Mariana Mazzucato holds the R.M. Phillips chair in the Economics of Innovation
at SPRU in the University of Sussex. Her work looks at the relationship between
innovation and economic growth at the firm, industry and national level. Her new
book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Private vs. Public Sector Myths (2013) – on
the 2013 Books of the Year list of the Financial Times, Forbes and Huffington Post –
focuses on the need to develop new frameworks to understand the role of the state
in economic growth – and how to enable rewards from innovation to be just as
‘social’ as the risks taken. In 2013 the New Republic called her one of the ‘three
most important thinkers about innovation’. She advises governments around the
world and the European Commission on innovation-led growth.
Erik Millstone is a Professor of Science Policy at the University of Sussex, and coconvenor of the STEPS Centre’s Food & Agriculture work. Much of his research
has focused on the ways in which public policy-makers reach decisions concerning
the protection of environmental and public health, and particularly on the impact
and interpretations of uncertainties and the interactions between scientific and nonscientific considerations. His publications include: BSE: Risk, Science and Governance,
(Oxford University Press, 2005), co-authored with Patrick van Zwanenberg.
Peter Newell is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex
and Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy. His research focuses on
the (global) political economy of climate change and energy transitions, including
a current project on the role of rising powers in low-carbon transformations. He
is author most recently of Globalization and the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and
Power (2012), co-author of Climate Capitalism (2010) and Governing Climate Change
(2010), and co-editor of The New Carbon Economy: Constitution, Governance and
Contestation (2012).
Hubert Schmitz is Professor of Economic Development at the Institute of
Development Studies and leader of its Green Transformations Group. His current
research investigates: How does the global power shift from West to East affect
the transformation from high to low carbon economy? Who drives climaterelevant policies in the rising powers? What are the critical success factors for green
industrial policy? Key to his research is a political economy approach which centres
on the role of transformative alliances. He has a long track record of publishing in
development journals, managing international research teams and integrating
competences across disciplines.
Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the
University of Sussex, and is Director of the STEPS Centre. He works on the
intersections of science and policy, particularly around environment, land and
agriculture in Africa. Recent books include Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology,
Environment, Social Justice; Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature? and Science
and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement.
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at SPRU in the University of Sussex. Her work looks at the relationship between
innovation and economic growth at the firm, industry and national level. Her new
book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Private vs. Public Sector Myths (2013) – on
the 2013 Books of the Year list of the Financial Times, Forbes and Huffington Post –
focuses on the need to develop new frameworks to understand the role of the state
in economic growth – and how to enable rewards from innovation to be just as
‘social’ as the risks taken. In 2013 the New Republic called her one of the ‘three
most important thinkers about innovation’. She advises governments around the
world and the European Commission on innovation-led growth.
Erik Millstone is a Professor of Science Policy at the University of Sussex, and coconvenor of the STEPS Centre’s Food & Agriculture work. Much of his research
has focused on the ways in which public policy-makers reach decisions concerning
the protection of environmental and public health, and particularly on the impact
and interpretations of uncertainties and the interactions between scientific and nonscientific considerations. His publications include: BSE: Risk, Science and Governance,
(Oxford University Press, 2005), co-authored with Patrick van Zwanenberg.
Peter Newell is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex
and Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy. His research focuses on
the (global) political economy of climate change and energy transitions, including
a current project on the role of rising powers in low-carbon transformations. He
is author most recently of Globalization and the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and
Power (2012), co-author of Climate Capitalism (2010) and Governing Climate Change
(2010), and co-editor of The New Carbon Economy: Constitution, Governance and
Contestation (2012).
Hubert Schmitz is Professor of Economic Development at the Institute of
Development Studies and leader of its Green Transformations Group. His current
research investigates: How does the global power shift from West to East affect
the transformation from high to low carbon economy? Who drives climaterelevant policies in the rising powers? What are the critical success factors for green
industrial policy? Key to his research is a political economy approach which centres
on the role of transformative alliances. He has a long track record of publishing in
development journals, managing international research teams and integrating
competences across disciplines.
Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the
University of Sussex, and is Director of the STEPS Centre. He works on the
intersections of science and policy, particularly around environment, land and
agriculture in Africa. Recent books include Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology,
Environment, Social Justice; Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature? and Science
and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement.
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