Ekster Innovation

Harnessing research outputs to benefit society

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Services provided

Strategic Development of Assets: Considering how to capture value and implement research results in society. Focus includes intellectual property management, business development and licensing, stakeholder alignment, and building collaborative solutions. For commercial and social ventures.
Impact Assessment and Measurement: Embed impact metrics before your program begins. Consideration of long term, economic and social measures of impact. In partnership with Mark Mann, markmann.org.uk
Training and Capability: Masterclasses and workshop programmes for knowledge exchange professionals, researchers, directors. SHAPE and STEM commercialisation training.
Bespoke Services Available

Upcoming Activities

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SHAPE Bootcamp

Madrid, Nov 2026

A unique international training by European and UK experts to transform overlooked SHAPE research into ventures with economic and social value. Created and delivered together with colleagues from the SHAPE Impact Kollektiv.

EU Commission DG Research & Innovation

EU, Sept-Dec 2026

Rapporteur and Moderator in a Community of Practice for developing the competence framework for knowledge valorisation intermediaries, to support capacity building and foster organisational competencies. This will be used to shape principles that will inform EU Commission policy guidance for knowledge valorisation intermediaries.

reSHAPE Conference

British Academy, London, Nov 2026

Invited speaker. The world’s only showcase event celebrating and scaling pioneering SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and the Economy) ventures. Brings together academic entrepreneurs, funders, policymakers, investors, government officials.

Humanities Create Venture Building Programme

University of Amsterdam, Oct 2026

Invited juror and workshop lead. Humanities Create is a week-long venture-building programme for humanities students, researchers, staff and alumni, to help turn a humanities-related idea or research insight into an impactful venture. It includes idea development, business models, prototyping, and pitching.

Impact Explorer national grant

The Netherlands, 2023-2027

Invited assessor of applications. The Impact Explorer programme funds projects that explore unforeseen opportunities for societal impact arising from curiosity-driven research. Candidates come from universities, university medical centres, Royal Academy of Science (KNAW) Institutes, or Dutch Research (NWO) Institutes and must include an impact partner in their proposal.

Innovatieversneller Gap Analysis Advisory Group

the Netherlands, 2026

Invited external expert. The Innovation Accelerator is a funding programme that supports researchers in taking steps towards the economic and societal application of research results (valorisation).

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