State capacity and the green revolution we need with Prof Mariana Mazzucato and Mia Mottley

[[{"fid":"13514","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","alignment":"left","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mariana Mazzucato","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","alignment":"left","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mariana Mazzucato","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"461","width":"462","class":"media-element file-small media-wysiwyg-align-left"}}]]Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She is winner of international prizes including the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2021, Italy's highest civilian honour, the 2020 John von Neumann Award, the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values, and 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the '3 most important thinkers about innovation' by The New Republic, one of the 50 most creative people in business in 2020 by Fast Company, and one of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED.  

She is the author of three highly-acclaimed books: The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths (2013), The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (2018) and most recently Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (2021). She advises policymakers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her current roles include being Chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health for All, Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, a member of the South African President’s Economic Advisory Council, the Scottish Government’s Council of Economic Advisors, the European Space Agency’s High-Level Advisory Group on Human and Robotic Space Exploration for Europe, and the United Nations High-level Advisory Board (HLAB) on Economic and Social Affairs, among others. 

[[{"fid":"13515","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","alignment":"left","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mia Amor Mottley","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","alignment":"left","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Mia Amor Mottley","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"392","width":"396","class":"media-element file-small media-wysiwyg-align-left"}}]]The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, S.C., M.P., is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados and leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).

Born in Barbados on October 1, 1965, Prime Minister Mottley has spent the majority of her life in pursuit of developing a spirit of excellence for herself, for her country and for the Caribbean region.

Ms Mottley was re-elected as Prime Minister on May 24, 2018, after leading the BLP to a second consecutive clean sweep of a General Elections. Meanwhile, Ms Mottley continues to serve as Member of Parliament for St Michael North East, a seat she has held for eight consecutive terms since first securing it in 1994.

An established Attorney-at-Law and Queen’s Counsel who has been called to the Bar in England, Wales and Barbados, Ms Mottley has had an active and successful political life in Barbados for over three decades, becoming Barbados’ youngest ever Queen's Counsel, its first female Attorney General, the first female leader of the BLP and the Opposition, and the first female Prime Minister of Barbados.

Ms Mottley’s service to excellence has also been recognised internationally, being bestowed a number of honours including, the Order of Roraima, the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya and being named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2022.

Additionally, the Prime Minister has chaired a number of committees, and currently currently serves as, the Co-Chair of the WHO Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates group and Lead Head of Government within CARICOM, bearing responsibility for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, among others.

With an unbridled love for all people, culture and the environment, Prime Minister Mottley
continues to work on behalf of Barbados and the Caribbean region.