Manager

Prof.ssa Roberta Lanzillo

Social Impact is part of the institutional mission of Federico II University, today also subject to evaluation.

Social Impact is “ …opening up to the socio-economic context through the valorisation and transfer of knowledge, which includes, in addition to the economic valorisation of research activities, also initiatives with a socio-cultural and educational value… ” .

The universities as a whole are evaluated by the MIUR through the VQR-Terza Missione, through the Cases/Studies presented by the individual departments.

Various TM activities are indicated in the three-year programme. We have focused on Public Engagement (PE) also considering the results of the call made in the University for the VQR-TM.

In the strategic plan, one of the 4 areas is that of Social Impact and one of the 8 objectives is to increasingly be an Engaged University.

Social Impacts actions refer to interventions whose impact can be verified in the following fields of action:

Enhancement of intellectual or industrial property
Academic entrepreneurship (spin off, start-up)
Brokerage and technology transfer structures
Production and management of artistic and cultural assets (e.g. museums, archaeological excavations, musical activities, historical buildings and archives, historical libraries and newspaper libraries, theaters and sports facilities)
Clinical trials and health advocacy initiatives (e.g. clinical trials, medical device studies, non-interventional studies, biobanks, patient empowerment, veterinary clinics, information and prevention days, screening and awareness campaigns)
Lifelong learning and open didactics (e.g. continuing education courses, Continuing Medical Education, MOOCs)
Public Engagement activities attributable to:
- Organization of cultural activities of public utility
- Scientific publication
- Initiatives to involve citizens in research
- Involvement and interaction activities with the school world.
Production of public goods of a social, educational nature and inclusion policies (e.g. formulation of programs of public interest, participation in urban development projects or enhancement of the territory and in participatory democracy initiatives, consensus conferences, citizen panels)
Innovative tools in support of Open Science
Activities related to the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)