This new book, edited by Beldina Owalla, Tim Vorley and Helen Lawton Smith, breaks new ground in its central focus on the experiences of women innovators in different geographic and institutional contexts in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America
Tag: innovation
Engaged scholarship: addressing regional inequalities in innovation opportunities for BAME and disabled entrepreneurs
Two studies conducted by CIMR researchers on regional inequalities in support for entrepreneurs with disabilities and from ethnically diverse backgrounds have helped to aid understanding of the importance of context for entrepreneurial support for both groups.
New research shows benefits of private food safety standards for manufacturing sites
Dr Ray Lambert and Dr Marion Frenz explored the impacts on food business sites of operating to food safety standards, an area where evidence is limited.
Innovation Finance: Public or Private?
Professor Asa Lindholm Dahlstrand, Professor Peter Jelfs, Dr Iain Evans and Rebecca Todd interrogated the respective roles of public and private funding for innovation and entrepreneurship in this CIMR Debate in Public Policy
CIMR PhD Research in Focus: Innovation and income inequality
Dr. Thanos Fragkandreas is one of our newly graduated Ph.D. students. In this short interview, he shares with us his Ph.D. dissertation, a study exploring the relationship between innovation and income inequality.
How can we create the right environment for green finance?
Researchers and leading practitioners in investment and green innovation shared insights into green finance and fintech in this CIMR Debate in Public Policy.
CIMR Debates in Public Policy – Summer term calendar
Our very successful series of online lunchtime seminars is continuing in the Summer term of 2021 with an exciting programme of events. The events take place on Wednesdays lunchtime.
How a Mother-Daughter duo are Breaking down Barriers for Women in Quantum
Dr Gaby Slavcheva and Dr Mirella Koleva are not your average mother and daughter. Both holding PhDs in science, the pair moved away from academia to found Quantopticon, a company which aims to rapidly speed up the development of quantum components to bring this exciting new technology to market.
The role of Public Research in the development of Covid Vaccine – are they heroes or laggards?
This timely debate was well-attended by experts in related fields, from practitioners to scholars in different stages of their career.
Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century
This book aims to develop a conceptual framework to evaluate knowledge transfer practices and outcomes, improve knowledge transfer metrics, surveys and evaluation frameworks, generate findings on what does and does not work, and propose related policy lessons.