IKD: Innovation, Knowledge and Development
Events
IKD Open Day
10 February 2009: From 11:00-14:00
Interactive launch of new IKD structure.
- Statement from Prof Mark Gottdiener -"This centre is committed to dealing with issues of inequality, uneven development and human rights whenever these dimensions are relevant to research. Accordingly, the IKD staff can make the kind of difference in social issues…"
The Innovation, Knowledge and Development Research Centre (IKD) has recently been restructured to reflect strategic research foci. There are three new streams, each led by a different stream leader:
- Innovation and Industry Dynamics led by Dr Roberto Simonetti (Social Sciences);
- Governance and Innovation Policy led by Dr Giles Mohan (MCT);
- Regional Transformation and Development led by Dr Les Budd (OUBS).
IKD's core aim is to nurture new research projects within these streams as well as ones that cut across them, and to do so in a way that is as policy relevant as possible (e.g. addressing the Innovation Nation white paper etc). IKD has recently been called by the UN University in Maastricht: the number one innovation initiative in 2008 to watch in Europe.
Download the IKD Open Day agenda and flyer (PDF document, 46 KB)
Pictures
Dr Giles Mohun (MCT), Stream Leader and Open Day organiser
Prof Mariana Mazzucato (Econ), IKD Director
Dr Theo Papaiannou (MCT), IKD Research Director
Dr Les Budd (OUBS), IKD Stream Leader
Prof Luigi Orsenigo, IKD External Fellow
Prof Mark Gottdiener, SUNY Buffalo, IKD External Fellow
IKD Open Day presentations were held in the Micheal Young building
Group work during the IKD Open Day