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Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending inquiry

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 17 July 2018 to 17 July 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 20 November 2018: Sir Paul Nurse, Director, The Francis Crick Institute, Kirsten Bound, Executive Director of Research, Analysis and Policy, Nesta, Professor James Wilsdon, Professor of Research Policy, University of Sheffield, and Chair, Academy of Social Sciences Policy Working Group, and Dr Sarah Main, Executive Director, Campaign for Science and Engineering; Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch, Chief of Section, Science Policy and Partnerships, UNESCO, Paris, Professor Jakob Edler, Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany, and Dr Jos van den Broek, Senior Researcher, Rathenau Instituut, Netherlands; Professor Paul Nightingale, Professor of Strategy, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, and (designate) Director of Strategy and Operations, ESRC, and Professor Joanna Chataway, Head of Department, Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, and Deputy Director of Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
  • 18 December 2018: Keith Thompson, Chair, Catapult CEO network, and CEO, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Professor Richard Brook, President, Association of Innovation, Research & Technology Organisations, David Connell, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Business Research, Cambridge Judge Business School, and Felicity Burch, Director of Innovation and Digital, Confederation of British Industry; Dr Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director, Royal Astronomical Society, Professor Dame Ann Dowling, President, Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor Neil Hall, Director, Earlham Institute, and Dr Charmaine Griffiths, Chief Operating Officer, The Institute of Cancer Research
  • 28 February 2019: Professor Graeme Reid, Professor of Science and Research Policy, UCL, Professor Colette Fagan, Russell Group, and Gordon McKenzie, Chief Executive, GuildHE; Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director, Yorkshire Universities, Professor Jonathan Seckl, Vice-Principal, Planning, Resources and Research Policy, University of Edinburgh, Professor Anthony Hollander, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Impact, University of Liverpool, and Sarah Haywood, Chief Executive, MedCity
  • 26 March 2019: Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive, and Rebecca Endean, Director of Strategy, UK Research and Innovation; Chris Skidmore MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Jenny Dibden, Director, Science Research and Innovation, and Harriet Wallace, Director, International Science and Innovation Directorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy