This CIMR Debate in Public Policy “Leapfrogging or levelling up? Driving place-based growth” was stimulated by the increasing focus of … More
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CIMR Debate in Public Policy – Industry 4.0: Is the UK catching up?
On April 26th we held a CIMR Debate to discuss the state of the Industry 4.0 in the UK and … More
CIMR Debate in Public Policy: From Babbage to quantum computer: Which are the socio-cultural conditions for radical innovation?
This CIMR Debate – held on March 15th 2023 – aimed to shed light on the historical context of quantum, and its present and future contributions to technology and innovation.
CIMR Debates in Public Policy: Summer 2023 calendar
Our very successful series of online lunchtime seminars is continuing in the Summer term of 2023 with an exciting programme of events.
The School of Business, Economics and Informatics celebrates International Women’s Day with a roundtable discussion on this year’s theme, Embracing Equity.
At the School of Business, Economics and Informatics, we celebrated International Women’s Day 2023 by hosting a roundtable webinar on this year’s theme, Embracing Equity.
CIMR Debate in Public Policy: Disruptive technology – aligning regulation and innovation
On Wednesday 22 February 2023 we held a CIMR Debate to discuss ways to align innovation and regulation. The debate featured practitioners and academics in the field.
CIMR Debate in Public Policy: Talking the talk and walking the walk…is the Government doing enough in life sciences?
Innovation is a driver of economic growth and with the UK life sciences sector creating high value jobs, it’s an industry for which a strong infrastructure should be in place. Emma Palmer Foster discusses the recent CIMR Debate on ‘The effectiveness of government initiatives to stimulate the Life Science sector’.
Innovation and the defence industry: do we need war?
This CIMR Debate in Public Policy was stimulated by the publication of Ron Smith’s book on defence acquisition and procurement. Our panel was comprised of experts from across the defence landscape – from the MoD, academia, industry and the Royal Miliary College of Science. As the debate demonstrated, the topic is controversial and provokes argument.
CIMR Debate in Public Policy: Future directions for disability entrepreneurship research
The event aimed to share, debate and explore the underlying assumptions and to understand the current way of doing research in disability entrepreneurship in order better to inform policy and practice.
CIMR debate on The Digital Innovation race: recording available
In a CIMR debate in November 2022, Cecilia Rikap presented key messages from her thought-provoking book co-authored with Bengt-Ake Lundvall on the ‘Digital Innovation Race: Conceptualizing the Emerging New World Order’