Charles McIvor
@charlesemcivor.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Science, technology and innovation policy wonk. Currently focused on mission-oriented innovation policy at the OECD. I run a newsletter in my free time on innovation policy:
https://innovationinthenews.substack.com/
https://innovationinthenews.substack.com/
Pinned
STIP
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Interested in how mission-oriented policies work in practice? Check out the OECD MOIP Online Toolkit - an online database full of cases from around the world
stip.oecd.org/moip/
stip.oecd.org/moip/
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Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck in old habits — grant-giving, compliance, and rigid oversight — when the world needs institutions that **learn, adapt, and lead**.
Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...
Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...
Europe's Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today's Grand Challenges
Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck in old habits — grant-giving, compliance, and rigid oversight — when the world needs institutions that **learn, adapt, and lead**.
Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...
Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...
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The Neurotech Inflection Point
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The Neurotech Inflection Point
7 Patterns Reshaping Brain-Computer Interfaces
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August 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Neurotech Inflection Point
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🚀 From Canada to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social in Paris, Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value MPA graduate @charlesemcivor.bsky.social is using systems thinking to shape global innovation policy.
🔗 Learn more about his story and career journey: buff.ly/PCvnvVS
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🔗 Learn more about his story and career journey: buff.ly/PCvnvVS
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August 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚀 From Canada to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social in Paris, Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value MPA graduate @charlesemcivor.bsky.social is using systems thinking to shape global innovation policy.
🔗 Learn more about his story and career journey: buff.ly/PCvnvVS
@thebartlettucl.bsky.social
🔗 Learn more about his story and career journey: buff.ly/PCvnvVS
@thebartlettucl.bsky.social
Do you want to work at the OECD on mission-oriented policies? Check out this new job posting on my (very nice and smart) team:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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OECD - OCDE hiring Policy Analyst - Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies in Paris, Île-de-France, France | LinkedIn
Posted 2:34:16 PM. Company DescriptionThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Do you want to work at the OECD on mission-oriented policies? Check out this new job posting on my (very nice and smart) team:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Are you looking for a summer reading list on innovation policy? Here are seven interesting pieces from 2025 that I thought were particularly interesting
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Are you looking for a summer reading list on innovation policy? Here are seven interesting pieces from 2025 that I thought were particularly interesting
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Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
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April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
I'm finding Bluesky such an echo chamber for US politics. Any tips on how to see something else than 1,000,000 posts about an election in Wisconsin and Cory Booker? At first when I joined I had my nerdy innovation policy space but now it's hard to find between the noise
April 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm finding Bluesky such an echo chamber for US politics. Any tips on how to see something else than 1,000,000 posts about an election in Wisconsin and Cory Booker? At first when I joined I had my nerdy innovation policy space but now it's hard to find between the noise
Mission portfolio management is a critical ingredient in the success of mission-oriented innovation policies, but what does this look like in practice? A new OECD paper introduces actionable guidance for the development, management, and monitoring of mission portfolios
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Proactive portfolio management in mission-oriented innovation policy
Mission portfolio management is a critical ingredient in the success of mission-oriented innovation policies. This practice aims at ensuring that a consistent and tailor-made set of diverse projects a...
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March 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Mission portfolio management is a critical ingredient in the success of mission-oriented innovation policies, but what does this look like in practice? A new OECD paper introduces actionable guidance for the development, management, and monitoring of mission portfolios
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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Sometime very soon after Sunday, PM Trudeau will step down and return to private life.
Here's a thing on trying to measure the PM's legacy.
!!!Warning - charts and data!!!
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
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Here's a thing on trying to measure the PM's legacy.
!!!Warning - charts and data!!!
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
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What does Justin Trudeau’s government leave behind?
I have started, stopped, and re-written this piece several times. Part of the obstacle has been the difficulty of pretending it’s possible…
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March 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sometime very soon after Sunday, PM Trudeau will step down and return to private life.
Here's a thing on trying to measure the PM's legacy.
!!!Warning - charts and data!!!
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
medium.com/@jennifer.ro...
Here's a thing on trying to measure the PM's legacy.
!!!Warning - charts and data!!!
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
medium.com/@jennifer.ro...
How does Korea design, co-ordinate, and implement mission-oriented policies? I am excited to announce the release of a new OECD study on the challenges and opportunities of mission-oriented innovation policy in Korea #MOIP #STIpolicy
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Challenges and opportunities of mission-oriented innovation policy in Korea
This study provides a comprehensive understanding of how Korea implements mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs), and offers guidance on how to design, co-ordinate, and implement MOIPs in the co...
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March 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
How does Korea design, co-ordinate, and implement mission-oriented policies? I am excited to announce the release of a new OECD study on the challenges and opportunities of mission-oriented innovation policy in Korea #MOIP #STIpolicy
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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The Metascience Alliance is launching at #Metascience2025! This new cross-sector network is building collaboration to better understand & improve the research system.
We want your input! Here's how to get involved (🧵)
We want your input! Here's how to get involved (🧵)
February 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Metascience Alliance is launching at #Metascience2025! This new cross-sector network is building collaboration to better understand & improve the research system.
We want your input! Here's how to get involved (🧵)
We want your input! Here's how to get involved (🧵)
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New post! Looking at three recent papers on the productivity impact of public R&D, all find positive impacts.
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Government Funding for R&D and Productivity Growth
Estimating the returns to public R&D, using data
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February 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New post! Looking at three recent papers on the productivity impact of public R&D, all find positive impacts.
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New post! Looking at who benefits more from technologies that make discovery easier; literal maps, genome wide association studies, and machine learning.
Do Prediction Technologies Help Novices or Experts More?
It can go either way
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January 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New post! Looking at who benefits more from technologies that make discovery easier; literal maps, genome wide association studies, and machine learning.
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Mission-oriented #innovation policies hold great promise for tackling #climate challenges, but can they deliver results?
Our blog explores the findings of new #OECD analysis based on over 100 #NetZero missions and case studies: oe.cd/5Tj
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
Our blog explores the findings of new #OECD analysis based on over 100 #NetZero missions and case studies: oe.cd/5Tj
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
Why net zero missions are falling short and what policy makers can do about it
“Peut mieux faire" ("can do better" in French) is often used as constructive feedback—a call to realise untapped potential. This sentiment aptly describes the current state of net zero missions, which...
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January 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Mission-oriented #innovation policies hold great promise for tackling #climate challenges, but can they deliver results?
Our blog explores the findings of new #OECD analysis based on over 100 #NetZero missions and case studies: oe.cd/5Tj
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
Our blog explores the findings of new #OECD analysis based on over 100 #NetZero missions and case studies: oe.cd/5Tj
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
In a wide-ranging interview, the new research commissioner Zaharieva sets out her agenda for the EU Framework Programmes
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Requests for €220B FP10 budget ‘not realistic,’ Zaharieva says
FP10, the EU’s flagship research and innovation funding programme due to start in 2028, is unlikely to have a budget of €220 billion, Ekaterina Zaharieva, the new Commissioner for start-ups, research ...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
In a wide-ranging interview, the new research commissioner Zaharieva sets out her agenda for the EU Framework Programmes
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sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-budg...
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025
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World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025
The WESO Trends 2025 report provides an in-depth analysis of global labour market trends, highlighting the impacts of slowing economic recovery, persistent youth unemployment, and gender disparities. ...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025
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An overview of the Biden administration's achievements regarding science and innovation - Keeping Our Pact with the American People: Science and Technology for Our Future
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Keeping Our Pact with the American People: Science and Technology for Our Future | OSTP | The White House
By Arati Prabhakar, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy As President Biden has often said, America can be defi...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
An overview of the Biden administration's achievements regarding science and innovation - Keeping Our Pact with the American People: Science and Technology for Our Future
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www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
An overview of the Biden administration's achievements regarding science and innovation - Keeping Our Pact with the American People: Science and Technology for Our Future
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
Keeping Our Pact with the American People: Science and Technology for Our Future | OSTP | The White House
By Arati Prabhakar, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy As President Biden has often said, America can be defi...
www.whitehouse.gov
January 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
An overview of the Biden administration's achievements regarding science and innovation - Keeping Our Pact with the American People: Science and Technology for Our Future
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
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Open call for applications, NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp 2025. Bootcamp to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 11-17, 2025. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 6, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/nber-innovation-research-boot-camp-2025
January 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Open call for applications, NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp 2025. Bootcamp to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 11-17, 2025. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 6, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/nber-innovation-research-boot-camp-2025
Conservatives plan to scrap subsidies, use tax code to spur innovation
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Conservatives plan to scrap subsidies, use tax code to spur innovation - The Logic
CPC wants to encourage productivity and keep Canadian-grown ideas from leaving the country, says party's critic on the file.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Conservatives plan to scrap subsidies, use tax code to spur innovation
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Wider benefits of competition policy and enforcement
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Wider benefits of competition policy and enforcement
A review of recent evidence on the deterrent effects of competition policy and enforcement, and its wider impacts on growth and productivity.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Wider benefits of competition policy and enforcement
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Reimagining financing for the SDGs - from filling gaps to shaping finance
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UN DESA Policy Brief No. 170 (Special Issue): Reimagining financing for the SDGs - from filling gaps to shaping finance
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track. The prevailing “gap-filling” approach to SDG financing has proven inadequate, failing to deliver the scale, impact or equity...
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January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reimagining financing for the SDGs - from filling gaps to shaping finance
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Global Trends in AI Governance
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January 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Global Trends in AI Governance
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Charting the Path: An Energy Earthshots Initiative Report. Measuring the Progress and Mapping the Future of the Energy Earthshots Portfolio
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January 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Charting the Path: An Energy Earthshots Initiative Report. Measuring the Progress and Mapping the Future of the Energy Earthshots Portfolio
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OpenAI’s Economic Blueprint - The Blueprint outlines policy proposals for how the US can maximize AI’s benefits, bolster national security, and drive economic growth
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OpenAI’s Economic Blueprint
The Blueprint outlines policy proposals for how the US can maximize AI’s benefits, bolster national security, and drive economic growth
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January 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
OpenAI’s Economic Blueprint - The Blueprint outlines policy proposals for how the US can maximize AI’s benefits, bolster national security, and drive economic growth
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