About us
OPAALS is a global Network of Excellence formed around multi-disciplinary research into Digital Ecosystems. OPAALS research covers social science, linguistics, computer science, software engineering, and biology.
Part-financed for four years by the European Union’s 6th Framework Programme, OPAALS launched on 1st June 2006. The current partners in the network are listed below.
Participant organisation name |
Short name |
Country |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
LSE |
UK |
T6 Società Cooperativa |
T6 |
IT |
Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH (Salzburg University of Applied Sciences) |
SUAS |
AT |
The University of Surrey |
UNIS |
UK |
Waterford Institute of Technology |
WIT |
IR |
Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto (Tampere University of Technology) |
TUT |
FI |
TechIDEAS Asesores Tecnologicos |
TI |
ES |
The University of Dundee |
UNIVDUN |
UK |
University of Limerick |
UL |
IR |
Create-Net (Center for Research and Telecommunication Experimentation) |
CN |
IT |
Universitæt Kassel |
UniKassel |
DE |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
IITK |
IN |
Instituto de Pesquisas em Tecnologia da Informaçao |
IPTI |
BR |
Kigali Institute for Science and Technology |
KIST |
RW |
University of Central England |
UCE |
UK |
Istituto Tecnologico de Aragon |
ITA |
ES |
University of Zaragoza |
UNIZAR |
ES |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
FAO |
(UN) |
University of Cambridge |
CAM |
UK |
National University of Ireland - Maynooth |
NUIM |
EI |
