Introduction
As part of CSTI’s engagement and dissemination activities, we invite policymakers to spend time as a visiting researcher with the centre. Policymakers use this time to develop more rigorous evidence bases for longer-term STI strategic policies and are given time and space to reflect on their policy experiences. All this is with the support of CSTI staff, who provide conceptual frameworks and research insights to facilitate the policy and evidence investigation. These placements have resulted in conference or journal papers that use the policy case studies to provide unique insights for policy makers.
To support knowledge diffusion, CSTI researchers are also seconded into Government Departments and Agencies. These placements are focused on specific policy challenges that CSTI’s researchers have experience and insight into from their research. These placements have resulted in policy reports and presentations that provide evidence for policy development.
Policy visitors (current & former)
Catherine Coates, former Director of Business Innovation, EPSRC
Currently: Independent expert advisor on university-industry partnering
Status: Visiting researcher (former)
Duration: 2015-2016 (part-time)
Belinda Clarke, Lead Technologist for synthetic biology, Innovate UK
Currently: Director of Agri-Tech East
Status: Visiting researcher (former)
Duration: 2013 (part-time)
Paul McCaffrey, Project Leader, Foresight Future of Manufacturing Project, Government Office of Science
Currently: Deputy Director, Strategic Investment & accounts, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
Status: Visitor (former)
Duration: 2014 (part-time)
CSTI Secondees (current & former)
Robert Doubleday
Seconded to: Technology Security and Strategy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Project: National Emerging Technology Policy Strategizing (NETS)
Duration: January-December, 2024 (part-time)
Viktória Döme
Seconded to: Technology Security and Strategy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Project: National Emerging Technology Policy Strategizing (NETS)
Duration: January-December, 2024 (part-time)
Seconded to: Manufacturing Policy Team, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Outputs: Emerging industries and BIS: How Sector Teams might consider emerging industries based of the structures and functions
Duration: April-May, 2014 (part-time)
Carlos Lopez Gomez
Seconded to: Centre for Research & Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)
Outputs: Analysis of regional technology & innovation centres (kohsetsushi) in Japan
Duration: October-December, 2015
Seconded to: UN Industrial Development Organization
Outputs: Value chain analysis manual
Duration: August-November, 2010
Eoin O'Sullivan
Seconded to: Knowledge Base, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Duration: June, 2009 (part-time)
