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Position

Director, CIG

Affiliation

Finbarr Livesey

Background

Finbarr Livesey joined the IfM in October of 2002. Since joining, he has assisted in the development of and is now the Director of the Centre for Industry and Government (CIG). His work focuses on how manufacturing is described in economics, how government policy affects manufacturing (with a focus on innovation policy), and what the future holds for manufacturing in developed economies.

Prior to joining the Institute, Finbarr was a Director with GeoPartners, a consultancy based in Boston, Massachusetts , where he developed a public sector consulting practice. Between leaving the Kennedy School at Harvard and joining GeoPartners he assisted in setting up the Open Economies project at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, acting as the policy director of the project.

Before moving to the United States in 1999, Finbarr worked with Cambridge Consultants Ltd., where he was a systems developer and consultant for four years. Other positions held include Consultant to the Department for Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Research Associate, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Consultant with Integral Inc., Boston.

As well as carrying out research within CIG, Finbarr is an active consultant to companies and government, working with large and small companies and many government bodies, and is a member of the management team of Cambridge Manufacturing Industry Links Ltd.

During his time at the IfM, Finbarr has taught on all of the degree courses at the Institute, as well as developing and delivering a new course on technology policy for the MPhil in Technology Policy at Cambridge. He has also taught on the Engineering Leadership Awards programme of the Royal Academy of Engineering since 2003.

Finbarr's original training is in Physics, which he studied at University College Cork, Ireland (B.Sc. 1994). He also has a Diploma in Computer Science from the Computer Laboratory and Christs College, University of Cambridge (1995) and a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2001).

In his spare time Finbarr is a board member of the Hoipolloi Theatre Company.

Publications

Journal papers

• Livesey, F. (2011). Rationales for industrial policy based on industry maturity, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, http://www.springerlink.com/content/w731047358756x00/
• Plagnol, A., Rowley, E., Martin, P. & Livesey, F. (2009). Industry perceptions of barriers to commercialization of regenerative medicine products in the UK, Regenerative Medicine, Vol.4, No. 4, 549-559.
• Mortara, L., Hughes, J., Ramsundar, P., Livesey, F. & Probert, D. (2009). Proposed classification scheme for direct writing technologies, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, 299-309.
• Brevignon, L. and Livesey, F. (2007) What can be learnt from the Japanese regulatory approach to tissue engineered products?, Regenerative Medicine, Vol.2, No.6, 967-971.
• R. P. Kulkarni, F. Livesey and L. Brévignon-Dodin, (2007) Will regulation determine the science agenda? A look at human embryonic stem cells (hESC). Regenerative Medicine, Vol.2, No.5, 839-844
• Brevignon, L. and Livesey, F. (2006) "Regulation of tissue-engineered products in the European Union: where are we heading?" Regenerative Medicine, vol 1. no. 5, pp. 709 - 714.
• Livesey, F. (2001) "Technology and Innovation Policy: Past, Present, and Future" Kennedy School Review, June 2001.
• Addlesee, M., Jones, A., Livesey, F., and Samaria, F. (1997) "The ORL Active Floor" IEEE Personal Communications, pp. 35 - 41, vol. 4, no. 5, October 1997.
• Livesey, T. F., O'hEighearta, S. , and Vandyck, M. A. (1994) "An investigation of satellite orbits in the Vinti potential using the Runge-Lenz vector" European Journal of Physics, pp. 335 - 338, vol. 15, July 1994.

