Sustainable Innovation: How Organisations Can Create Sustainable Innovation Projects

About the course

This course investigates the principles and practices of sustainable innovation, concentrating on how businesses and organisations can develop and implement innovative solutions that address environmental, social, and economic challenges. Participants will analyse case studies, engage in inventive problem-solving, and create a sustainable innovation project.

Completing this course will equip you to:

Learn the basics of sustainable innovation
Understand eco-innovation and social innovation
Get familiar with how to scale sustainable innovations
Understand how to use Open Data and services towards a sustainable digital transformation
Evaluate and be able to apply related methodologies for sustainable innovations

Managers
Business owners
Entrepreneurs
Students

Course content

IceBreaking Activity!

Unit 1.1
European Innovation Interactive Scoreboard 2023
Cautionary Tales – The False Dawn of the Electric Car
Video: J. van Reenen - Innovation needs Inventors
P. David (1990) - The Dynamo and the Computer
Bloom, van Reenen and Williams (2019)- A Toolkit of Policies to Promote Innovation
Mariana Mazzucato & George Dibb (2019) - MISSIONS: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Unit 1.2
Stern & Valero (2021) - Innovation, growth and the transition to net-zero emissions
UNCTAD (2019) - The Impact of Technological Change on Sustainable Development
Mark Jacobson - No Miracles needed
Sustainable Innovation in practice - Indias Aadhaar Scheme
What role can carbon capture, usage and storage play in tackling climate change?
The Tripple Bottom Line
Unit 1.3
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Report - Interactive Map
The European Green Deal
Unit 1.4
Chatbot AI makes racist judgements on the basis of dialect
What Is Business Ethics? Definition, Principles, and Importance
Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
Unit 1.5
Integrating sustainability into business strategy
The Importance of Sustainability in Business
Inside WK Kellogg’s New Sustainable Business Strategy
Quiz - Module 1

Unit 2.1
ΙΕΑ - Net Zero Roadmap 2023 update
Innovation for Cool Earth Report 2023
ECB Blog - Can Europe be a Green Innovation Leader?
Bruegel - European Clean Energy Tracker
Unit 2.2
IRENA - World Energy Transitions Outlook
International Energy Agency - renewables 2023
EU Energy Statistical Pocketbook
Unit 2.3
The White House - Climate Resilience Game Changers Assessment 2024
EEA - Climate Adapt portal
NAP - Inventory of Innovative Financial Instruments for Adaptation
Arscht-Rock - Designing new finance architecture for adaptation and resilience
Unit 2.4
FAO - Pathways towards lower emissions
Green Finance Institute - Farming Toolkit for Nature market opportunities
Syngenta Group - Regenerative Agriculture Explainers
Novozymes - The benefits of biosolutions to the European Union’s Farm to Fork Strategy
International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)
World Bank (2024) - Recipe for a liveable planet
Quiz - Module 2

Unit 3.1
Example: DeSIRA Innovations
Unit 3.2
What is Inclusive Design?
Unit 3.3
True independence: Imperative of universal design and assistive technology for an inclusive society
Practicing Inclusive Design Allows Businesses to Increase Revenue, Decrease Costs, Improve Resilience and Build Trust
12 Examples of Assistive Technology in the Classroom
Unit 3.4
Global Innovation Index 2022 What is the future of innovation-driven growth?
Quiz - Module 3

Unit 4.1
Unit 4.2
Unit 4.3
Unit 4.4
Unit 4.5
Unit 4.6
Destination Earth flagship initiative
Mapping EU-based LDT providers and users EU report
Digital Urban Twins
Quiz - Module 4

Swap Planet
Enaleia
Rhoe
Quiz - Module 5

Unit 6.1
Cervantes et al. (2023) - Fostering innovation for climate neutrality
Unit 6.2
OECD (Program) - Helping SMEs Scale up
McKinsey Blog: Seven capabilities to win the green scale-up race through out-execution
World Economic Forum (2023): The US Inflation Reduction Act one year on
Bio-bean Homepage
Unit 6.3.
Unit 6.4.
Quiz - Module 6

Sustainable Innovation Analysis and Strategy Development

Instructors

3 courses
7 students
Kostas Dellis
Kostas Dellis is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the AE4RIA network, currently participating in an array of projects including Horizon EU Projects MAIA, CARMINE and Pathways to Resilience (P2R). He holds a PhD from the University of Piraeus Department of Economics on Endogenous Growth and Knowledge Diffusion, a Msc. in Econometrics and a Msc. in Development Economics from the University of Manchester and a Bsc. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). His research interests lie in the area of Sustainable Development, Climate Finance, Green Innovation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). He has worked as a researcher for the European Central Bank (ECB), the bank of Greece (BoG), the London School of Economics Hellenic Observatory (LSE HO), the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Technical University of Cyprus.

1 courses

2 students

Panagiota Koltsida

Panagiota Koltsida (https://ae4ria.org/members/koltsida-panagiota/) is a senior software engineer/research associate, with extensive experience in RTD European funded projects working for the university of Athens (NKUA) and the ATHENA Research Centre. Mrs Koltsida has a degree in informatics from the department of Informatics and Telecommunications of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and an MSc diploma from the same organization. She has been involved in a series EU funded projects as a technical project manager and software engineer. She is experienced in managing all stages of large scaled distributed software implementation, designing ICT systems and technically coordinating their development. Her research interests include Information Retrieval systems, Data and Metadata Management and geospatial systems, aiming on providing innovative ICT solutions to cross-disciplinary communities.

3 courses
14 students
Lydia Papadaki
Lydia Papadaki ( https://ae4ria.org/members/lydia-papadaki/) is a PhD candidate at the Athens University of Economics and Business (Scholarship awarded by the Academy of Athens).She is a researcher at the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aephoria (AE4RIA) and has been involved in numerous EU-funded projects, the majority of which are financed by Horizon, Erasmus+, and EIT Climate-KIC. Lydia has led over 50 participatory workshops and seminars, as well as delivered lectures, seminars, and environmental awareness programs to a diverse audience, including the general public and all educational levels. She received her M.Sc. in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment at University College London (UCL), and her BSc (Distinction) in Economic Theory and policy at Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). Her main areas of interest are economics, innovation acceleration, behavioural economics, circular economy, blue growth, systems innovation, stakeholder engagement and sustainable development.

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