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A world-leading centre of excellence in the study of science, technology and innovation policy and management. 🔗 https://www.mioir.manchester.ac.uk/
🚨 Last chance to register — today’s MIOIR Seminar with Dr Dmitry Sharapov, online and in person at AMBS! 👇
Join us next week for the MIOIR seminar!

Dr Dmitry Sharapov (Imperial College Business School) will explore how competition across multiple markets shapes firms’ strategies in platform industries.

🗓 Mon, 27 Oct
⏰ 3:30–4:30pm
📍 AMBS & Online

Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mioir-semi...
MIOIR Seminar Series with Dr Dmitry Sharapov
Dmitry Sharapov explores how competition across markets shapes firm strategy, with insights from global smartphone patent disputes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
⏰ Reminder: Only one week left to submit your Track Proposal for the #rnd2026 Management Conference in Manchester!

📅 Deadline: 31st October 2025
📨 Submit here: rnd2026@manchester.ac.uk
🌐 More info: www.rnd2026.org/tracks

Don’t miss the chance to shape the conference and highlight your research!
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Join us next week for the MIOIR seminar!

Dr Dmitry Sharapov (Imperial College Business School) will explore how competition across multiple markets shapes firms’ strategies in platform industries.

🗓 Mon, 27 Oct
⏰ 3:30–4:30pm
📍 AMBS & Online

Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mioir-semi...
MIOIR Seminar Series with Dr Dmitry Sharapov
Dmitry Sharapov explores how competition across markets shapes firm strategy, with insights from global smartphone patent disputes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
On 18 Sept, MIOIR hosted an event on science diplomacy & research collaborations with the Embassy of Spain, sponsored by Connects-UK Ambassadors for Science. Speakers from UoM, GMCA, FECYT & the Spanish Embassy shared insights on research security and global partnerships. 🌍
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
⏳ Just over a week to go – final spaces left!

The programme is now live for the RSA 60th Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures (30 Sept, Manchester).

👉 Register free: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60...
@regstud.bsky.social, @alliancembs.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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🌍 How can universities become catalysts for climate action?

AMBS researchers are part of a major project exploring how knowledge institutions can help cities achieve net zero goals.
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#RSA60 Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures: Bridging Economic Development, Ecological Recovery and Social Equity

Join us at @alliancembs.bsky.social, @officialuom.bsky.social on 30 Sept 2025.

Register here 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60... @regstud.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
How can we foster responsible innovation in synthetic genomics? 🧬📄

In their new paper in the Journal of Responsible Innovation, Paolo Corsico & Philip Shapira (MIOIR) explore what responsibility means in this rapidly evolving field.

Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Responsible genomes: How can we foster responsible innovation in synthetic genomics?
Reflections on the responsible development of synthetic genomics have contributed to shaping Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) as an area of inquiry. This paper revisits the question: what ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We’re hiring! Join us at MIOIR as a Postdoc on an international project exploring why mission-oriented policies for sustainability sometimes fail—and how to fix them. 🌱
 
Collaborate with teams in Canada and Poland on real-world policy challenges.
 
🗓 Apply by 12 Sept 👉 bit.ly/4oc0QJh
Research Associate: Mission Oriented Innovation Policy for Sustainability:Manchester
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July 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Are UK universities doing too much research? If so, what should we do about it? Debates about how to address the financial sustainability of university research have a familiar ring to them, as I write in @resprofnews.bsky.social

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli...

#scipolicy
Research leaders’ deficit fixes are a 1980s tribute act - Research Professional News
Government’s priorities cast old debates about concentrating resources in a new light, says Kieron Flanagan
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Great to see MIOIR research by Silvia Massini, Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo & Xiaoxiao Yu cited in the UK Government’s Technology Adoption Review, helping shape the Industrial Strategy and support adoption of AI, cloud computing & big data.

📄 Read the full report here: bit.ly/4lrcqya
June 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
⏳ 2 hours to go! How to Create a Good Food Revolution

🗓 Today
🕠 17:30–19:00
📍 Join in-person or online @alliancembs.bsky.social

🎙 Featuring Prof Kevin Morgan + expert panel

Explore how public food policy can transform systems—for justice, health, and the planet.

