MIOIR blog
Posts on science, and innovation policy management from MIOIR.
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UK’s surprising R&D stats pose tricky questions
14 November 2022
Professor Kieron Flanagan shares his thoughts on the policy implications and questions raised by, the Office for National Statistics surprising recent revision to estimates of UK business R&D expenditure.
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The Circular Economy and the Puzzle of Formalization: Reflections on Circular Practices in the Biodiverse Amazon
7 November 2022
Among its many goals, the Circular Economy (CE) promotes greater efficiency in the consumption and production of goods, and recycling resources within and beyond systems of production. It also involves regenerative practices such as soil restoration, crop rotation, and organic farming.
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An interview with new MIOIR Member: Dr Jeremy Brice
26 October 2022
Dr Jeremy Brice joined as a Lecturer in Sustainability & Innovation at Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School from September 2022. To celebrate Jeremy joining our team, we wanted to ask a few questions...
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The organisation and diffusion of translational research: Can cardiovascular medicine learn from oncology? Case studies of pharmacogenomics in the NHS
12 October 2022
This ESRC-funded collaborative project between the University of Manchester and the University of Liverpool sets out to identify the critical factors affecting the adoption of pharmacogenetics/genomics (PGt/x) as part of the treatment regime for cardiovascular diseases in the NHS.
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Existence, limits, and appreciation in a ‘fuzzy’ world
23 February 2022
Existence recognizes that limits are real and that their practical control is through Extinction events. The combination of existence and extinction has the nature of a feedback loop that, as in general convention, produces forms of stability: these only get out of control when that balance fails producing an inequality until stability returns but in a different way, a phenomenon called homeorrhesis rather than the desired homeostasis. Throughout what follows the balance between existence and extinction is the centrepiece.
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He who controls the metaverse controls the world? A dive into the metaverse and its complications.
14 February 2022
Tech giants around the world are fast developing the Metaverse. Rapid development means more innovative technologies available for society, but at what cost? MSc student Xiaohu Zhang argues that the lack of regulation could be harmful for consumers and make metaverse development difficult for governments to manage in the long run.
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Fast Fashion: An Industry In Need of a Makeover
4 February 2022
Despite increasing backlash over its practices, fast fashion industry is still loved by many. MSc student Krisna Chanti reflects on how innovation in the industry has led to undesirable environmental and ethical consequences, and how they can, instead, provide the answer to transform it.
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The Booming Cuisine: The Irony Behind Innovations in the Peruvian Food Industry
24 January 2022
Going from an unrecognized country to one of the most envied cuisines in the world. MSc student Gianna Pinasco writes how Peru’s unique ingredients fostered an influx of agricultural innovations to satisfy increased market demands at the expense of its local people.
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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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