James Phipps
@jphipps.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Innovation Growth Lab (Nesta)
https://www.innovationgrowthlab.org/
Also here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-phipps-007z/
https://www.innovationgrowthlab.org/
Also here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-phipps-007z/
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Do you want to directly influence how the European Commission supports policymakers to try new ideas?
Help the European Commission understand how policymakers try new ideas in R&I policy by completing a 10-minute survey and see how your views compare to others.
📝: shorturl.at/VZQ5V
Help the European Commission understand how policymakers try new ideas in R&I policy by completing a 10-minute survey and see how your views compare to others.
📝: shorturl.at/VZQ5V
PACoP survey - final version
eu.mar.medallia.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Do you want to directly influence how the European Commission supports policymakers to try new ideas?
Help the European Commission understand how policymakers try new ideas in R&I policy by completing a 10-minute survey and see how your views compare to others.
📝: shorturl.at/VZQ5V
Help the European Commission understand how policymakers try new ideas in R&I policy by completing a 10-minute survey and see how your views compare to others.
📝: shorturl.at/VZQ5V
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We're officially on Bluesky! 🥳
The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL)'s purpose is to increase the impact of innovation and productivity policies through novel ideas, experimentation, data, and evidence.
Learn more about IGL: www.innovationgrowthlab.org
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The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL)'s purpose is to increase the impact of innovation and productivity policies through novel ideas, experimentation, data, and evidence.
Learn more about IGL: www.innovationgrowthlab.org
Subscribe to our newsletter: shorturl.at/Jxd9q
Innovation Growth Lab
Learn more about us IGL aims to increase the impact of innovation and productivity policies through novel ideas, experimentation, data and evidence. To do so, we bring together policymakers…
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We're officially on Bluesky! 🥳
The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL)'s purpose is to increase the impact of innovation and productivity policies through novel ideas, experimentation, data, and evidence.
Learn more about IGL: www.innovationgrowthlab.org
Subscribe to our newsletter: shorturl.at/Jxd9q
The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL)'s purpose is to increase the impact of innovation and productivity policies through novel ideas, experimentation, data, and evidence.
Learn more about IGL: www.innovationgrowthlab.org
Subscribe to our newsletter: shorturl.at/Jxd9q
Do you work in an EU or UK public organisation responsible for the design, delivery or evaluation of R&I policy? If so please consider taking 10 minutes to share your views on the approach to new ideas and evidence, also see how your views compare to others. eu.mar.medallia.com?e=461456&d=l...
PACoP survey - final version
eu.mar.medallia.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Do you work in an EU or UK public organisation responsible for the design, delivery or evaluation of R&I policy? If so please consider taking 10 minutes to share your views on the approach to new ideas and evidence, also see how your views compare to others. eu.mar.medallia.com?e=461456&d=l...
A bit late posting it, but the latest round of our seed grants programmes is currently open to support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas, which could inform research, innovation and business growth policy.
www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...
www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...
Seed Grants
Browse the 2024/2025 Seed Grants Recipients Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the second round of IGL Seed Grants will support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental…
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A bit late posting it, but the latest round of our seed grants programmes is currently open to support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas, which could inform research, innovation and business growth policy.
www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...
www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...
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At #metascience2025 for day 2
Come find me if you're interested in:
- tracking the impact of funding on the direction of science
- AI in science
- open source code and science
Come find me if you're interested in:
- tracking the impact of funding on the direction of science
- AI in science
- open source code and science
July 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At #metascience2025 for day 2
Come find me if you're interested in:
- tracking the impact of funding on the direction of science
- AI in science
- open source code and science
Come find me if you're interested in:
- tracking the impact of funding on the direction of science
- AI in science
- open source code and science
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A nice start to the Metascience conference in London today! It's good to be among this niche but rapidly growing community focused on making research more impactful. Great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new, brilliant minds.
June 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A nice start to the Metascience conference in London today! It's good to be among this niche but rapidly growing community focused on making research more impactful. Great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new, brilliant minds.
