Projects related to RRI in the creative sectors especially focused on the application of new technologies and the active participation of the users throughout the process.
Projects related to RRI in the creative sectors especially focused on the application of new technologies and the active participation of the users throughout the process.
Virginia is the coordinator of the Research Microcluster “Globalization, tourism and heritage” of the International Campus of Excellence. The research MCI is based on an interdisciplinary group of researchers, who are focused on the creative industries, concretely on cultural and intangible heritage. The team is composed of professors from several departments such as Cultural Heritage, Management and Computer Engineering. Their aim is to develop projects related to RRI in the creative sectors especially focused on the application of new technologies, where the goal is the integration of the users throughout the process. She has lead 8 international R+D projects and 10 international R+D contracts, whose results were presented in research papers and in conferences and have contributed to the organization of international workshops, conferences and stays in Italy, Mexico, Uruguay and the UK. They also contributed to the supervision of a Final Master Dissertations and a European Doctoral Thesis. Now she is the coordinator of the AiRT Project (H2020-ICT-2016-2017).
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Name: VIRGINIA SANTAMARINACompany: Research Microcluster Globalization, tourism and heritage, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV, Spain)
Type of Organisation: University
Country: Spain
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Brief description of my Organisation
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is one of the leading universities in Spain, being the only technological university in Spain to feature in all the world university rankings. It is also in the top 5 Spanish Universities with the highest revenue from both public research and knowledge transfer activities, and is a national leader in patent license income and start up creation. It comprises nearly 30,000 students, over 2,500 academics, and 17 university research centres of excellence.
The Research Microcluster “Globalization, tourism and heritage” of the International Campus of Excellence, is based on an interdisciplinary and inter-University group of researchers, who are focused on the creative industries, concretely on cultural heritage and intangible heritage. The interdisciplinary team is composed of professors working together from several departments such as, Art, Cultural Heritage, Management and Computer Engineering. Their objective is to develop projects related to Responsible Research and Innovation in the creative sectors especially focused on the application of new technologies and, where the fundamental core is the integration of the users through inclusive and participative methodologies.
