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Present Position: Researcher at the Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management (INGENIO), a joint Institute of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research and the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Training and Research Experience: Degree in Economics from the University of Valencia in 2006. In 2007 received a grant to participate in research projects and completed doctoral courses of the PhD "Integration of Information Technologies within Organisations", from the Department of Business Administration at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
 

Degree in Economics from the University of Valencia (2006). Assistant researcher at the Department of Economic Analysis at the University of Valencia (2006-2007). Diploma of Specialist in "Integration of Information Technology in Organizations" (2009) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Diploma of Advanced Studies (2010) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. FPU Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Innovation (2008-2012). PhD from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2013). Visiting student at the Chair on Knowledge Transfer and Innovation (KUUC) from Laval University in Quebec - Canada (2010). Visiting student at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) of the University of Twente in Enschede - Netherlands (2011-2012). Teaching collaborations at the Department of Management at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2010-2012). She obtained her PhD in 2013.


Areas of Expertise: Knowledge Transfer, Science-Society Interactions, Humanities and Social Sciences

La relevancia social de la investigación en las ciencias humanas y sociales
Julia Olmos Peñuela, Elena Castro Martínez, 2023. In: .


Análisis de la primera convocatoria del sexenio de transferencia de conocimiento e innovación, focalizado en los tipos de aportaciones
Elena Castro Martínez, Carolina Cañibano Sánchez, Elea Giménez Toledo, Julia Olmos Peñuela, François Perruchas, 2022. In: Informe ANECA.


Do Perceptions of Academic Scientists Influence Non-Academic Collaboration?
Julia Olmos-Peñuela;Paul Benneworth;Elena Castro-Martínez, 2021. In: .


Overcoming the “lost before translation” problem: An exploratory study
Nabil Amara, Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Ignacio Fernández-de-Lucio, 2019. In: Research Policy.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.07.016


Scientists’ engagement in knowledge transfer and exchange: individual factors, variety of mechanisms and users
Oscar Llopis, Mabel Sánchez-Barrioluengo, Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Elena Castro-Martínez, 2018. In: Science and Public Policy.
10.1093/scipol/scy020


Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation
Barbara Ribeiro, Lars Bengtsson, Paul Benneworth, Susanne Bührer, Elena Castro-Martínez, Meiken Hansen, Katharina Jarmai, Ralf Lindner, Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Cordula Ott and Philip Shapira, 2018. In: Journal of Responsible Innovation.
10.1080/23299460.2018.1495033


Strengthening SMEs’ innovation culture through collaborations with public research organizations. Do all firms benefit equally?
Julia Olmos-Peñuela;Ana García-Granero;Elena Castro-Martínez; Pablo D'Este, 2018. In: .


Strengthening SMEs’ innovation culture through collaborations with public research organizations. Do all firms benefit equally?
Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Ana García-Granero, Elena Castro-Martínez, Pablo D’Este, 2017. In: European Planning Studies.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2017.1279592


Does it take two to tango? Factors related to the ease of societal uptake of scientific knowledge
Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Paul Benneworth, Elena Castro-Martínez, 2016. In: Science and Public Policy.
doi: 10.1093/scipol/scw016


Fostering novelty while reducing failure: Balancing the twin challenges of product innovation
Pablo D'Este,Nabil Amara, Julia Olmos-Peñuela , 2016. In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
10.1016/j.techfore.2015.08.011


La Vinculación Ciencia-Sociedad: Estereotipos y Nuevos Enfoques
Elena Castro-Martínez, Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Ignacio Fernandez-de-Lucio , 2016. In: Journal of technology management & innovation.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242016000200012


Are sciences essential and humanities elective? Disentangling competing claims for humanities’ research public value
Julia Olmos-Peñuela;Paul Benneworth;Elena Castro-Martínez, 2015. In: Arts & Humanities in Higher Education.


What Stimulates Researchers to Make Their Research Usable? Towards an ‘Openness’ Approach
Julia Olmos-Peñuela;Paul Benneworth;Elena Castro-Martínez, 2015. In: Minerva.
10.1007/s11024-015-9283-4


Are ‘STEM from Mars and SSH from Venus’?: Challenging disciplinary stereotypes of research’s social value
Olmos-Peñuela J., Benneworth P., Castro-Martínez E., 2014. In: Science and Public Policy.
10.1093/scipol/sct071


Diferencias entre áreas científicas en las prácticas de divulgación de la investigación: un estudio empírico en el CSIC
Olmos-Peñuela J., Castro-Martínez, E., Fernández-Esquinas, M., 2014. In: Revista Española de Documentación Científica.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/redc.2014.2.1096


El pasado jueves día 6 de septiembre de 2018 se presentaron los resultados del proyecto EXTRA a la Red de Universidades Valencianas para el fomento de la Investigación, el Desarrollo y la Innovación…

Eurkind is a research network that aims at encouraging interdisciplinary debates on how knowledge and innovation and development can shape a better society. The consortium brings together reputable…

Julia Olmos Peñuela received "PhD with distinction" award from Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, in the cateogory "Economy and Social Sciences", for her thesis "Science-Society Interactions in the…

Julia Olmos Peñuela ha recibido el premio extraordinario de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, en la categoría Economia y Ciencias Sociales, por su tesis desarrollada en INGENIO [CSIC-UPV].
La…