Does anyone know how this stat is calculated "There are over 34,000 scale-ups in the UK — just 0.6% of SMEs — yet they generate a staggering £1.4 trillion in turnover, contributing 55% of all SME revenues."? www.gov.uk/government/n...
First ever Entrepreneurship Advisor appointed to the Treasury
Alex Depledge MBE appointed by the Chancellor as first ever Entrepreneurship Advisor appointed to Treasury to address barriers for high growth businesses.
www.gov.uk
June 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Does anyone know how this stat is calculated "There are over 34,000 scale-ups in the UK — just 0.6% of SMEs — yet they generate a staggering £1.4 trillion in turnover, contributing 55% of all SME revenues."? www.gov.uk/government/n...
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What’s the return on government support for R&D?
To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
June 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What’s the return on government support for R&D?
To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
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🚨 Hiring news! 🚨 I’m looking to hire five really important new roles. Each will lead a major new innovation programme to tackle one of five major national challenges.
March 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨 Hiring news! 🚨 I’m looking to hire five really important new roles. Each will lead a major new innovation programme to tackle one of five major national challenges.
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In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...
Call for Proposals: The Labor Economics of Frontier AI - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
shapingwork.mit.edu
February 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...
Very excited to announce the launch of the IGL Masterclass Series: Designing Field Experiments, an opportunity to gain insights from leading experts in the fields of science, innovation and productivity. IGL and CFXS have teamed up to bring you a pilot version, starting in March 2025
Designing Field Experiments - An IGL Masterclass Series
The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL) and the Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS) are launching a masterclass series designed to provide insights into how to design field experiments in…
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Very excited to announce the launch of the IGL Masterclass Series: Designing Field Experiments, an opportunity to gain insights from leading experts in the fields of science, innovation and productivity. IGL and CFXS have teamed up to bring you a pilot version, starting in March 2025
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📢 The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended by one week!
Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience: metascience.info/call-for-pro...
Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience: metascience.info/call-for-pro...
February 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended by one week!
Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience: metascience.info/call-for-pro...
Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience: metascience.info/call-for-pro...
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New post! Looking at who benefits more from technologies that make discovery easier; literal maps, genome wide association studies, and machine learning.
Do Prediction Technologies Help Novices or Experts More?
It can go either way
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New post! Looking at who benefits more from technologies that make discovery easier; literal maps, genome wide association studies, and machine learning.
Only a few hours until IGL launches our “Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration” Handbook.
Enough time to change you plans and join us or at least sign up to get a copy
Enough time to change you plans and join us or at least sign up to get a copy
Launch of the “Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration” Handbook
As part of our work on university-industry collaboration, the Innovation Growth Lab has been developing a handbook analysing key issues in university-industry collaboration and proposing experimental…
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Only a few hours until IGL launches our “Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration” Handbook.
Enough time to change you plans and join us or at least sign up to get a copy
Enough time to change you plans and join us or at least sign up to get a copy
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Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
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Our Metascience Unit is funding a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how AI is changing the research landscape, and how governments, businesses and funders should respond.
Applications open on 13 Feb 2025!
www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Applications open on 13 Feb 2025!
www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Pre-announcement: UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships
The UK Metascience Unit will fund a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape, including what metascientific, ethic...
www.ukri.org
January 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Our Metascience Unit is funding a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how AI is changing the research landscape, and how governments, businesses and funders should respond.
Applications open on 13 Feb 2025!
www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Applications open on 13 Feb 2025!
www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Only six days left to apply for the IGL Seed Grants, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! These grants are designed to support researchers in developing and piloting experimental ideas that could evolve into full-scale Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs).
Seed Grants
Overview Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the first round of IGL Seed Grants will support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas. These grants aim to lo...
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
January 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Only six days left to apply for the IGL Seed Grants, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! These grants are designed to support researchers in developing and piloting experimental ideas that could evolve into full-scale Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs).
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New post! Gene-disease maps, software for science, and AI/ML are all forms of prediction technology. How do they impact innovation? open.substack.com/pub/mattscla...
