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SUMMARY:St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar - Professor Neil Lee - 'I
 nnovation for all' - Neil Lee
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CONTACT:Philippa Millerchip
DESCRIPTION:*Speaker:* Professor Neil Lee\n\n*Title:* 'Innovation for all'
 \n\n*Time:* 05 March 2025\, 18:00-19:30\n\n*Location:* The Ramsden Room\, 
 St Catharine's College.\n\nThe next St Catharine’s Political Economy Sem
 inar will be held on Wednesday\, 5 March 2025. Professor Neil Lee will giv
 e a talk on 'Innovation for all'. The seminar will beheld in the Ramsden R
 oom at St Catharine’s College from 6.00-7.30 pm. All are welcome. The se
 minar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Ec
 onomics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.\n\n*Talk 
 Overview:*\n\nGovernments invest vast sums in innovation policy. How can t
 hey do so in a way which benefits workers? Based on fieldwork for a new bo
 ok on innovation and inequality\, “Innovation for the masses”\, Neil L
 ee will draw on case studies of policies from countries including Austria\
 , Switzerland\, and Taiwan\, of where innovation policy has been pro-worke
 r. He will argue that the most successful economies develop diffusive inst
 itutions —such as skills systems\, translational research institutions\,
  and firm networks— which help ensure innovation can be used by and bene
 fits workers.\n \n\n*Speaker Overview:*\n\nProfessor Neil Lee is Professor
  of Economic Geography at the London School Economics. He joined the depar
 tment in 2013\, having previously run a research team in a think-tank. He 
 convenes the Cities\, Jobs and Economic Change group in the International 
 Inequalities Institute and is Director of BSc Geography with Economics. \n
 \nHe holds a PhD in Economic Geography from LSE and has held visiting posi
 tions at Columbia University\, the University of Oxford\, Science Po Toulo
 use\, and the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.\n\nHis researc
 h considers economic development\, innovation\, public policy\, and inequa
 lity. Recent studies have included work on institutions and economic devel
 opment in Africa and China\, regional inequality and political polarisatio
 n in Europe and the United States\, and innovation policy in Kuwait. He is
  working on a major ESRC funded project constructing new measures of regio
 nal inequality. His book on innovation and inclusive growth is published b
 y University of California Press.\n\nHe has worked with public and private
  sector organisations including the World Bank\, the OECD\, the European C
 ommission\, NESTA\, the Kuwaiti Government and the UK government.  \n\n\nT
 his talk is part of the St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar Series 
 series. www.politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
LOCATION:The Ramsden Room\, St Catharine's College
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