Zoya Damianova
APPLIED RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS FUND
Zoya Damianova is the Program Director of ARC Fund. She has more than 25 years of experience in developing and managing projects focused on research and innovation policy, including foresight and technology assessment studies, with a strong focus on public engagement and participatory methods. Zoya has directly coordinated or contributed in an expert capacity to more than 70 projects during her tenure with ARC Fund.
Zoya has been regularly invited as an advisor to projects funded under FP7 and H2020, and as an external expert by DG RTD of the European Commission. Her research focus is on regional policy on research and innovation; sustainable innovation; energy transition, energy citizenship and energy communities; sustainable food systems, workplace innovation and labour market policies, as well as the silver economy.