Prediction Technologies and Innovation
Looking Under the Lamp Post
open.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New post! Gene-disease maps, software for science, and AI/ML are all forms of prediction technology. How do they impact innovation? open.substack.com/pub/mattscla...
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During a panel at the ASSA meetings I presented field experimental work in partnership with firms.
Many have asked for my slides and those can be found here (via 2024!): ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...
Many have asked for my slides and those can be found here (via 2024!): ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...
Putting Economic Research into Practice at Businesses
"Putting Economic Research into Practice at Businesses (to Inform Science and Major Social Challenges)" Slides from ASSA NABE
ideas.repec.org
January 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
During a panel at the ASSA meetings I presented field experimental work in partnership with firms.
Many have asked for my slides and those can be found here (via 2024!): ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...
Many have asked for my slides and those can be found here (via 2024!): ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...
Stuck for things to do between Christmas and New Year celebrations? Then let me remind you about this new position at IGL. Perhaps something for you, family member or a friend
We're hiring! If you’re a data scientist who wants to put your quant skills to work for social good, come join us at the Innovation Growth Lab in London. You’ll have a chance to do research, develop open-source tools, and support public policy.
www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...
www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...
Data Scientist - Innovation Growth Lab
We are recruiting for Data Scientist - IGL
www.nesta.org.uk
December 28, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Stuck for things to do between Christmas and New Year celebrations? Then let me remind you about this new position at IGL. Perhaps something for you, family member or a friend
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A new firm-level database integrating real outcomes with business owner characteristics and business financing information, from J. David Brown, Steven J. Davis, Lucia S. Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, and John Sabelhaus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33254
December 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A new firm-level database integrating real outcomes with business owner characteristics and business financing information, from J. David Brown, Steven J. Davis, Lucia S. Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, and John Sabelhaus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33254
One problem with attending CFXS just before the Christmas Break is that I only have a few hours on the Eurostar to write down all the papers, methodological points, ideas and connections that came up over a packed two days! cfxs.org
December 20, 2024 at 8:32 PM
One problem with attending CFXS just before the Christmas Break is that I only have a few hours on the Eurostar to write down all the papers, methodological points, ideas and connections that came up over a packed two days! cfxs.org
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We're hiring! If you’re a data scientist who wants to put your quant skills to work for social good, come join us at the Innovation Growth Lab in London. You’ll have a chance to do research, develop open-source tools, and support public policy.
www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...
www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...
Data Scientist - Innovation Growth Lab
We are recruiting for Data Scientist - IGL
www.nesta.org.uk
December 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
We're hiring! If you’re a data scientist who wants to put your quant skills to work for social good, come join us at the Innovation Growth Lab in London. You’ll have a chance to do research, develop open-source tools, and support public policy.
www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...
www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...
Wondering what to do over the Christmas break? Why not consider applying for the new Data Scientist post at IGL
You'll play a major part in our TREMORS project (details under wraps for now but I applaud @georgerichardson.bsky.social choice of project name)
You'll play a major part in our TREMORS project (details under wraps for now but I applaud @georgerichardson.bsky.social choice of project name)
Data Scientist - Innovation Growth Lab
We are recruiting for Data Scientist - IGL
www.nesta.org.uk
December 19, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Wondering what to do over the Christmas break? Why not consider applying for the new Data Scientist post at IGL
You'll play a major part in our TREMORS project (details under wraps for now but I applaud @georgerichardson.bsky.social choice of project name)
You'll play a major part in our TREMORS project (details under wraps for now but I applaud @georgerichardson.bsky.social choice of project name)
I'll not try and capture all the insights at CFXS, but I certainly want to read this paper in more detail. As always, it would be great to see more research like this in the UK and similar - context business platform with outcomes relevant to economic policy goals jpronconi.github.io/website-file...
jpronconi.github.io
December 19, 2024 at 1:17 PM
I'll not try and capture all the insights at CFXS, but I certainly want to read this paper in more detail. As always, it would be great to see more research like this in the UK and similar - context business platform with outcomes relevant to economic policy goals jpronconi.github.io/website-file...