nongovernmental organizations) in the elaboration of a highly relevant teaching and training agenda, with inclusive services for disadvantaged international students; iii. educational innovation, especially aimed at supporting the students' data-oriented digital skills and civic engagement. The resulting Joint Programme Design, Joint Promotion Strategy, and Common Student Services policy will be integrated by other activities into a full-fledged EMJM Project, complete of a Joint Student Admission/Evaluation Policy and a Joint Partnership Agreement. The Joint Degree Policy will focus on providing fully-accredited Double Degrees, with a plan for moving to a Joint Master Degree.