Events and engagement

IIPP hosts regular public lectures and panel discussions featuring experts from around the world. Find out more below. IIPP also holds regular events and you can find out more by visiting the Events page.

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IIPP 2023 Festival: The Entrepreneurial State 2.0. - Rethinking the State in the 21st century
The Entrepreneurial State 2.0 Festival offers a public platform for global leaders, policymakers, and practitioners to rethink the state in the 21st century.

IIPP Neoliberalism as a Global System - Private Power and Public Weakness Lecture Series 2023

Neoliberalism as a Global System: Private Power and Public Weakness Lecture Series 2023

This series critically examines the increasingly popular concept of neoliberalism as a political economy regime that has been dominant in the global economy since 1980.

IIPP Research Seminar Series 2022-23

From 19 October 2022, IIPP hosts a seminar series rethinking the economy, government and policymaking, bringing together experts from across the globe to present their latest research.

Walking the talk: Getting serious about the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This thought-proving series explores the UN Sustainable Development Goals through IIPP's distinctive lens.

Placeholder poster for the Research Seminar Series 21-22

Research Seminar Series 2021-22
A series of talks focussing on the research of experts from IIPP and beyond

IIPP Enrichment Lectures 2022-23
The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) hosts a series of enrichment lectures bringing together experts from across the globe.

Who Owns What and Why? 2021
This thought-provoking series explores ideas of ownership, value extraction and value distribution

British Library Lecture Series 2019
Innovation and the Welfare State

IIPP The Pre and Post-History of Brexit - Race, Class and Finance in the Making of British Economic Strategy Lecture Series 2023

The Pre and Post-History of Brexit: Race, Class and Finance in the Making of British Economic Strategy Lecture Series 2023

This series explores the deep history of Brexit and the economic aftermath of Brexit in the context of Britain's growth crisis.

IIPP Governing the Green Transition(s) Discussion Series 2022-2023
This series unpacks the challenges of the Green Transition(s), focusing on global governance, financing, green industrial policies, innovation and structural change, and the Global South.

Cultural Justice Lecture Series 2022
This series will explore a range of cultural justice themes, focusing on the intersection of power and inequalities

A Global Engagement Series 2020
Public purpose in the time of COVID-19

Climate Change, Labour and Innovation Lecture Series 2022
This series will explore the nature of climate change as a public policy challenge and the centrality of labour policy to successfully addressing that challenge.

Research Seminar Series 2020-21
A series of talks focussing on the research of experts from IIPP and beyond

British Library Lecture Series 2018
Rethinking Public Value and Public Purpose in 21st Century Capitalism

Talks

Thomas Philippon

Thomas Philippon speaks on competition, rents and growth within the American economy

Heather Boushey

Heather Boushey speaks on inequality; how it constricts our economy and what we can do about it

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

A talk from Shoshana Zuboff, followed by a panel discussion with Carole Cadwalladr, Paul Hilder and Shahmir Sanni

Branko Milanović

Recent trends in global income distribution and their political implications

MOIIS report launch

Launch of the UCL Commission on Mission-Oriented Innovation and Industrial Strategy (MOIIS) chaired by Mariana Mazzucato and Lord David Willetts

Erik Reinert

After globalisation: Resurrecting the economic ideas that produced the welfare state

Jonathan Breckon, Josh Ryan-Collins, Geoff Mulgan and Mariana Mazzucato at Rethinking Public Value

Nesta

Nesta and IIPP launch papers that explore and rethink public value in the 21st century

SITRA

Sparking social innovation through crowdsourcing and prizes: Does Finland lead the way?

Josh Ryan-Collins

The launch of Josh Ryan-Collins' latest book 'Why can't you afford a home?'

The people's prescription launch

Launch of report from IIPP along with STOPAIDS, Global Justice Now and Just Treatment

Fred Block

Fred L. Block gives a lecture on his new book 'Capitalism: The Future of an Illusion'

Doing Capitalism and The Entrepreneurial State

Mariana Mazzucato and Bill Janeway

Launch of the new editions of 'Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy' and 'The Entrepreneurial State'

Josh Ryan-Collins and Laurie MacFarlane

Discussing Josh Ryan-Collins and Laurie MacFarlane's book 'Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing'

“Allegory of Good Government” fresco by Lorenzetti. Image: © Public domain

The Public Economy, Public Goods and Public Value

Exploring the difference between the public economy and the market model and why those differences matter

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

Join us to hear Prof Mariana Mazzucato and Mia Mottley discuss what it means for governments to lead a just green transition.

The Big Con – How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Economies and Harms Democracy

Join Prof Mariana Mazzucato, IIPP PhD Student Rosie Colington and Editor and Broadcaster Kamal Ahmed to hear a ground-breaking investigation into how the consulting industry has made its way to the heart of our economies, weakening businesses and infantilising governments.

The Big Con: A Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato and Darrick Hamilton, Moderated by Mike Forsythe

Join the conversation with Prof Mariana Mazzucato and Prof Darrick Hamilton to hear a vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry—and what to do about it.