Resolving tensions of research utilization: The value of a usability-based approach
Paul Benneworth, Julia Olmos-Peñuela
INGENIO Working Papers Series - 2014-10
Explaining researchers’ readiness to incorporate external stimuli in their research agendas
Julia Olmos Peñuela, Paul Benneworth, Elena Castro-Martínez
INGENIO Working Papers Series - 2014-08
Knowledge Transfer In Humanities And Social Science Research Groups:The Relevance Of Organizational Factors
Julia Olmos-Peñuela; Elena Castro-Martínez; Liney Adriana Manjarrés-Henríquez
INGENIO Working Papers Series - 2010-15
Knowledge transfer in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: informal links in a Public Research Organization
Elena Castro-Martínez; Jordi Molas-Gallart; Julia Olmos-Peñuela
INGENIO Working Papers Series - 2010-12
Open research behaviour in management studies: an ideal honoured more in the breach than in the observance
Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Inma Aleixos-Borras, Paul Benneworth, Ignacio Fernández de Lucio
The Third Research Evaluation in the SSH Conference - RESSH 2019
From productive interactions to productive science system dynamics: understanding the key dimensions in developing SSH research societal impact
Benneworth, P., Olmos-Peñuela, J., Muhonen, R., Castro-Martínez, E.
T2S Technology Transfer Society annual conference 2018
The dilemma of societal alignment in responsible research and innovation
Barbara Ribeiro; Lars Bengtsson; Paul Benneworth; Susanne Buhrer; Elena Castro-Martínez; Meiken Hansen; Katharina Jarmai; Ralf Lindner; Julia Olmos-Peñuela; Cordula Ott; Philip Shapira
XVI Triple Helix Conference 2018
Universities in external knowledge networks: Particular roles for particular universities?
Thune, T.;Gulbrandsen, M.; Benneworth, P.;Olmos-Peñuela, J.; Olaf Aamodt, P.
EU-SPRI 2014. Science and innovation policy: Dynamics, Challenges, Responsibility and Practice
Understanding researchers’ openness to external parties influencing academic research
Olmos-Peñuela, J.; Benneworth, P; Castro-Martínez, E.
EU-SPRI 2014. Science and innovation policy: Dynamics, Challenges, Responsibility and Practice
Exploring relationships between societal engaging activities and research: evidences from a Spanish Public Research Organization
Olmos-Peñuela, J.; Castro-Martínez, E.; Fernandez-Esquinas, M., Amara, N.
EU-SPRI 2014. Science and innovation policy: Dynamics, Challenges, Responsibility and Practice
Explaining researchers’ willingness for non-academics to influence their research agendas
Olmos-Peñuela, J.; Benneworth, P.; Castro-Martínez, E.
Eu-Spri ECC: Interdisciplinarity in the Study of the Dynamics of Science, Technology and Innovations - 2014 INGENIO PhD Days
Relaciones informales de los investigadores de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales con los agentes sociales
Olmos-Peñuela, J. y Castro-Martínez, E.
La colaboración científica: una aproximación multidisciplinar
Las dos culturas en la divulgación de la ciencia: una exploración de la influencia del campo científico de los investigadores
Olmos-Peñuela J., Castro-Martínez E., Fernández-Esquinas M.
XI Congreso Español de Sociología
Business Innovation: Barriers and public policies
Pablo D'Este, Francesco Rentocchini, Julia Olmos-Peñuela y Alberto Marzucchi
Business Innovation: Barriers and Public Policies
Lowering barriers to engage in innovation: the role of human capital
Deste Cukierman, Pablo; Francesco; Marzucchi, Alberto; Olmos-Peñuela, Julia
Conference. Business Innovation: Barriers and Public Policies = Conferencia "Innovación empresarial: Barreras y políticas públicas"
Mechanisms of knowledge transfer in the Social Sciences and Humanities: extent and determinants of science-society interactions
Olmos-Peñuela, J.
2013 INGENIO PhD Days. New perspectives on Science, Technology and Innovation
The role of informal collaborations in the social sciences and humanities
Olmos-Peñuela, J.; Molas-Gallart, J.; Castro-Martínez,E.
2013 Eu-SPRI Forum Conference: Management of Innovation Policies
Technological innovation and the challenges of novelty and failure: Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms
Amara, N.; Olmos-Peñuela, J.; D'Este, P.
2013 Conference of the Eu-SPRI Forum: Management of Innovation Policies
Are STEM from Mars and SSH from Venus? A comparison of research and transfer activities in the hard and soft disciplines
Olmos-Peñuela, J.; Benneworth, P.; Castro-Martínez, E.
INTERACT‐UNI EU‐SPRI Conference 2012
Knowledge exchange in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: informal links in a Public Research Organization
Castro-Martínez,E.;Molas-Gallart,J.;Olmos-Peñuela,J.
Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2011
Knowledge transfer activities in Humanities and Social Sciences: which determinants explain research group interactions with non-academic agents?
Olmos-Peñuela,J.;Castro-Martínez,E.;D'Este,P.
DIME-DRUID Academy Winter Conference 2011. 20-22 Enero 2011
Knowledge transfer in humanities and social science research groups: The influence of organizational factors
Olmos-Peñuela,J.;Castro-Martínez,E.;Manjarrés-Henríquez,L.
DRUID-DIME Academy Winter 2010 PhD Conference. 21-23 Enero 2010
Transferencia de conocimiento en los grupos de investigación de ciencias humanas y sociales: la influencia de los factores organizativos
Castro-Martínez,E.;Olmos-Peñuela,J.;Manjarrés-Henríquez,L.
XIII Seminario Latino Iberoamericano de Gestión Tecnológica. 25, 26 y 27 de Noviembre 2009