Financing for climate action

This policy brief summarises recent research produced by thought leaders and researchers at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) exploring key questions around climate.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Exploring mission-oriented innovation for cities: prospects, possibilities and pitfalls

Join this forward-looking discussion exploring the opportunities and challenges cities might have utilising missions to solve grand challenges.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

16th November 2021

Innovation and social welfare: a new research agenda

Join us to hear Fulvio Castellacci talk about his research on innovation and social welfare. This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Antonio Andreoni with a discussion from Rainer Kattel (IIPP). Followed by questions from the audience.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

10th November 2021

New Council on Urban Initiatives puts cities at the crossroads of addressing urgent grand challenges

Joined by the mayors of Barcelona, Bogota and Freetown, UCL IIPP collaborates with UN Habitat and LSE to launch the Council on Urban Initiatives to help reimagine how cities will reach ambitious social goals.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

5th November 2021

Publications

View IIPP's research and policy publications, written by our global thought-leading academics, researchers, fellows and policy team.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

UCL IIPP says governments need to put urgent climate action at the heart of economic policy

This year at COP26, UCL IIPP is leading with a message of urgency. IIPP has worked closely with governments around the world to rethink the role of the public sector and is now highlighting the need for governments to act boldly to address the…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

3rd November 2021

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose commissions sign ahead of COP26 climate talks

HURRY UP PLEASE IT’S TIME is a new art piece that has been commissioned by University College London’s (UCL) Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) ahead of the climate conference COP26 to highlight the urgent need to address the…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

1st November 2021

Local production of COVID-19 vaccines: A collective capabilities approach

Join us to hear Prof. Padmashree Gehl Sampath talk about her ongoing research on the 'Local production of COVID-19 vaccines: a collective capabilities approach'. This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Antonio Andreoni with a discussion from Els…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

27th October 2021

Leading economists and health experts call for radical economic redirection 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 a different approach to financing health as part of latest recommendations.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

26th October 2021