MIOIR blog
Posts on science, and innovation policy management from MIOIR.
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On Situations vs. challenges or problems
10 January 2022
Why is thinking in situations avoided in favour of challenges or problems? Life is theatre, full of situations in which there is a continuous shifting of interrelated situations and sub-situations.
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Foresight for Responsible Transform-ability
4 November 2021
Dr Effie Amanatidou explores how Foresight should transform from an important tool in designing for the future and contributing to evidence-based policy-making to a process embracing uncertainty and empowering people to act while enhancing the agency of the most vulnerable through the values of care, stewardship, social welfare and sustainability.
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North West England: Developing a regional roadmap for industrial bio-revolution
28 October 2021
In a new Policy@Manchester blog, and just in time for #COP26, MIOIR’s Dr Claire Holland explains why the North West should consider an industrial bio-revolution, and what the roadmap that industry, local government and scientists should take to achieve this looks like.
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The STEEPV acronym and process – a clarification
22 July 2021
The STEEPV process was initiated by Johnson Research Associates (JRA) in the early 1960s; developed into the field anomaly relaxation (FAR) method jointly by Stanford Research Institute and JRA, the outcome being published in 1971. The FAR method was mutated into the STEPV process in the early 1970s by Schwartz and extended by Holroyd & Loveridge in 1975 into STEEPV.
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Alternative Proteins: Understanding the Promises and Risks of Your Meatless Mondays
12 July 2021
The alternative protein market is growing rapidly with the rising adoption of emerging technological innovations. Here we look into the benefits and risks of alternative proteins and their impact on animal welfare and social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
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I, Doctor
27 May 2021
Developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) promise solutions to problems faced by the healthcare industry today. But, says Zuzanna Nagadowska, the UK needs a more tangible regulatory framework to address uncertainties and risks for both patients and AI healthcare innovators.
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Evidence: a policy signpost to disaster?
26 May 2021
Evidence is ubiquitous: the term masks the influence (impact?) its context and the associated content, has on all life. In this short note the concern is for the massive influence evidence creates through human policy making. Policy is formulated through... Continue Reading →
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Alumni Insights: Yoanita Simanjuntak, MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
21 May 2021
We recently caught up with Yoanita Simanjuntak, who completed the MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship degree course in 2017, to find out about her experience at Alliance MBS and what she’s been doing since graduation.
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Using green product innovation to let your customers behave more sustainably
13 May 2021
What makes customers use green products in a truly sustainable way? Green product innovation aims to design products that deliver environmental benefits to customers, such as CO2 emission reductions, improved recyclability of products, and energy savings. However, would higher adoption of green products automatically lead to the realization of a product’s environmental benefits? This depends on how customers use the product.
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E-commerce platform: Making poverty alleviation more feasible
11 March 2021
In many countries, agricultural products sales are shifting from brick to click sales modes, a development accelerated by the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. MSc IME student Boya An reflects on the resistance to the development of e-commerce platforms in poor communities; explores the role of COVID-19 in promoting e-commerce for poverty alleviation in China; and how e-commerce for poverty alleviation can achieve sustainable development after the pandemic.
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