IKD: Innovation, Knowledge and Development
Projects
Innovation & Equity (Innov-Eq)
The project brings together innovation economists, economic historians and industrial economists to think creatively about the way that innovation and inequality co-evolve - and how this relationship has changed over the course of capitalism. Innov-Eq website
Knowledge production for sustainable bio-energy: an analysis of UK decision processes and priorities
In the UK policy context, the transition to a low-carbon economy is being envisaged through technological solutions which enhance the commercial use of knowledge in a competitive global market place. Project details
The social and political impacts of South-South migration: A comparative analysis of Chinese migrant integration in West Africa
China's impact on Africa has been discussed in terms of promoting 'bad' governance and/or signalling a new phase of 'imperialism'. Yet underlying these political and economic relationships is a profound social change in the shape of Chinese migration to countries where economic opportunities are greatest. Project details
China as the new 'shaper' of global development
The pace and significance of China's rise has implications for both traditional and emerging powers, as well as for developing countries. Rising Powers Network is a a new network that will place China as the new 'shaper' of global development under the ESRC's Rising Power's Programme. Project details
Financial Institutions and Economic Security
Driven by industrial innovation, in the last half of the 20th century, the populations of the advanced nations of North America and Europe attained, on average, very high standards of living. Yet, in the first decade of the 21st century, large numbers of people in these nations are economically insecure. Project details
Finance, Innovation and Growth (FINNOV)
The Lisbon Agenda set out a new industrial policy for an enlarged European Union that aims to enhance long-term economic performance and improve the ability of European firms to generate innovation and growth. This will require improvements in the generation of new knowledge and better translation of new inventions into the commercial innovations that generate productivity improvements and economic growth. FINNOV website
The Politics of Chinese Engagement with African Development: Case Studies of Angola and Ghana
China's enhanced role within the global economy has profound political implications across the world, but takes a particular form in Africa. Meeting China's increased demand for resources from Africa and expanding her markets also means securing political influence. Project details
The Capabilities Measurement Project
The project seeks to operationalise Sen's capabilities approach to welfare economics, initially by developing datasets that provide indicators of capabilities across a wide range of life domains. Building on collaborative work concerning freedom and decision-making between Dr Anand and Dr van Hees, the project has examined and developed a variety of ways in which capabilities can be measured consistent with both theory and methodological conventions used in household surveys. Project details
Profiling the UK environmental and clean technology sector: entrepreneurship, investment and innovation
This project aims to investigate the role of different types of finance for supporting the innovative activity of small and medium sized enterprises (SME) operating in the environmental sector. Project details
Non-governmental Action to Improve the Access of the Poor to Good Quality Low Cost Drugs
This research aims to analyse the scope for non-governmental action to improve access by low income people to quality-assured low cost medicines. It concentrates on problems of access by the poor in India and in Tanzania to reliable drugs from Indian pharmaceutical companies. Project details
Co-operative Research on Environmental Problems in Europe (CREPE)
The CREPE project brings together civil society organisations (CSOs) and academics to investigate agri-environmental issues. It will empower and resource CSOs to participate in co-operative research.
Firm Growth Dynamics under Different Knowledge Regimes
The project studies co-evolution of innovation and firm performance measures (such as growth rates, profits and stock prices) during different periods of the industry life-cycle and in different 'types' of industries. Project details
Innovation in Pharma and Equity in Health Systems
The case of health care represents a crucial issue and "example" in the analysis of the interrelations between innovation and inequality. The project seeks to tackle the issue by bringing together an understanding of the construction of capabilities in innovation and manufacturing, and the construction of health system capability to deliver access and lower inequity. Project details
Carbon Saving through Commercialisation of Domestic Micro-Generation Technologies
The purpose of this project is to get a consumer and user perspective on the adoption and non-adoption of low and zero carbon heat technologies. The study has conducted preliminary technical and user evaluations of solar water heating, heat pumps and biomass stoves and boilers. Project details
Culture and Innovation Dynamics: Explaining the uneven evolution of human knowledge
Innovation is the fundamental engine of growth, employment and better quality of life. Yet, whether we look at it from the point of view of income distribution, welfare effects, quality of life, scientific advances, or sheer profitability, we observe that such advantages are unevenly distributed. Project details
Comparative Governance Arrangements and Comparative Performance: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study
In recent years much of the reform agenda healthcare in the UK and other countries has been structured around changes to governance. In the light of this, the Department of Health desires to know the answer to a number of questions. Project details
Regional Analysis, Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurship (RAIKE) research exchange in The Open University Business School (OUBS)
This research exchange seeks to bring together three interdisciplinary areas within a multi-disciplinary framework. It builds on the strengths of scholarship, research expertise and leadership, as well as research units and centres within the OUBS and The Open University. Project details