Leading development economist joins IIPP

Erik S. Reinert, one of the most prolific and important development economists and historians of economic policy today, joins the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as an honorary professor.…

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22nd July 2020

Upward-scaling tipping cascades to meet climate goals: Plausible grounds for hope

Upward-scaling tipping cascades to meet climate goals: Plausible grounds for hope. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) Working Paper Series: IIPP WP 2020-07. Simon Sharpe | Visiting Policy Fellow, UCL Institute for Innovation and…

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Some more than others: Unfolding inequalities in a world in crisis

Join the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as we explore the ways in which COVID-19 has amplified existing national and global inequalities an investigate how policy responses address – or fail to address – the inequalities that…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

20th July 2020

Deindustrialisation reconsidered: Structural shifts and sectoral heterogeneity

Deindustrialisation reconsidered: Structural shifts and sectoral heterogeneity. 15 July 2020. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) Working Paper Series: IIPP WP 2020-06. Authors. Fiona Tregenna | South African Research Chair in…

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Rethinking employment: The case for a job guarantee

Join the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as we discuss the idea of a public job guarantee scheme, and considers how it could help us recover from the pandemic and support a Green New Deal with leading experts Aurore Lalucq,…

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13th July 2020

Gig work at the base of the pyramid: considering dependence and control

Gig work at the base of the pyramid: considering dependence and control. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) Working Paper Series: IIPP WP 2020-05. Kate Roll | Head of Teaching and Assistant Professor in Innovation, Development…

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Digital divide, platform monopolies: Governing technology in a time of crisis

Join the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as we discuss how governments across the world have seized this opportunity, from tracking apps to shaping markets through new digital platforms with leading experts Francesca Bria and…

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6th July 2020

Theorising and mapping modern economic rents

Theorising and mapping modern economic rents. 29 June 2020. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) Working Paper Series: IIPP WP 2020-13. Mariana Mazzucato | Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, Director, UCL…

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Rebuilding from the bottom up

Join the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as we discuss the role of civic engagement and regional government in coordinating a just transition and recovery from COVID-19 with leading experts Georgia Gould and Elly Schlein,…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

28th June 2020

Manufacturing health: A wake-up call for resilient economies

Join the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) as we discuss how resilience and readiness of industrial ecosystems are critical and shall guide a post-COVID industrial policy response with leading experts Tim Minshall, Rebecca…

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

23rd June 2020