Prof Mazzucato to co-chair the newly launched Global Commission on the Economics of Water

Prof Mazzucato co-chairs the Global Commission on the Economics of Water to challenge our current economic system around water management to reduce systemic inequalities and unsustainable practices.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

23rd March 2022

Policy capacities for transformative innovation policy: A case study of UK Research Innovation

This paper provides a case study on how UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is implementing a mission-oriented approach to policy capacities for transformative innovation policy.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

How can South Africa advance a new energy paradigm? A mission-oriented approach to megaprojects

This paper examines how a 'mission-oriented' approach may be applied to reconceptualise energy megaprojects for energy transition through a deep dive on the South African experience.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Leading economists and health experts call for radical rethinking to put health at centre

Chaired by UCL IIPP’s Founding Director Professor Mariana Mazzucato, the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All calls for rethinking value for Health for All to address people, planet and promoting equity in its latest policy brief.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

21st March 2022

The Neomercantilists: A global intellectual history

Join us to hear Eric Helleiner talk about his research on 'The Neomercantilists: A global intellectual history'. This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Antonio Andreoni with a discussion from Olga Mikheeva (Marie Curie Research Fellow at IIPP).…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

9th March 2022

Climate change, the cost of capital and the looming debt crisis in the global South

Join us to hear Ulrich Volz talk about his research on 'Climate change, the cost of capital and the looming debt crisis in the global South'. This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Antonio Andreoni with a discussion from Katie Kedward, IIPP Policy…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

23rd February 2022

A new data deal: the case of Barcelona

This paper examines how the City of Barcelona is becoming one of the leading advocates of citizen-first data rights and data sovereignty agenda with a consideration of lessons for other cities.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

MOIN Global Gathering - Green Missions

The Mission-Oriented Innovation Network's Global Gathering will be a 3-day online event series, which following on from COP26 and its urgent mandate, will be dedicated to the theme of mission-oriented policy to tackle the climate crisis.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

8th February 2022 to 10th February 2022

The UK’s Levelling Up White Paper centres around the mission-oriented approach

In setting out its “levelling up” policy agenda, the UK government’s latest white paper foregrounds IIPP’s mission-oriented approach.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

7th February 2022