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Atlas of Ideas 2.0

Next places, next people, next science

The Atlas of Ideas is mapping changes in the global geography of science and innovation - pinpointing where innovation is coming from and where it is heading.

So far our work has focused on China, India and South Korea, but Phase 2.0 sees Demos extend this work to include an ambitious study of science in the Islamic world; a focus on the innovation potential of Brazil; a closer look at 'knowledge nomads'; and the prospects for a low-carbon China.

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• Brazil: The Natural Knowledge-Economy Last Tuesday we launched the most recent pamphlet in the Atlas of Ideas series - Brazil: the natural knowledge-economy - to a full house at the IET. If you couldn't make it, the clever chaps at the IET filmed the whole thing and its now online. You can watch... continue reading Posted by Kirsten Bound on 14th July 2008
• A Brazillion and one things still to learn

  Just over half way through our Atlas of Ideas fieldwork in Brazil, we’ve been to six cities and interviewed around 70 scientists, policymakers and business people about the future of science and innovation in Brazil. We’re working in partnership with Brazilian strategy and innovation think tank, CGEE. And it still feels like we are barely scratching the surface...

  continue reading Posted by Kirsten Bound on 4th March 2008
• New Perspectives on Chinese Innovation A 600 page report on Chinese innovation summarized in just 20 minutes. Hidden innovation explained. The 'hard' and 'soft' realities of governance and regulation on innovation in China. The challenges facing a 'low-carbon China'. These were just some of the themes covered at our half day seminar - New Perspectives on Chinese Innovation' which we held last week at NESTA. continue reading Posted by Natalie Day on 25th February 2008 Comments (1)
• Demos in the Deccan Herald Our event at IIM Bangalore last week has been written up in the Deccan Herald by Rajeev Gowda. continue reading Posted by James Wilsdon on 27th November 2007
• A passage to India Last week, the Atlas of Ideas came full circle in India, when we presented the findings at a one-day conference in Delhi. The event, hosted by the National Institute for Science, Technology and Development Studies, brough together policy-makers and scientists from India, China, Korea and the UK to  explore ways of increasing scientific collaboration. continue reading Posted by James Wilsdon on 26th November 2007
• Next People, next places, next science At a special event on Monday 3 December, Demos will anounce the next phase of The Atlas of Ideas, including landmark studies of innovation in Brazil and the Islamic world, as well as further research in China and India.
  
  With experts from the UK, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, we will debate where global innovation is coming from and where it might be heading next.
  
  You can download an invite here.
  
  Please note: places are limited so register your interest at atlasofideas@demos.co.uk continue reading 14th November 2007
• Innovation in the Islamic world I've written a piece for the FT today on the prospects for innovation in the Islamic world. This is a curtain-raiser for a new project that we'll be launching in February 2008 to map the changing dynamics of science and technology-based nnovation across the 57 member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. We'll be doing this in partnership with the OIC, the journal Nature and others. Send me an email if you'd like to know more, or visit the Atlas of Ideas project page. continue reading Posted by James Wilsdon on 19th October 2007 Comments (1)
• Pro-Poor innovation The latest issue of id21, published by our friends from the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University, is just out. It includes an article on our nanodialogue in Zimbabwe, and another on our Atlas research on China. Plus biotech in Bangalore, social entrepreneurs in Kenya and rural innovation in Nepal - all this and more can be found here. continue reading Posted by James Wilsdon on 27th September 2007
• Innovative China I've recently returned from Beijing, where I spoke at the launch of the OECD's review of China's innovation system. Most of the movers and shakers in Chinese S&T policy were present, and there was some lively debate about the balance between 'indigenous innovation' and the need for more international collaboration.I've written a comment piece in today's China Daily which summarises what I said at the OECD event, building on the arguments in our Atlas of Ideas report. The National Science... continue reading Posted by James Wilsdon on 11th September 2007
• Sub-Saharan Science I’m in Washington DC, at a World Bank meeting on science and innovation for development. A new consensus appears to be emerging amongst African leaders about the importance of building up their science, technology and innovation capacity. Yesterday we heard a series of impressive presentations from the science ministers of Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa, all of whom are scaling up their levels of investment and ambition. Nigeria, for example, is using part of its recent... continue reading Posted by James Wilsdon on 16th February 2007

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