Research projects
The Institute conducts a wide range of activities, including funded research projects.
The list below covers some of our current major projects; it is not an exhaustive list, and does not represent the full range of expertise and activity at the Institute. For further information on other activities, see the details of our research themes, and our individual academic profiles.
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4.Point.0
Anticipating transformative innovations and their implications: AI innovation strategies in Canada.
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CAFE4DM
This five-year project aims to address the challenges in understanding, creating and scaling up manufacturing processes for formulated products with particular reference to those in fast moving consumer goods.
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Creative industries - Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC)
Providing independent research and authoritative recommendations to aid the development of policies for the UK's creative industries, contributing to their continued success.
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ERA-LEARN
A support action funded by Horizon 2020, this project is a support platform for the Public-Public-Partnerships (P2P) community.
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Eu-SPRI
The Eu-SPRI forum aims to strengthen the vibrant but dispersed interdisciplinary community of researchers in the field of knowledge creation and innovation.
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Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub
The Future BRH vision is to develop innovative technologies for high-value manufacturing to sustainably produce pharmaceuticals, chemicals and materials.
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GLOBALINTO
This project will fill an important gap in measurement which has restricted statistical production, micro-based analysis and evidence-based policymaking
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Skills, employment and innovation in the digital economy
This study will look at the changing nature of work and the effects of digitalisation on innovation, while also exploring the effects of digital technologies on the dynamics of skills and employment and how these changes are affecting innovation performance.
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OSIRIS
How can we characterise the process through which research makes an impact in society?
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The Productivity Institute
The ESRC funded Productivity Institute, brings together world-leading experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, working directly with policymakers and businesses to better understand, measure, and enable improvements in productivity across the whole of the UK, with the aim to improve living standard and well-being.
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Promoting the roles of R&D service firms in the innovation system
PhD student Xiuqin Li, supervised by Kieron Flanagan, maps out the process of innovation, and reveals the diversity of innovation practices..
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R-QUEST
Quality in research is a highly prioritized, but also a much debated issue in research policy - this project constitutes an 8-year commitment to explore the nature and mechanisms of research quality.
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Regional Resilience and Sustainable Industrial Restructuring
The Norwegian economy is facing significant challenges as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. In this project, we will analyse how companies, industries, and regions handle these challenges.
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RISIS
The purpose of this project is to develop a distributed infrastructure serving researchers in the field of science and innovation studies.
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SIPER
As part of RISIS, the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research has developed SIPER. This is a central source of knowledge on research and innovation policy evaluations.
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Soteria
Aims to prevent hackers from remotely taking control of digital systems such as autonomous cars, personal computers or smart home security systems as well as to protect businesses from cyber-attacks and data breaches.
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Sustainable Energy Innovation
Seeking to understand the changes in corporate value creation and capture attributable to the emergence of sustainable energy innovations.
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SYNBIOCHEM
This project, funded by BBSRC/EPSRC, aims to develop new faster, more predictable and reliable 'greener' routes to chemicals production.
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