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3HLYBf4
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last chance to register! How to Create a Good Food Revolution 🌍

🗓 Wed 25 June | 🕠 17:30–19:00
📍 AMBS + online
🎙 Prof Kevin Morgan + expert panel

Join us to explore how public food policy can drive system-wide change—for justice, health and ecological integrity.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HLYBf4
June 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Security fears are creating new pressures and expectations on national research systems across Europe. My @mioir.bsky.social colleague Andrew James and I have written a piece for @resprofnews.bsky.social summarising some key findings from our new report on the topic.
#scipolicy #security
Research security in Europe needs a more coordinated approach - Research Professional News
Survey of national efforts reveals uneven but developing picture, say Andrew James and Kieron Flanagan
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
1 week to go! How to Create a Good Food Revolution 🌍

🗓 Wed 25 June | 🕠 17:30–19:00
📍 AMBS + online
🎙 Prof Kevin Morgan + expert panel

Join us to explore how public food policy can drive system-wide change—for justice, health and ecological integrity.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HLYBf4
June 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New report 📄 by Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo & colleagues for the European Commission’s JRC on Micro-credentials in Higher Education.

Are they boosting digital & green skills for Europe’s twin transition?

Read here 🔗 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
Micro-credentials in higher education
Micro-credentials have gained significant traction within the European Higher Education Area following the 2022 Council Recommendation. Micro-credentials offer flexible, targeted, and accessible learn...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
MIOIR is proud to be sponsoring the #SIIB2025 ECR Conference – a great opportunity for early career researchers in strategy, innovation, marketing and international business.

📢 Submit your abstract by 14 June, full details listed here: lnkd.in/d_V6HeRc
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🔒 New report #ResearchSecurity in Europe

How are countries handling security risks while keeping science open? A new study by MIOIR’s Andrew James, Kieron Flanagan, Alice Naisbitt & John Rigby explores this.

Commissioned by UK Gov’s Sci & Tech Network.

📘 Read here: lnkd.in/eAQvZqzq
June 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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📚 The Methods@Manchester Summer School 2025 is now open for bookings! Learn from leading researchers from Humanities at the University of Manchester and connect with PhD students and academics from across the UK and beyond!

Find all the details here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/2...
2025 Methods@Manchester Summer School
Methods@Manchester’s popular Summer School is back for another year, with one week of courses in the week commencing 30 June.Featuring a range of methods courses for both qualitative and quantitative ...
www.manchester.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week we are delighted to welcome 20 participants from 11 countries to Manchester for our annual Evaluation of Science & Innovation Policies course.

A week of frameworks, tools & real-world insights led by top experts in policy, academia & industry.

#Evaluation2025 #InnovationPolicy #MIoIR
May 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Made it to Bluesky! Will try to get back into habit of posting here on #scipolicy + related issues. In meantime here's a picture of myself & my colleagues representing @mioir.bsky.social at the (great) 10th Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy
May 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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⌛Only 1 month to go until #ADSAI2025!

Join global experts shaping the future of AI & data science.

🎤 Talks by Prof @lawrennd.bsky.social, Dr @edoardo-ponti.bsky.social, Dr @chryssazrv.bsky.social & more!

🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/eSmzBkww

@mrattray.bsky.social @mioir.bsky.social @uomif.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
MIOIR researchers presented at #RSA2025 — the largest RSA conference with nearly 900 attendees! 👏

Highlights include:
• Public R&D funding patterns
• Spatial footprint of public procurement
• Interplay of digital technologies & skills in regions

#ResearchImpact #InnovationPolicy #PlaceBasedPolicy
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🔍 New UKRI-Funded Project on Research Security Risks

MIOIR’s Andrew James, Cornelia Lawson & Xiuqin Li secured funding to explore UK academics’ understanding of research security risks in international collaboration and how geopolitics shapes global partnerships.

👉 More info: bit.ly/4364RW6
New UKRI-Funded Project to examine academic awareness of Research Security Risks
Building resilience in international research collaboration: academic awareness and behaviour changeAndrew James (PI), Cornelia Lawson (Co-I) and Xiuqin Li (ECR) have won a grant to study academic awa...
www.manchester.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join us next week for the next MIOIR seminar!

Prof Angela Aristidou (Stanford Digital Economy Lab) will explore how #AI is reshaping collaboration across sectors to address major #societalchallenges

🗓 Mon, 28 April
⏰ 3:30–4:30pm
📍 In-person & Online

Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mioir-semi...
MIOIR Seminar Series with Prof. Angela Aristidou
Discover how AI is reshaping cross-sector collaboration to tackle societal challenges, with insights from Prof. Angela Aristidou's research.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM