Bringing production back into development

Launch event of the special issue of the European Journal of Development Research edited by Ha-Joon Chang and Antonio Andreoni. This special issue of the European Journal of Development Research, is a contribution to the emerging attempt to bring…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

27th April 2021

COVID-19 and the Need for Dynamic State Capabilities: An International Comparison

This working paper is part of the Development Futures Series and is a collaboration between United Nations Development Programme and Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Reimagining public value with the BBC

The BBC is a public broadcasting institution that creates huge public value, but how can public value be measured? A recent IIPP report argues that the answer to this question requires new ways to think about governance and evaluation. In this…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

27th April 2021

Building state capacities and dynamic capabilities to drive social change: The case of South Africa

This paper presents a strategy for South Africa to achieve greater efficiencies and equity in order to become a dynamic and innovative state.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Contemporary dependencies: Finance and imperialism in Senegal and Ghana

Join us for this talk as part of the IIPP Seminar Series, as Ingrid Kvangraven of University of York discusses her research on Contemporary dependencies: Finance and imperialism in Senegal and Ghana.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

26th April 2021

Data giants or data colonies?

Join us to hear Mark Esposito talk about his research on how the digital economy can build intangible assets. This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Rainer Kattel with a discussion from Henry Li, Research Fellow, IIPP. Followed by questions from the…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

19th April 2021

Meet the future of public value: Spotlight on MPA student…Andre Ribeiro Coutinho

Introducing André Ribeiro Coutinho, 2020-21 Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). We get to know more about him, while discussing public value and why he chose IIPP and our MPA.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

19th April 2021

Lesson from the past 21st century systems of state-owned enterprises

This paper traces the development of Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale and argues that the IRI created a policy-oriented system of SOEs with “entrepreneurial” characteristics.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Four scenarios for digital transformation: a neo-Schumpeterian perspective

Join us for this IIPP Seminar Series talk where Dr Zlatko Bodrožić (University of Leeds) will talk about his research (co-authored with Prof Paul Adler, University of Southern California) on the future trajectory of the digital transformation.…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

12th April 2021