UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

🚨Applications for the IIPP Policy Studio MPA #Scholarship close on 1 July 2025 Don’t miss your chance to join @IIPP_UCL's mission to rethink public value & drive systemic change. 🔗Apply today & be part of a transformative global cohort: buff.ly/ddvq51Z #PublicPurpose

⏮️ Catch up on our recent #IIPPInConversation event. @IIPP_UCL Professor @CeciliaRikap chaired a roundtable discussion on #DigitalSovereignty in Latin America, highlighting leading examples in Chile and Uruguay. 📺 Watch the event recording here: buff.ly/br3c7FK

✍️ Can Design Transform Governance? @IIPP_UCL Prof Rainer Kattel, co-author of the recently published Public Design Evidence Review (PDER), reflects on the role of design in creating better public policies and services. 🔗 Read his new blog post here: buff.ly/haprY2m

🇬🇧 Kickstarting economic growth in the UK The latest @IIPP_UCL working paper by Policy Fellow Michael Amery explores the potential role of devolution to combined authorities in the Government’s Mission to ‘Kickstart Economic Growth’. ✍️ Read more here: buff.ly/GJeLzwc

➡️ From Seville to Belem to Johannesburg Reflecting on the recent #FfD4 Conference, @IIPP_UCL Prof @MazzucatoM reiterates the importance of joint, coordinated action at upcoming global summits in Belem and Johannesburg. ✍️ Read her latest Substack post: buff.ly/1nPrBzL

✍️ A New Global Economic Consensus Under South Africa's G20 Presidency. @IIPP_UCL Prof @MazzucatoM outlines recommendations to align green finance, industrial policy, and international economic governance to meet pressing challenges. 🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/ZvBEL5H

🇪🇺 Digital Sovereignty in the EU. @IIPP_UCL Head of Research @CeciliaRikap continued her ongoing EU involvement, speaking at a @Europarl_EN plenary session in Strasbourg on the importance of digital sovereignty earlier this year. 🔗 Read her report here: buff.ly/3OXO7tz

🎤 @IIPP_UCL Prof @jryancollins gave evidence to @Europarl_EN's Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, emphasising the need to adjust outdated policy tools to combat increasing financialisation. 📺 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/l9EKg1Y

⚠️ The global water crisis needs global action. The Global Commission on the Economics of Water (@watercommongood) is redefining the way we value and govern water for the common good. 📺 Watch the co-chairs speak about the water crisis here: buff.ly/WcFEjKi

💭 What is the role of Corporate Planning in capitalism? @IIPP_UCL Professor @CeciliaRikap, together with @cedric_durand & Hannah Bensussan, explores the evolving role of Corporate Planning in the current age of capitalism. ✍️ Read their article here: buff.ly/g5G3iRe

🤖Interactions Between Artificial Intelligence and Digital Public Infrastructure @IIPP_UCL's @daeaves & Sarosh Nagar discuss the opportunities and challenges under which #AI & #DPI can interact for mutual benefit in their paper for @arxiv ✍️Read it here: buff.ly/gYpx1A1

✍️ From Digital Feudalism to Digital Sovereignty Catch up on our recent @IIPP_UCL #RethinkingTheState Forum panel chaired by Prof Rainer Kattel & featuring @MazzucatoM, @francesca_bria, @CeciliaRikap & Mike Braken 🔗 Read our recap & watch the recording: buff.ly/gIsnILK

🗺️ Introducing our new #DPI Map The redesigned map offers enhanced insights into global Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) initiatives & ecosystems, featuring new time-stamped data & a dataset optimised for quantitative analysis. 🔗 Discover it here: dpimap.org

🤝 Multilateralism remains the best path to prosperity @IIPP_UCL Prof @MazzucatoM published a joint letter in the @FT, with @carlos_cuerpo, @Haddad_Fernando & Enoch Godongwana, urging for a new approach to development finance. ✍️ Read the letter here: buff.ly/XirENRP

🪙 Heads I Win, Tails I Win @IIPP_UCL Head of Research @CeciliaRikap examines how competition in the global #AI market favours the US companies who dominate cloud services that AI models run on. ✍️ Read her recent article for @Cmmonwealth here: buff.ly/aGfMGz7

🎯 Putting human rights at the centre @IIPP_UCL Professor @MazzucatoM featured on the @UNHumanRights podcast, speaking on the importance of creating mission-oriented economies that place human rights and the common good at their centre. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/pHBQ6dd

🇺🇦 "Ukraine is among the countries leading the effort to digitise government services" @IIPP_UCL Prof @daevaes spoke to @BBCNews about Ukraine's digital services, the work done by the government, and how they are evolving during the war. ✍️ Read more: buff.ly/ejK14zK

📣 Launching the Public Design Evidence Review @IIPP_UCL Prof Rainer Kattel contributed to this first-of-its-kind review launched by @UAL, which considers the role of design in creating more successful government policies and services. 🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/WHDNo4j

🏠 A foundation for future housing strategy 'Taking Stock', a new paper led by @IIPP_UCL's @_StefanHorn & @beth_stratford, outlines the foundational analysis and key frameworks of the Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth (#HDCE) project. ✍️ Read the paper: buff.ly/JV9h04U

✍️ How Do Cities Adapt to Tackle Grand Challenges? Catch up on our recent @IIPP_UCL #RethinkingTheState Forum panel with @cityofsound in conversation with @MazzucatoM, @JamesAnderson, @RPuttick & Bridgette Morris. 📷 Read our recap & watch the recording: buff.ly/V9I5Cyp

🇬🇧 Kickstarting economic growth in the UK The latest @IIPP_UCL working paper by Policy Fellow Michael Amery explores the potential role of devolution to combined authorities in the Government’s Mission to ‘Kickstart Economic Growth’. ✍️ Read more here: buff.ly/GJeLzwc