Platforms

ePlatforms in Academic and Policy Research


  • The Spark: See the Problem, Photo(n): Start with an observation or insight about the real world.

  • The Verification: Check the Knowledge, Lito(n): Verify what we already know about that problem.

  • The Action: Build the Team, Fusio(n): Join the specific experts needed to solve what remains.


Photo(n) –  ePlatform for digital photography to AI-generated and human-debated textual quadruple helix insights transformation 

Evidence-based strategic insights via a unique context engineering prompting methodology, synthesizing academic and policy literature across the four perspectives—Science-Policy, Business-Innovation, Civil Society-Governance, and Arts-Photography—with citation of sources.

Web Access: Photo(n)

Citation: Türkeli, S., & Kuyumcu E. (2025). Photo(n). Maastricht: the Lab of UNU-MERIT. https://lab.unu-merit.nl/platforms/

Funded by Maastricht Research Based Learning Programme (MaRBLe)


Lito(n) – ePlatform for digital accelerators for structured entry to any literature of interest

Litoscope Academic and Litoscope Policy tools increase the capacity of reviewers in large-scale knowledge ecosystem reviews,  information re-organisation,  augmented thematic reviews and referencing, and link-based repositorification.

Web Access: Litoscope Academic v2.5

Citation: Türkeli, S., & Kuyumcu E. (2025). Litoscope Academic (Version Issue 2.5). Maastricht: the Lab of UNU-MERIT. https://lab.unu-merit.nl/platforms/

Web Access:  Litoscope Policy v2.5

Citation: Türkeli, S., & Kuyumcu E. (2025). Litoscope Policy (Version Issue 2.5). Maastricht: the Lab of UNU-MERIT. https://lab.unu-merit.nl/platforms/

Funded by Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Virtual International Collaboration Projects, 2025


Fusio(n) – ePlatform for setting up science-centered research collaborations

Fusio(n) close beta is a minimal functional design for upstream phase of scientific activities, an ePlatform for setting up collaborations among scientists, researchers, and other productive profiles from public administration, industry, civil society.

Web Access:  Fusio(n)

Citation: Türkeli, S., (2024, May 6). FUSIO-n: An ePlatform for setting up Science-centred Research Collaborations. UM MORSE Blog, https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/fusio-n-eplatform-setting-science-centred-research-collaborations

Citation: Türkeli, S., & Kuyumcu E. (2025). Fusio(n). Maastricht: the Lab of UNU-MERIT. https://lab.unu-merit.nl/platforms

Funded by Maastricht Observatory on Resilient, Responsible & Sustainable Enterprise and Economy, UM MORSE Maastricht University (2021-2025), Open Science Community Maastricht (2025-2026)


Last Updated : 2025 November 24th