Balland, P.A. (2026) Flanders’ Competitiveness and Investment Priorities in Key Strategic Technologies. Report for the Flemish Advisory Council for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VARIO), 2 February.
Balland, P.A. and Renda, A. (2025) Sweden’s Competitiveness and Investment Priorities. Report for the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 2 November.
Balland, P.A., Di Girolamo, V., Benoit, F., Ravet, J. & Hobza, A. (2025) Divided we fall behind: Why a fragmented EU cannot compete in complex technologies, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission.
Renda, A., Balland, P.A., Praas, R. & Grabova, O. (2024) Mapping the use of artificial intelligence in priority sectors and the competitiveness of Ukraine, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO.
Balland, P.A. and Renda, A. (2023) Forge ahead or fall behind: Why we need a United Europe of Artificial Intelligence, CEPS explainer, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels.
Balland, P.A. (2022) Innovation Policy for a Complex World, Chapter 14 of the Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU (SRIP) report, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Dixson-Declève, S., Balland, P.A. et al. (2022) Industry 5.0, a transformative vision for Europe : governing systemic transformations towards a sustainable industry, ESIR Policy Brief No 3, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Dixson-Declève, S., Balland, P.A. et al. (2021) The future of European universities, ESIR Focus Paper, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Dixson-Declève, S., Balland, P.A. et al. (2021) Transformative nations, regions and cities as vectors for change, ESIR Focus Paper, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Dixson-Declève, S., Balland, P.A. et al. (2021) Global value chains : harnessing innovation to protect and transform the backbone of global trade, ESIR Focus Paper, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Dixson-Declève, S., Balland, P.A. et al. (2021) Transformation post-COVID: Mobilising innovation for people, planet and prosperity, ESIR Policy Brief No 2, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Dixson-Declève, S., Balland, P.A. et al. (2020) Protect, prepare and transform Europe - Recovery and resilience post COVID-19, ESIR Policy Brief No 1, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Balland, P.A., and Boschma, R. (2020) Smart Specialisation: beyond patents, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Brussels.
Balland, P.A., and Boschma, R. (2019) Exploring the impact of inter-regional linkages on regional diversification in Europe in the context of smart specialisation, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Brussels.
Balland, P.A., and Ravet, J. (2018) Dynamic Network Analysis of the EU R&I Framework Programme, Monitoring Flash for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.
Boschma, R., Balland, P.A., Crespo, J., and Rigby, D. (2017) Linking impacts to open innovation: increasing local impact using the related variety and knowledge complexity concepts: empirical findings of regions patent data, Report for the RISE group, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels.