Dialogic innovatie & interactie

Dialogic, based in Utrecht, is a research and consultancy firm that helps governments find out whether their policies work. It advises national and regional governments, public bodies and companies on innovation, and it develops its own methods and tools for collecting, analysing and visualising data.

Climate and energy are one of its themes. Dialogic evaluated the Dutch government's Energy-Innovation schemes for the years 2012 to 2021, and in 2025, with Decisio, it mapped the Dutch industry that builds the machines for making hydrogen: about 230 companies.

Dialogic joined NEON for its work on business models and governance. Grand societal challenges such as energy and mobility are becoming ever more important in public policy, innovation policy and regulation, and Dialogic wanted to contribute to solutions for the transition while deepening its own understanding of the field. It took part in the work packages on regulation and on standardisation, which looked at how laws, market rules and technical standards can speed up the energy transition or hold it back.

The partnership was designed to work in both directions. Under the agreement, one of NEON's PhD candidates would work from Dialogic's offices, so that knowledge would flow between the university and the firm in daily practice.