Research initiatives to address key policy challenges
IGL thematic programmes bring together leading organisations, researchers, practitioners and funders to ideate, develop, test and scale cost-effective solutions to address key challenges.
In consultation with our partners and stakeholders we’ve identified 5 different challenges that are instrumental in pushing the technology frontier forward as well as supporting those farther behind to move closer to the frontier.
In each of these programmes we aim to:
- Diagnose the problem and solution space through evidence reviews, mapping studies, data analysis and stakeholder workshops.
- Develop a portfolio of experimental and/or data projects that build the evidence base and provide actionable insights.
- Scale the lessons learnt through stakeholder engagement, publications and events, achieving demonstrable impact at scale.
Discover our thematic programmes
Science and innovation funding
Improving how science and innovation funding mechanisms are designed and run
Future innovation agencies
Analysing and supporting strategic decision-making in innovation policy institutions.
University industry collaboration
Bridging the gap between university and industry to accelerate science commercialisation and drive societal impact
Inclusive innovation
Creating more inclusive innovation systems and recovering lost innovative potential
SME technology adoption
Exploring how policy can help businesses to adopt new technologies and practices to boost productivity and transition to net zero