UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)

❗️Applications are open for our 2025/26 MPA in Innovation, Public Policy & Public Value. Do you want to join our mission to change how the state is imagined, practiced and evaluated to tackle societal challenges? In 2025-26 we are introducing new pathways for our Master of Public Administration: 1️⃣Public Administration pathway: Offers an opportunity to specialise in how governments can increase public sector capabilities to tackle the main challenges faced by societies. 2️⃣Economic Policy and Political Economy pathway: Explores the relationship between states and markets, and the economic challenges facing modern capitalist economies. 3️⃣Digital Transformation pathway: Will develop your critical digital era skills in the public sector. 🔗Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eTA3-Wn5

⛓️💥Resisting Digital Feudalism. How can policymakers ensure that #AI serves the public interest and the common good? IIPP Professor Mariana Mazzucato advocates for a different approach, prioritizing public value over extraction. ✍️Read more in her recent article for Project Syndicate: https://lnkd.in/ebRCaWp7

👑 Who rules the #AI age, and why are digital technologies so crucial for governance and control? IIPP Professor Dr. Cecilia Rikap recently spoke on how #AI is shaping relationships among leading #BigTech corporations and between corporations and states at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. 📺 Watch the talk here: https://lnkd.in/ejpBkarB 🔗Read the 'Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty' report here: https://lnkd.in/dHyDjA7M

The water crisis requires a new economics of water: one that values the hydrological cycle as a global common good, transforms water governance at every scale, and reimagines finance for water security. Yesterday, alongside our chair Baroness Jenny Chapman, Minister for International Development, we explored the need for a rethinking of water security at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ministerial Roundtable–that I was honored to moderate. As our Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW) report and UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) policy brief highlight, we need to shift from fixing market failures after the fact to shaping economies to use water efficiently, equitably and sustainably from the start. Read more about the GCEW ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eCztGQZF Read our IIPP policy brief ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ennqwVJh

🤝Combining theory & practice. As IIPP alumni reflect, the MPA placement programme is: “the perfect opportunity to apply theory to action while also continuing to enrich our understanding of new policy frameworks". 🔗Learn more about the MPA & the placement here: https://lnkd.in/ekkPvvwk

🏙️Assessing City Government Dynamic Capabilities. The latest report by the IIPP Public Sector Capabilities Index team syntheses the interim findings of their research on how to assess city government dynamic capabilities, based on 15 case studies across six countries. 🔗Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/ekatXY3D

🇧🇩What can the city of Dhaka teach us about public sector capacity? IIPP Research Fellow Anna Goulden explores key findings from research into how dynamic and transformative capabilities can help cities adapt to urgent and changing conditions with city governments in Dhaka. These insights and findings are part of wider research with over 20 city governments to develop the Public Sector Capabilities Index. ✍️Read her blog post here: https://lnkd.in/eR8q8UST 🔗Learn more about the IIPP Public Sector Capabilities Index: https://lnkd.in/eeBtpAkv

🌍 Homes that Don't Cost the Earth (#HDCE)- Affordability within planetary boundaries.   The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), along with Arup, Dark Matter Labs, and Rising Tide, is excited to announce the launch of a new project to reorient the UK housing strategy towards the goal of truly affordable homes for all.   IIPP Professor Josh Ryan-Collins, PhD Candidate Stefan Horn, and Research Fellow Dr Beth Stratford will be providing key insights from their own research, and collaborating with our partners and a diverse network of public sector, industry, and civil society leaders spanning a range of housing-related specializations, including planning and policy, construction, climate, fuel poverty, biodiversity, renters’ rights, finance, tax, and law, to:   1️⃣ build on the work that’s already been done to develop a range of policy, financial, and technical interventions that will enable the UK to provide affordable homes for all, while protecting and enhancing our environment;    2️⃣ provide research to demonstrate impact and feasibility, where there are gaps in the evidence base;   3️⃣ bring stakeholders together to hammer out solutions where change could bring potential unintended consequences;    4️⃣ support new relationships and alliances that can move these solutions from the realm of ideas to implementation.   🔗 Learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/gZCzW9NQ   Thanks to the Laudes Foundation for supporting this project.

🏙️Can cities align health, equity, and sustainability? IIPP's Isadora Spillman-Schappell & Cassandra Mah reflect on the Healthy City Design Congress & highlight key themes arising from panel discussions in their blog for the Council On Urban Initiatives. ✍️Read their blog post here: https://lnkd.in/eS2xvq-6

💧What does a mission-oriented approach to water look like? The hydrological cycle is out of balance, and governments must undo the widespread mismanagement of water resources. The recent final report by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW) emphasised the need to rethink the hydrological cycle as a common good and provided a set of recommendations. This IIPP policy brief by Professor Mariana Mazzucato and Luca Kühn von Burgsdorff highlights the Commission's recommendation to adopt five missions addressing the global water crisis and outlines four critical pillars for their design, development, and delivery: 1️⃣ Mission-oriented policy design; 2️⃣ Outcomes-oriented tools & institutions; 3️⃣ Symbiotic partnerships; 4️⃣ Dynamic public sector capabilities. ✍️Read the policy brief here: https://lnkd.in/e7C4Vfu7 🔗Read the final report by the GCEW here: https://lnkd.in/eadW_a2i