Funded Research

Since its creation, the Lab constantly strives to participate in projects funded from the European Commission, National Funding Agencies, and the corporate sector. This assures that the Lab remains at the fore front of scientific research and relevant knowledge. It also guarantees the Lab’s important role in cultivating and shaping state of the art trends in the area of business communication.

The Lab has participated in a significant number of projects funded from the European Commission and National Agencies. A partial list of relevant projects follows:

European Grants

National Grants

FEMINA (Female Participation in High-Tech Enterprises)

The project FEMINA is funded by the European interregional cooperation program Interreg Europe through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and national resources. Scientific Project Manager for the Athens University of Economics and Business is Associate Professor Eleni Apostori.

The aim of FEMINA project is the cooperation between regional partners to integrate into regional economic development policies measures to promote female entrepreneurship and women's participation in high-tech sectrors, in the Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) of each region.

Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/femina/
Facebook: FEMINA-Interreg project

MARIE (Mainstreaming Responsible Innovation in European S3)

The aim of the MARIE project is to introduce the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) into regional policy measures that enhance the innovative economic development of the regions within the framework of the Smart Specialization Strategy pillars S3) of each region. The RRI concept encourages the cooperation of social, academic, business and partner and policy actors to better connect and align business innovation and research activity and its outcomes with the needs, values and expectations of the society it affects.

Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/marie/
Twitter: @MARIEinterreg
Facebook: MARIEinterreg

COGITA (Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility through Public Policy)

The COGITA project intends to identify and implement tools that public authorities and other public stakeholders can adopt in their regional economic policy, in order to promote an approach that combines social and environmental responsibility in SME support. Within this integrated concept, COGITA considers 5 sub-themes: raising CSR awareness and capacity; CSR in public procurement; CSR criteria in public funding; inter-firm collaboration and local supply chains; communication/ branding.

COGITA will combine interregional exchange with local stakeholder involvement, in order to ensure that the project is in line with local priorities. The project will support regional development with tools that promote CSR as a tool for competitiveness, growth and more and better jobs in our SMEs. The COGITA project is co-financed by the ERDF and made possible by the INTERREG IVC programme.

Press Release
COGITA Brochure
COGITA Newsletter

Responsible ICT Network (R-ICT)

Funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) (2014-2016).

The objective of the R-ICT project is to develop a thematic network to coordinate CSR in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the European Union in order to encourage the relevant enterprises to implement and promote CSR through strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders on the basis of relevant good practices. The R-ICT project is relevant to the European Union ICT Policy Support Program (ICT-PSP) and contributes to the implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) through the promotion of digital technologies in CSR, the implementation of CSR practices in the area of ICT, tackling the barriers to the spread of CSR in the ICT sector and the active participation of SMEs.