Innovation Hubs

Understanding our alliance as an Innovation Ecosystem, developing solutions for specific Research & Development challenges from Innovation Hubs, is Ulysseus unique and distinguishing feature.

Innovation Hubs are the Ulysseus innovative joint structure for collaboration. Ulysseus main activities are co-created and developed at the heart of our Innovation Hubs.

Co-design approach

Ulysseus has 8 Innovation Hubs (IH), one at each partner University, which address six Research & Development challenges shared with our regions and cities. The hubs work as concentrators of all the collaboration and cooperation activities coming from the Ulysseus community (the alliance and the associated partners).

Hubs are connected to local nodes around each partner University, in order to consolidate the Innovation Ecosystem.

By 2023, every Hub will count on one Joint Research Center, one Incubator for spin-offs, one Living lab and one Open Class for liaison, brokerage and joint designing, fostering multistakeholderism and citizen engagement.

What is an Innovation Hub?

Objectives

Hubs are connected to local nodes around each partner University, in order to consolidate the Innovation Ecosystem. Their focus is to:

Design new joint academic offer, challenge- and research-driven, transdisciplinary and inter-sectoral, integrated in flexible programs in which also key competences are provided
Develop joint challenge-driven transdisciplinary and inter-sectoral research and knowledge transfer activities
Facilitate and promote entrepreneurship within the academic community of students, faculty and staff to improve the number and success of startups created
Promote citizen engagement and the appropriation of European values
Offer scientific material conditions (technological platforms, data centers, etc.) to gain in attractivity and visibility.