CoE in Smart Specialisation and Regional Policy

The Centre of Excellence on Smart Specialisation and Regional Policy promotes international cooperation between researchers and policy makers working to support innovative economic and social development in regions. It is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

The Centre of Excellence promotes a broad understanding of the evolution of EU Regional Policy and its role in the integration of the EU. It asks what Australia and other countries in the Asia Pacific region can learn from the European experience, particularly the ‘Smart Specialisation Strategy’ (S3). This is relevant to problems such as regional disparities, climate change and cultural cohesion.

The Centre of Excellence will be a catalyst for regional policy and development research outside the European Union neighbourhood, working in collaboration with the European Commission’s Smart Specialisation Platform in Sevilla. The EU Centre and S3 platform will cooperate to exchange information, participate in events and promote interaction and exchange.

Key activities for the Centre of Excellence are:

  • developing resources and sharing information with researchers and policy makers
  • undertaking comparative research on smart specialisation processes and their implications for regional development in the EU, Australia and Asia
  • promoting improved policy dialogue about the economic, social and environmental contribution that smart specialisation processes can make to regional policy
  • enhancing the depth and quality of teaching subjects that address the EU experience, and
  • attracting students and supporting early career researchers working in relevant disciplines.    

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.