Pathways to Sustainability and the Politics of Innovation

Arizona State University , United States

Melissa Leach Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies Andy Stirling Professor of Science and Technology, University of Sussex Today’s environmentally anxious age is dependent upon the roles of science, technology, and innovation. These are not only complex and uncertain role dynamics, but they also circulate deeply contrasting narratives about whether or not they matter and...

The Entrepreneurial State and the Risk-Reward Nexus: Implications for Innovation and Inequality

Room G30, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics and RM Phillips Chair in Science and Technology Policy,  SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex Mariana presents a new framework, called the Risk-Reward Nexus, to study the relationship between innovation and inequality. She asks: What types of economic actors (workers, taxpayers, shareholders) make contributions of effort and...

DIG-IT Workshop: Dialogue on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology

, United States

The DIG-IT Workshop on Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technology promotes a unique forum for discussion of alternative and interdisciplinary frameworks to improve our understanding of the nexus between innovation, technological change, growth and inequalities within and between regions. STEPS Centre co-directors Andy Stirling and Ian Scoones and members, Adrian Smith, Adrian Ely are speaking at...