Latest peer reviewed publications

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• Esparza Masana, R. and Montemayor-Cejas, P. (2023). Repeating partners and partnerships in EuropeanTerritorial Cooperation: a quantitative analysis. Regional Studies, Regional Science 10(1): 369-393. DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2023.2186803

• Esparza Masana, R. (2021). Towards smart specialisation 2.0: Main challenges when updating strategies. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. DOI: 10.1007/s13132-021-00766-1

• Esparza Masana, R. and Ipanaqué, W. (2021). Regionalising innovation strategies in Peru based on smart specialisation: Implications and challenges. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1869202

• Esparza Masana, R. (2020). Analysis of European interregional cooperation under Interreg programme. The case of Spain. Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research, 47(2): 5-28

• Esparza Masana, R. and Márquez Cebrián, D. (2020). Implicacions dels coneixements de matemàtiques en els estudiants de nou accés a graus universitaris d’economia i empresa. Revista d’Innovació Docent Universitària, 12: 95-117

• Esparza Masana, R. and Fernández Sirera, T. (2019). Monitoring S3: Key dimensions and implications. Evaluation and Program Planning, 77

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Presenter/organiser at/of conferences/workshops 2019-2022

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• Monitoring as a shared learning process; Smart specialisation: Monitoring and evaluation; European Commission; Brussels (BE), January 2019

• Políticas regionales de innovación y desarrollo (in Spanish). Seminars of the Municipality of Berazategui (Argentina), August 2019

• Políticas de I+D+i y futuras alianzas de cooperación territorial en América Latina: Retos y oportunidades nacionales e internacionales (in Spanish and Portuguese). Peru's Week of Innovation's Seminars (held online) - Co-organiser jointly with CONCYTEC, September 2020

• Smart specialisation policies for green industrial & territorial transformations in Sub‐Saharan Africa: evidence gaps & institutional requirements (round table) - Co-chaired by the European Commission and the Africa Union Commission. Science Forum South Africa 2020, December 2020

• Foro Internacional "Regionalización de la política de ciencia, tecnología e innovación: Retos locales, retos globales" - Co-organiser jointly with CONCYTEC and DG JRC European Commission, June 2021

• Especialización de la investigación e inversión pública. Impacto, responsabilidad y comunidad. Conversatorios Mimir Andino. Bogotá (Colombia) – held online, June 2021

• Retos y relevancia del sistema de gobernanza en las políticas y estrategias regionales de CTI. Seminario del Gobierno Regional de O’Higgins (Chile) – held online, November 2021

• The governance of Smart Specialisation (discussant). Methodological support to the implementation of S3 in Latin America – Seminar of the European Commission – held online, November 2021

• Good examples of university-industry collaboration. Conference: Science and Local Government. Katowice (PL): Marshall Office of Silesia – Regional Government, July 2022

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Competitive grants 2019-2023

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• EULA-GTEC Technology and Innovation Management Master; European Commission – Erasmus+ programme (2017-2021)

• CONSENS Project – Internationalisation in Postgraduate Education; European Commission – Erasmus+ programme (2018-2021)

• InnoHEIs - Improving Research and Innovation Infrastructure Performance in Regional Development: from Fragmented to Integrated and Sustainable Cooperation; Interreg Europe (2019-2023)

• DIGI-SOC Digital skills and cross-domain entrepreneurship for societal challenges - Erasmus+ programme (2021-2023)

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Non-competitive grants and contracts 2019-2023 (as PI, researcher or expert)

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• iBuy project - Fostering the role of public authorities as demanders of innovation through public procurement (on behalf of Lithuanian Innovation Centre)

• QUALIFY project - Quality standards and authenticity to foster competitiveness of agrifood SMEs (on behalf of Government of Catalonia)

• Smart specialisation in Rwanda: opportunities for sustainable development (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

• Analysis of the 2014-2020 smart specialisation implementation in Catalonia and Galicia (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

• Study on the implications and challenges of promoting an innovation policy concept based on specialisation in Latin America (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

• Development of STI policy elements in Chile, Mexico, and Peru: governance, participation, monitoring and evaluation, and policy instruments (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

• Analysis of the logic and impact of E+ Knowledge Alliances and European Universities (scheme) in regional innovation systems (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)

• Design of the strategy for science, technology, knowledge and innovation in the region of Los Ríos (Chile) - under the team of the Universidad Austral de Chile

• ORIGINN project - Economic and social transformation in rural areas through industrial innovation, emphasis in agri-food sector (on behalf of Government of Catalonia)

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