Kirsten Bound
Demos Associate
Kirsten Bound was a senior researcher at Demos until 2008. Her work at Demos focused on democracy and emerging science and innovation in India and Brazil. She is author of India: the uneven innovator and Brazil: the natural knowledge economy and co-author with Paul Skidmore of the Everyday Democracy Index.
- Brazil pamphlet - a useful resource for the design community A new report by the UK think tank Demos argues that Brazil is a 'natural knowledge-economy' where the intertwining of knowledge, skills and innovation with environmental and other natural assets holds the key to competitive advantage. Very relevant for the design community is the chapter on culture, which discusses aspects of Brazilian culture that are pertinent to science and innovation: values, democracy, diversity and creativity. 25th July 2008 | Core 77 Design Magazine
- The art of diplomacy Can culture win over the UK's critics abroad? Kirsten Bound, of the think-tank Demos, sketches out how Britain could make better use of its cultural assets for diplomatic purposes. 28th February 2007 | BBC Online