CSTI Policy Publications

Recent Policy Publications
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 Policy Handbook on National Emerging Technology Policy Strategising (NETS) Viktória Döme, Eoin O'Sullivan, Robert Doubleday, Nafeessah Ameerudden CSTI in collaboration with the Directorate of Technologies, Growth & Security, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) 
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 A Short Guide to National Emerging Technology Policy Strategising (NETS) Viktória Döme CSTI in collaboration with the Directorate of Technologies, Growth & Security, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) 
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 What makes the UK industrial innovation system different? (September 2025) David Leal-Ayala, Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete, Carlos López-Gómez, Eoin O’Sullivan, Zongshuai Fan, Viktória Döme Commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to inform the work of the National Technology Adviser, Dr Dave Smith 
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 Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete, Viktória Döme, Carlos López-Gómez, Eoin O’Sullivan, Mateus Labrunie, Michelle Palladino, Guendalina Anzolin Commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to inform the work of the National Technology Adviser, Dr Dave Smith 
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 David Leal-Ayala, Zongshuai Fan, Carlos López-Gómez, Cristina Rodríguez Rivero, Eoin O’Sullivan Commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to inform the work of the National Technology Adviser, Dr Dave Smith 
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 Industrial Innovation Policy: Rationale, Definition and Challenges (January 2025) Guendalina Anzolin, Eoin O'Sullivan 
 
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 Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete, Zoi Roupakia, Viktória Döme, Guendalina Anzolin 
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 Babbage Forum in Asia: Reconfiguring Supply Chain Networks (July 2024) Martin Ho  | 
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 Babbage US Regional Meeting Report (June 2024) Guendalina Anzolin 
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 Perceptions of manufacturing: How to make manufacturing charming again? (December 2023) Guendalina Anzolin, Jennifer Castañeda–Navarrete, Dalila Ribaudo 
 
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 Technology strata: A framework distinguishing between technologies v1.0 (October 2023) Viktória Döme, Eoin O’Sullivan, Cristina Rodriguez Rivero 
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 Governance of research and innovation: UK in an international comparative context (October 2023) Viktória Döme, Eoin O’Sullivan 
 
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 The challenges of challenge-led research and innovation agencies (June 2021) Martin Ho, Elizabeth Killen, Eoin O’Sullivan 
 
 
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 ‘Windows of opportunity’ for global leadership in key emerging technologies: The case for ‘disruptive innovation laboratories’ working at the interface of scientific discovery and technology development (November 2022) Rob Miller, Eoin O'Sullivan A submission to the Independent Review of the UK Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape  | 
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 The role of intermediate RD&I institutes in building regional and sectoral innovation capabilities (November 2022) Richard Jones, Eoin O'Sullivan A submission to the Independent Review of the UK Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape  | 
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 A technology management and innovation systems perspective on the ARPA model (July 2020) Eoin O'Sullivan Written evidence RFA0094, House of Commons Science & Technology Committee inquiry into 'A new UK research funding agency'  | 
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 Inside the black box of manufacturing: Conceptualising and counting manufacturing (June 2019) Jostein Hague, Eoin O'Sullivan Report for the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)  | 
Past Policy Publications
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 Pandemic Vaccination Programme Design: Lessons from COVID-19 (2021) Yuna Yang  | 
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 Eoin O'Sullivan, Carlos López-Gómez Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)  | 
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 A Review of International Approaches to Center-based Multidisciplinary Engineering Research (2016) Eoin O'Sullivan A report for the US National Academy of Engineering  | 
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 Tomas Coates Ulrichsen, Eoin O'Sullivan CSTI Workshop Report  | 
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 A Review of International Approaches to Supporting Quantum Technologies Research & Innovation (2015) Paul Beecher, Eoin O'Sullivan A report for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)  | 
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 Charles Featherston, Eoin O'Sullivan A report for the Government Office of Science and Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)  | 
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 The Different Roles of Technology in Technological Emergence (2014) Charles Featherston  | 
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 International Approaches to Understanding the Future of Manufacturing (2012) Nicola Mitchell, Eoin O'Sullivan A report for the UK Government Office of Science  | 
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 The Role of Standardisation in Supporting Emerging Technologies (2012) Eoin O'Sullivan, Laure Brevignon-Dodin A study for the UK Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) and the British Standards Institute  | 
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 International Approaches to Manufacturing Research (2011) Eoin O'Sullivan A report for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)  | 
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 Michael Kenward, Eoin O'Sullivan A workshop report for the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE)  | 





















 



					