Conference papers

• Malvido C, Moultrie J, Livesey T F, Pawar K, Riedel K, Beltagui A, Macbryde J, Martinez V, Evans S, Nixon W, Demian P, (2008), Towards a National Design Scoreboard: A model to enable comparison of performance between countries, PICMET: Technology management for a sustainable economy, Cape Town, 27-31 July 2008
• Moultrie J, Livesey T F, Malvido C, Riedel J, Beltagui A, Pawar K, Nixon B, MacBryde J, Martinez V, Demian P, Evans S, Developing a national design scoreboard, Design Research Society Conference: Undisciplined, Sheffield UK, 16-19 July 2008
• Moultrie J, Livesey T F, Malvido C, Beltagui A, Pawar K, Riedel J, (2008), Design funding in firms: a conceptual model of the role of design in industry, International Design Management Institute Education Conference: design thinking – new challenges for designers managers and organisations, Paris, 14-15 April 2008
• Moultrie J, Riedel J, Beltagui A, Malvido C, Livesey T F, Pawar K, Nixon B, MacBryde J, Demian P, Evans S, Martinez V, (2008), Exploratory study to capture design expenditure in firms, EIASM 15th International Product Development Management Conference, Hamburg, 29 June to 01 July 2008
• Beltagui A, Riedel J C K H, Pawar K S, Moultrie J, Malvido C, Livesey T F, Design Scoreboard: capturing design spending in firms, International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising, Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 June 2008
• Livesey, F. and Moultrie, J. (2008) Do trademarks and design registrations provide a better perspective on national innovation activity? DIME Conference on the Creative Industries and Intellectual Property, London May 22nd – 23rd 2008, available for download from http://www.dime-eu.org/files/active/0/WP63-IPR.pdf  
• Blowfield, M., Visser, W., and Livesey, F. (2007) “Sustainability Innovation: Mapping the territory” presented at the Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2007, University of Leeds
• Moultrie, J., Livesey, F., MacBryde, J., Martinez , V., Evans, S., Nixon, B., Pawar, K., Riedel, J. and Demian, P., (2006) ''Design Score Board: assessing national design performance'', Performance Measurement Association 2006 Conference.
• Assakul, P.F., Livesey, T.F., Gregory, M.J., and Hillier, W.E. (2004) "Structuring Futures Information: The Key to Informed Strategic Decisions", presented at The Second International Conference on Organisational Foresight Conference, 26th-28th August, Glasgow.
• Assakul, P.F., Livesey, T.F., Gregory, M.J., and Hillier, W.E. (2004) "Futures Perspectives For Manufacturing" in Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Euroma Conference, 28th - 30th June, Fontainebleau, Vol. 2, pp. 53-63.

Book chapters

• Minshall, M., Livesey, F., Mortara, L., Napp, J., Shi, Y. & Zhang, Y. (2010). Manufacturing and Open Innovation. In: Ryhanen, T., Uusitalo, M., Ikkala, O. and Karkkainen, A. eds. 2010. Nanotechnologies for Future Mobile Devices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Moultrie, J. & Livesey, F. (2010). Design Scoreboard: Development of an Approach to Comparing International Design Capabilities. In: Inns, T. ed (2010). Designing for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary methods and findings, UK: Gower.

Reports and working papers

• Livesey, F., Frau I., Featherston, C., and Oughton, D. (2010) Future Scenarios the UK Food and Drink Industry, commissioned report for the Food and Drink Federation.
• Livesey, F. (2010) The Value of the Food and Drink Industry to the UK, commissioned report for the Food and Drink Federation.
• Livesey F. & Moultrie, J. (2009). Company spending on design: exploratory survey of UK firms 2008, Institute for Manufacturing.
• Moultrie J. & Livesey F. (2009). Initial comparison of international design capabilities, Institute for Manufacturing.
• Livesey, F. (2010) Rationales for industrial policy based on industry maturity, Centre for Industry and Government Working Paper 2010/1.
• Livesey, F., Zimmermann, A., Dodin, L. & Gregory, M. (2010) Enabling the emergence of the regenerative medicine industry in the UK, Centre for Industry and Government Working Paper 2008/3.
• Livesey, F., O’Sullivan, E., Hughes, J., Valli, R. and Minshall, T. (2008) A pilot study on the emergence of university-level innovation policy in the UK, CIG Working Paper
• Livesey, F., Minshall, T., and Moultrie, J., (2006) Investigating the technology-based innovation gap for the United Kingdom , report to the Design Council, June 2006.
• Livesey, F. (2006) Defining High Value Manufacturing , report for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), January 2006.
• Livesey, F. (2003) Manufacturing services to rival business services, commissioned theme paper for the London Production Industries Commission, October 2003.
• Livesey, F. (2003) Does London's manufacturing capture the value it creates?, commissioned theme paper for the London Production Industries Commission, October 2003.
• Gregory, M., Hanson, P., van Bochoven, A.J., and Livesey, F (2003) Making the Most of Production, report to the Department of Trade and Industry, July 2003.
• Livesey, F., Cabell, D., Chan, J., Guerrero, S., Kariyawasam, R., and Moore, J. (2001) Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Moving forward with the Genoa Plan of Action, report prepared for the Montreal Meeting of the G8 DOT Force, October 2001.
• Auerswald, P., Feinson, S., and Livesey, F. (2001) Competitive Imperatives for the Commonwealth: A conceptual framework to guide the design of the state economic strategy, report prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Economic Development, September 2001.

Articles/Other Writing

• Livesey, F. (2010) Our industry is making new industries, The Manufacturer, June 2010.
• Livesey, F. (2006) Viewpoint, Catalyst, Winter 2006.
• Livesey, F. (2006) "Manufacturing Management" IET Manufacturing Engineer, October 2006
• Livesey, F. and Shi, Y. (2005) "The Challenge for Going Global" The Parliamentary Monitor Blue Skies, June 2005