Nikos Maroulis

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About Nikos Maroulis

Nikos Maroulis joined Technopolis Group in December 2014 as senior consultant in public research and innovation policy. Nikos has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of policy design and evaluation, regional development and analysis of innovation systems. Among the methods he has developed expertise are desk research and literature review, design and implementation of interviews, case studies and surveys, foresight and statistical analysis. During his career, he has been involved in several projects commissioned by the European Commission, national and regional governments and agencies in the European Union and third countries (Uzbekistan, Ukraine). Recently, Nikos has contributed in the development of the national Smart Specialisation Strategy of Greece and of the regional Smart Specialisation Strategies of five Greek regions. As project manager of the ERAWATCH Country Reports 2010-2011, ERAWATCH Policy Mix Reports 2009 and ERAWATCH Country Reports 2008, he coordinated the annual production of more than 30 country reports assessing the national research and innovation systems and the public research policies of the EU member states. Also Nikos has been involved in a number of evaluation exercises, including the impact study of the FP6 IST, the impact assessment of the participation of SMEs in FP5 and FP6 and the midterm assessment of the State Aid Framework for R&D&I. Nikos obtained his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece and his MSc in Science and Technology Policy from SPRU, University of Sussex, UK.