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Rethinking Innovation: The state, markets and society in times of upheaval
This is a call-out for papers to be submitted for a three-day conference organised by the Young Scholars Initiative of INET and University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.…
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Max Weber and the Neo-Weberian State
Call for papers for a one-day conference organised by UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) and the journal Max Weber Studies…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
The global housing crisis and the home ownership myth
The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) invites you to join this thought-provoking discussion on housing, home ownership and rent extraction. The talk is part of the ‘Who owns what and why?’ (WOWAW) event series.…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
How China escaped shock therapy: The market reform debate
Join us to hear ISABELLA WEBER talk about her new book and research on "HOW CHINA ESCAPED SHOCK THERAPY: THE MARKET REFORM DEBATE". This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Antonio Andreoni with a discussion from Olga Mikheeva (Research Fellow in Pu…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Philanthropy and the State: who is funding what and why?
The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose invites you to join Mariana Mazzucato and Anand Giridharadas in conversation, reflecting on the role of philanthropy in society. The talk is part of the ‘Who owns what and why?’ (WOWAW) event…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Understanding innovation in the African informal economy
Join us for this talk as part of the IIPP Seminar Series, as Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Professor of Economics at University of Johannesburg discusses her research on understanding innovation in the African informal economy.…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Are we paying twice for health innovation?
The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) invites you to join this discussion on the risks, rewards, and who benefits from the profits of medical innovation financed by the state. The talk is part of the ‘Who owns what and why’…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Reimagining public value with the BBC
The BBC is a public broadcasting institution that creates huge public value, but how can public value be measured? A recent IIPP report argues that the answer to this question requires new ways to think about governance and evaluation. In this…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Contemporary dependencies: Finance and imperialism in Senegal and Ghana
Join us for this talk as part of the IIPP Seminar Series, as Ingrid Kvangraven of University of York discusses her research on Contemporary dependencies: Finance and imperialism in Senegal and Ghana.…
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Data giants or data colonies?
Join us to hear Mark Esposito talk about his research on how the digital economy can build intangible assets. This talk will be chaired by IIPP’s Rainer Kattel with a discussion from Henry Li, Research Fellow, IIPP. Followed by questions from the…
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose