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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Sep 23, 2022

In the five years since IIPP was set up, our research and policy work has focused on real world applications, local and global, from the establishment of a public bank in Scotland to a new tax structure for the Basque Country. Read our impact report ➡️ https://bit.ly/3SiMfuW

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@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

Is an IIPP MPA for you? Our MPA students benefit from real world insights from practising experts, including in a recent talk by Greece’s Minister of Digital Governance, Kyriakos

@Pierrakakis

. Read our news story ➡️http://bit.ly/3kURCEZ MPA programme ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Innovation, Public Policy

Our one-year Master of Public Administration programme will teach you the competencies and critical skills needed for purpose-driven organisations in the public, private and civic sectors.

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@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

"Past examples of public investment in advanced science have shown how an Entrepreneurial State successfully enables multiple actors to carry out risky research."

@MazzucatoM

on the role of government in scientific advances. Read in

@ForeignAffairs

➡️

foreignaffairs.com

A Long Way From Nuclear Fusion

What governments get wrong about funding clean energy.

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@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

This morning,

@MazzucatoM

and the team are meeting with Sir Roy Trotman and other Barbadian trade union leaders. “There is nothing inevitable in how we structure our economies. We have agency.”

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

Congratulations to IIPP Deputy Director

@daeaves

, who has been named as one of two Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellows with the

@UniKonstanz

's

@InesMergel

for their project 'Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age'. Read our story ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

Award-winning: Open access materials to teach digital skills in

David Eaves, UCL IIPP Deputy Director and Associate Professor in Digital Government, has been named as one of two Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellows.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

Shoot for the moon! Our Director

@MazzucatoM

has spoken to

@iemanet

's

@IEMA_Transform

magazine about her book Mission Economy, and why governments should be inspired by ‘moonshot’ programmes like Apollo 11 when tackling today's big challenges. ➡️

iema.net

Shoot for the moon - IEMA

Mariana Mazzucato tells Chris Seekings why governments must take inspiration and courage from ‘moonshot’ projects when tackling the world’s greatest c...

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

On 13, 15 and 16 March

@MazzucatoM

will deliver three lectures as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series at London School of Economics and Political Science, discussing her books and her work on a mission-oriented approach for governments. Tickets ➡️

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Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures 2023

Prof. Mariana Mazzucato will deliver three lectures as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

Groundbreaking, global partnerships like this are hugely important to all of us here at IIPP!

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Mariana Mazzucato

@MazzucatoM

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Feb 2

An honour to present to the Barbados Government’s cabinet ministers. We discussed how to design, implement, and govern missions in Barbados. Thanks to @miaamormottley for her leadership in pushing these ideas forward.

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James Anderson

@JimOnCities

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Feb 2

Busy at work today. (Have you ordered your copy of ⁦

@IIPP_UCL

⁩ ⁦

@rainerkattel

⁩’s latest?) #goodread #innovation #publicsector

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 3

Did you miss our superb research seminar with

@claraemattei

and

@MazzucatoM

? Have no fear, it was recorded, and the video is available! Watch 'The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism' on YouTube 📺

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The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the...

In this talk, Dr Clara E. Mattei discussed her new book The Capital Order, published in November 2022. For more than a century, governments have resorted to ...

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@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 2

Interested in what the rest of

@ucl

gets up to? Our university has just published its annual review for the past year. It's great to see the global impact! Read it here ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

UCL 2023

Welcome to the 2023 Review of the last year at UCL

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ECLAC

@eclac_un

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Feb 1

We can't have better policies around #water without a stronger local administration. In order to really govern our water challenges, we need new ways of thinking about the governance process itself and value creation: Professor

@MazzucatoM

at #RegionalWaterDialogues2023💧 in #LAC

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Mariana Mazzucato

@MazzucatoM

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Feb 2

At

@IIPP_UCL

we believe in practice-based theorising: we test our #theory in different global contexts and feed those learnings back to inform and improve. Great to count the Government of #Barbados as a partner in this work.

ucl.ac.uk

IIPP Policy Studio

A collaborative space where academics, policy practitioners and public bodies co-design and test creative and practical scalable solutions to address pressing societal challenges.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 2

Registration is open for the official launch event for the book The Big Con, by our own

@MazzucatoM

and

@RosieCollingto

. Hear them in conversation with Kamal Ahmed on 28th February at 18.45 GMT at Conway Hall in London at a

@howtoacademy

event. Info ➡️

howtoacademy.com

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

Join us for a ground-breaking investigation into how the consulting industry has made its way to the heart of our economies, weakening businesses and infantilising governments.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 2

Last day to register! On 7th February

@MazzucatoM

will participate in an open workshop on cultural rights and the COVID-19 recovery with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The event is open to all. ➡️

ohchr.org

Workshop on promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of...

10:00–12:00 and 15:00-17:00 In its resolution 49/19, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human to convene a three-day workshop that will bring...

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 2

Have you read

@katie_kedward

's blog for the

@FT

's Sustainable Views? She asks whether biodiversity markets can deliver for both nature and investors, based on a paper she wrote with

@sophusticated

,

@jryancollins

and

@SvenWunder1

. Read it here ➡️

sustainableviews.com

Can biodiversity markets deliver for both nature and investors? - Sustainable Views

Sustainable Views is a service for financial services professionals from the Financial Times Group. It aims to be the authoritative source of information on developments in sustainability policy and...

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@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 2

🚨 Today! Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore are held up as leaders when it comes to the #PublicSector. IIPP Honorary Professor

@wjmd

will look at their achievements in an enrichment lecture at 12:00 GMT. Open to all! More information ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

DIGITALITY – HAPPINESS – CAPACITY: Analysing the three public sector

Join us at UCL IIPP for a talk by Wolfgang Drechsler, IIPP Honorary Professor, on 'Digitality – Happiness – Capacity: Analysing the three public sector leaders Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore'.

Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 1

This week, IIPP and the Government of Barbados begin a joint project to design an industrial strategy for Barbados, building on a

@cepal_onu

/

@eclac_un

report written by

@MazzucatoM

. She and Barbados PM

@miaamormottley

share an ambitious vision. Report ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

Transformational change in Latin America and the Caribbean: A

This report offers a new vocabulary and framework for policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the policies, tools, and institutions to back them up.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 1

Our MPA students benefit from real world insights from practising experts. Greece’s Minister of Digital Governance,

@Pierrakakis

, recently discussed the challenges and opportunities of digitalising government services. Read our news story ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

Greece’s Minister of Digital Governance lectures at IIPP

In an enlightening talk for UCL IIPP MPA students, Kyriakos Pierrakakis explained how Greece went from being the “bad student” to the “good student”.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 1

Starting now:

@MazzucatoM

and her team are delivering a masterclass to permanent secretaries and civil servants across the Government of Barbados. The team will be learning from the government about the challenges and opportunities that are facing.

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 1

How can governments take the lead in creating the new economic systems we need to secure flourishing futures for people, place and planet?

@MazzucatoM

and Barbados Prime Minister

@miaamormottley

will discuss this in London on 21 Feb. Tickets ➡️

thersa.org

State capacity and the green revolution we need

World-leading economist Professor Mariana Mazzucato and Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, come together for a unique opportunity to hear two global trailblazers discuss what it means for...

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 1

Today, watch

@MazzucatoM

's interview at the 3rd edition of

@eclac_un

's Regional Water Dialogue in Chile. Mariana chairs the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. Read about a recent Commission meeting ➡️ http://bit.ly/3BORUC7 Register online ➡️ http://bit.ly/3XzPHo0

ucl.ac.uk

IIPP hosts leaders and experts for Global Water Commission meeting

Global leaders and experts discuss the combined crisis of water, sustainability, and food and energy security, following the Commission’s launch in May 2022.

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Rosie Collington

@RosieCollingto

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Jan 31

Excited to be speaking at this in a few weeks! Looks set to be a great event 🥳 https://twitter.com/rethinkecongre/status/1620465662878707714…

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ECLAC

@eclac_un

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Jan 31

📍1 Feb – 09:00 Chile (GMT -3)

@Maisa_Rojas

@mmachile

,

@MazzucatoM

@IIPP_UCL

,

@manueloteroIICA

,

@MLubetkinFAO

and

@JoseMSalazarX

#ECLAC will open the #RegionalWaterDialogues2023💧.

@henkovink

and

@SRWatSan

will also attend. ▶️ https://bit.ly/3WHmSET 📺 http://bit.ly/3wsJT3w

JoseMSalazarX_CEPAL and 9 others

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Wolfgang Drechsler

@wjmd

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Feb 1

The

@IIPP_UCL

launch of "Kattel Drechsler Karo" attracted 100s of physical and online guests - and what a great panel discussion it was! Thanks to everyone who came and who made it possible. More pix and the recording to come, but here's the three generations of authors.

Rainer Kattel and Mariana Mazzucato

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Feb 1

"Science needs patient, long-term backing, not the short-term, rapid-results-oriented investment that comes from venture capitalists."

@MazzucatoM

weighs in on funding innovations like nuclear fusion & the need to shape markets. Read in

@ForeignAffairs

➡️

foreignaffairs.com

A Long Way From Nuclear Fusion

What governments get wrong about funding clean energy.

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Carolina Alves

@cacrisalves

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Jan 31

Here is us warming up for our

@IIPP_UCL

Rethinking Capitalism lecture, with

@ManesF

, Ha-Joon and

@sebceria

(

@Martin_M_Guzman

, you were with us in spirit!). https://twitter.com/cacrisalves/status/1620470295370031105…

Mariana Mazzucato

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Ryan Bellinson

@rbellinson

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Jan 31

“How do we get diversity into the public service?”

@rainerkattel

@darjaisaksson

@AgrawalPooj

sharing some excellent practical ideas about how to make public sector organizations diverse and dynamic AND how diverse bureaucracies incubate innovation practices

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

Audience question: What is the role of political will in the entrepreneurial state? Answer from panellist

@MTBracken

: "Strong political leadership is vital, and the ability to spend capital on what is not immediately vote-winning." Book info ➡️ http://bit.ly/3Rzty6j

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

Insightful discussion today

@IIPP_UCL

on how to build #creative #bureaucracy! Read more in the book https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300227277/how-to-make-an-entrepreneurial-state/…

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@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

"There is no need for bureaucracy to be a negative term, we just have the wrong type of bureaucracies. A good bureaucracy can be agile, flexible and creative." Our Director

@MazzucatoM

joins the book launch online. Information about the book ➡️ http://bit.ly/3Rzty6j

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

"What makes an entrepreneurial state good is when it can provide for agility and stability at the same time," says

@rainerkattel

. His new book with co-authors

@wjmd

and

@erkkikaro

gives examples of how this has been done well historically. Learn more ➡️ http://bit.ly/3Rzty6j

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@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

All ready for the book launch! Our Deputy Director

@rainerkattel

, IIPP Honorary Professor

@wjmd

and

@erkkikaro

are about to kick off a panel discussion for, 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'. Join us online now! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3X1kjhY

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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

IIPP Visiting Professor in Cultural Justice,

@keithlmagee

, has been honoured with a Diamond Award for his commitment to global social justice by the Not Alone Foundation and the Academy of the Diamond Awards. Read our news story ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

IIPP Visiting Professor Keith Magee wins Not Alone Foundation Diamond

On Saturday 21 January 2023, the Not Alone Foundation and the Academy of the Diamond Awards honoured UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) Visiting Professor Keith Magee ThD with a

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Mariana Mazzucato

@MazzucatoM

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Jan 31

About to kick off several briefing sessions on energy, blue economy, and life sciences with ministers and civil servants from across the Barbados Government.

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@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore are held up as leaders when it comes to the #PublicSector. IIPP Honorary Professor

@wjmd

will look at their achievements in an enrichment lecture at 12:00 GMT on 2 February. Open to all! More information ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

DIGITALITY – HAPPINESS – CAPACITY: Analysing the three public sector

Join us at UCL IIPP for a talk by Wolfgang Drechsler, IIPP Honorary Professor, on 'Digitality – Happiness – Capacity: Analysing the three public sector leaders Estonia, Bhutan and Singapore'.

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@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

Our Director

@MazzucatoM

is in Barbados this week with PM

@miaamormottley

, as IIPP and the Barbados Government begin a project to design a 21st-century industrial strategy for the country. Mariana and Mia most recently collaborated at COP27 ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

When will leaders lead? Professor Mariana Mazzucato moderates

UCL IIPP and the Scottish Government hosted an all-female panel at COP27, moderated by Mariana Mazzucato, which called for better quality financing for climate and health – particularly in the Global

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James Anderson

@JimOnCities

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Jan 30

People are waking up to the fact that we can’t address the climate crisis, pandemic recovery, inclusive growth—you name it—without an effective public sector. This year, we'll partner with

@MazzucatoM

and

@IIPP_UCL

to begin delineating critical capacities.

bloomberg.org

5 New Year Questions for James Anderson on Helping Cities Bring Bold Ideas to Life | Bloomberg...

From expanding our efforts to strengthen local leadership to Israel, to launching the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure at CityLab, our Government Innovation team accomplished a lot in...

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@IIPP_UCL

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Jan 31

🚨Today! Our Deputy Director

@rainerkattel

will officially launch his latest book, 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State', written with IIPP Honorary Professor

@wjmd

and

@erkkikaro

, with an expert panel event at 17:00 GMT. Don't miss it! Join online ➡️

ucl.ac.uk

Why Innovation needs Bureaucracy?

Join us for 'Why Innovation needs Bureaucracy', a panel event bringing together global leaders to explore the concept of the ‘entrepreneurial state’ – a state which invests public money in

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Mariana Mazzucato

@MazzucatoM

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Jan 30

What a great way to begin our ⁦

@IIPP_UCL

⁩ week in Barbados fantastic 3 hour session led by PM ⁦

@miaamormottley

⁩ on what a new social partnership must be for tackling our societal challenges—locally and globally.

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