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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
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Changing how the state is imagined, practised, and evaluated to tackle societal challenges. Director: @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Deputy Directors: @rainerkattel.bsky.social & @eaves.ca
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💭 How can we rethink capitalism?

Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.

🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
📣 PhD Opportunity at UCL IIPP

IIPP is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship supervised by Professor @mazzucatom.bsky.social, exploring new economic theories to support mission-oriented green industrial strategies.

🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/znd5LR0
❗️Deadline: Dec 14, 2025
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Looking forward to opening our Strategic Economics Alliance (SEA) Special Session at the Globelics conference tomorrow - ‘Women Economists on the Frontlines’

24 Nov | Virtual & Tiyo Soga Auditorium | 9:30AM SAST / 7:30AM GMT
Register here: buff.ly/CChhELQ
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🌍 We need a multilateralism fit for purpose, planet, and people

IIPP Professor @mazzucatom.bsky.social outlines four principles to reorient global economic governance, rooted in this year's G20 core themes of solidarity, equality, and sustainability.

🔗 Read the paper here: buff.ly/cIJauVf
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🇿🇦 South Africa's G20 presidency: A turning point for Africa

IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social spoke on CNBC Africa about her work with #G20SouthAfrica as Special Advisor to President @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social ahead of the 2025 #G20Summit.

📺 Watch her interview here: buff.ly/6rRCuKU
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✍️ Carlota Perez - Life of Revolutions

@amirleb.bsky.social spoke with IIPP Honorary Professor @carlotaperez.bsky.social about her life, career, and intellectual journey for his latest piece in 'Development and Change'.

🔗 Read the full conversation here: buff.ly/Doh9EYF
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
✍️ Why Digital Sovereignty Matters

In the wake of recent cloud blackouts, IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @paologerbaudo.bsky.social highlight the importance of #DigitalSovereignty and dangers of technological subordination.

🔗 Read their @tribunemagazine article here: buff.ly/euZgJ8z
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🇺🇸 Good industrial policy needs a clear direction

IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social was interviewed by @vtg2.bsky.social for @politico.com about the differences in Biden and Trump's approaches, and explains how Trump is actually weakening the economy.

🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/C0zVoII
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🆕 The Public Value of Arts and Culture

Arts and culture are not peripheral to economic development but essential to both stimulating and directing economic growth. The recent paper by IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social calls for policy shifts.

✍️ Read the paper here: bit.ly/3VJYO62
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🔄 Breaking the Housing-Finance Cycle.

IIPP Professor of Economics and Finance @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke with Tim Williams on the Grimshaw Cities Podcast about the economics of housing and the drivers of housing crises.

🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/EaFHLxo
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
💭"What if.."

IIPP Director and Chair of the @who.int Council on the Economics of Health for All @mazzucatom.bsky.social radically reimagines what the economy would look like if it were oriented around the goal of #HealthForAll.

📹 Watch the video here: buff.ly/DibtT6J
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎤 IIPP PhD Candidate @taglianigio.bsky.social will chair a discussion on the role of innovation policy and state capacity in steering a green transition based on the “bioeconomy”, featuring Dr Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Dr. Francis X. Johnson, & Damon Aitken.

🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/VsgqvNr
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🏦 Using central bank tools to guard against ecosystem collapse

Drawing on her work at IIPP, Research Fellow Lydia Marsden outlines how central banks can use available tools to target financial flows contributing to systemic nature-related risks.

Read her @greencb.bsky.social blog: buff.ly/3RHyMLi
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🔑 The Key to Unlocking Climate Progress

At #COP30, IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social highlighted the importance of finance enabling promised climate action, and building state capacity to administer and implement change.

🔗 Read her recent @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article: buff.ly/Gh4i6Kg
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🌳 Reliance on private finance is not enough to deliver conservation goals.

IIPP's Katie Kedward & @jryancollins.bsky.social , together with Sophus zu Ermgassen & Sven Wunder warn of the dangers of relying too heavily on large-scale private finance.

🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/ZfstLhP
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌱 Macrofinancial policy for a green and just transition

Since 2018, IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social, Katie Kedward, & Lydia Marsden have been conducting research on the macroeconomics & political economy of environmental degradation and the green transition.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/VvScTfn
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚀 We’re looking for a branding and communications partner

IIPP is inviting proposals to develop branding and communications for the Public Sector Capabilities Index (PSCI), the first global tool designed to assess dynamic capabilities in city governments.

➡️ Learn more here: buff.ly/HrcJLXY
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🆕 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure Report

The latest report by IIPP Policy Fellow @jordynfetter.bsky.social, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @eaves.ca provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI

🔗 Read the report: buff.ly/JzbJu0n

🗺️ Discover the dpimap.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🆕 Foresight and Dynamic Capabilities

The latest IIPP policy brief proposes that foresight, when used as a policy design tool, can inform mission-oriented policies and cultivate dynamic capabilities in public sector organisations.

🔗 Read the brief here: buff.ly/WYchCi8
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
✍️ Restoring Public-Sector Capacity Where It Counts

The latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article by IIPP Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social & @rainerkattel.bsky.social calls for investment, sustained coordination, & continuous learning to strengthen city governments.

🔗Read more: buff.ly/8Zf9nsE
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
✍️ Scaling the Public Sector Capabilities Index (PSCI)

IIPP Senior Research Fellow Ruth Puttick reflects on the first two years of developing the Public Sector Capabilities Index, what the team has learned, their plans to scale, & what they are keen to learn more about.

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/exlxCzV
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🆕 The Authoritarian Stack

IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.

🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/a2UB9eu
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⏮️ Rethinking Economic Power in the Digital Age

Catch up on our recent #PhDInConversation event, featuring PhD Candidate @faustogernone.bsky.social in conversation with Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social,
@ceciliarikap.bsky.social, & Tommaso Valletti.

📺 Watch the event recording: buff.ly/ZJbQSUn
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🆕 A Bottom-Up Approach to Building a Climate Resilience Stack

The latest report by IIPP Prof. @eaves.ca, Beatriz Vasconcellos, @richardgevers.bsky.social, & @liamorme.bsky.social outlines a ‘climate resilience stack’ framework to help leaders respond to climate change.

🔗Learn more: buff.ly/wNOOrSm
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧭 A Progressive Roadmap for Expanding European Digital Sovereignty

IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social's recent policy brief with @feps-europe.eu outlines an ecosystemic and progressive roadmap for strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.

✍️ Read it here: buff.ly/DtdsEtL
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🗺️ Six Months of DPI Measurement Insights

IIPP Research Fellow Mitchel Pass reflects on the past 6 months since launching the IIPP #DPI Community of Practice, the key lessons and insights learnt, and the work still to be done.

✍️ Read his latest blog here: buff.ly/hLZILeu
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM