Space
As public activities in space are undergoing significant change, IIPP research aims to inform policy focussed on directing space innovation activities towards maximum socio-economic benefit.
About
Public activities in space are undergoing significant change, with more than 60 space faring nations and a growth in the number of private sector organizations interested in the space economy. As a consequence, the space sector is rapidly evolving in its 'ecosystem', and under pressure to deliver socio-economic impacts at a reasonable cost.
IIPP's work centres around market creating 'mission-oriented' policies, different from the more traditional market fixing framework steering public agencies world-wide. IIPP's research in this area explores the different implications for public-private partnerships that these different policy frameworks imply.
Policy implications
Mariana Mazzucato and Douglas K. R. Robinson have recently collaborated on NASA commissioned analysis on the emerging 'economy' in low-earth orbit (LEO) and on European Space Agency commissioned research on innovation policy challenges and market creation opportunities in an age of Space 4.0. Their research explores how to create markets based on sustainable and symbiotic public–private partnerships.
Publications
- Co-creating and directing Innovation Ecosystems? NASA's changing approach to publc-private partnerships in low-earth orbit, Mariana Mazzucato, Douglas K.R. Robinson
The evolution of mission-oriented policies: Exploring changing market creating policies in the US and European space sector, Douglas K. R. Robinson, Mariana Mazzucato
- Lost in Space? NASA and the Changing Public-Private Eco-System in Space, Mariana Mazzucato, Douglas K. R. Robinson
- Directing vs. Facilitating the economic development of Low Earth Orbit, Mariana Mazzucato, Douglas K. R. Robinson
- Market Creation and the European Space Agency, Mariana Mazzucato, Douglas K.R. Robinson
