We co-create the missing linkages between universities, industry and government so that collaboration produces lasting, replicable solutions.
Not research about the field. Not consulting for the field. Research conducted with and inside the field — that produces two things at once.
A method that embeds researchers inside real field situations, co-constructing solutions with the actors involved. Every project is simultaneously an intervention and a production of transferable knowledge.
Morocco is called to take a step up in its development process and transform itself into an innovation economy. What is missing is to fill the remaining gaps in the innovation ecosystem, through reliable and lasting solutions.
Research that reaches the field. Innovation that is relevant to the industry. Collaboration protocols that work. Data that leads to publications.
Access to Moroccan research expertise without complications. Customer-oriented solutions co-built with people who understand your sector.
Independent field data to inform policy. An operator bridging research and public action - including access to international funding.
Pontem Institute operates at the intersection of universities, industry and the state - as a neutral, trusted co-creator of the linkages that innovation ecosystems need.
Innovation, for us, is not limited to technology. It means finding a new, relevant response to a real problem - whether industrial, social, environmental, territorial or institutional.
An agile, iterative spiral - not a linear sequence. There is no need to complete the full loop before starting again: restitution and iterative learning happen at every step, not only at the end. Working on real innovation projects, building lasting ecosystem-level solutions.
Identify unsolved needs. Map actors, interests and power dynamics.
Build the collaboration protocol together. Define roles, contributions and rights.
Embedded presence throughout. Manage dynamics, blockers, real-time documentation.
Translate solutions into testable prototypes. Measure, iterate, validate.
Publish results. Feed learnings back into the cycle. Never start from zero.
Pontem Institute is structured around three complementary bodies that together steer our strategic, scientific and operational work.
Sets the institute's strategic direction, ensures financial and ethical oversight, and guarantees the integrity of our mission.
Accompanies our research and publication work, ensures the scientific rigor of our research-action methodology and the quality of our outputs.
Accompany our thematic and sectoral work streams, bringing field expertise and operational guidance to each domain we engage with.
Pontem Institute is currently constituting these three bodies and welcomes researchers, practitioners and institutional partners who wish to support us in our research-action approach.
Policy briefs, field notes, research articles and sector diagnostics. Our work is open - knowledge shared is impact multiplied.
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Whether you are a researcher, a public institution or an industry federation - we would like to hear about your context.