Project areas

Through an initial consultation with key stakeholders involved in developing government policies and funding programmes, a number of key project areas were identified, including:

• Understanding the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the ability of universities to contribute to R&D and innovation through the crisis and into recovery
• Improving university commercialisation data and metrics for public policy and university practice development
• International developments in university commercialisation and innovation policies and funding programmes
• Strengthening partnerships for innovation between universities, businesses and other organisations

Projects in progress

Beyond The Pandemic: Investigating how universities are adapting to major shocks in the innovation landscape and their ability to drive an innovation-led economic recovery post-Covid

Unlocking Insights for UK Policy: Investigating the emergence and development of university spinouts and key factors shaping success

Universities and their functions in innovation systems: a primer for policy

Projects completed

Busting myths and moving forward: UK university approaches to spinout equity (2022)

Innovating in a Crisis: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on R&D and innovation involving universities and business (2020 - 2022)

• UCI (with NCUB) (2022) Through Crisis to Recovery: The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on universities and their ability to drive innovation
• UCI (2022) Innovation policy and the university system in times of crisis and recovery: What we know and what it means
• UCI (With NCUB) (2021) Innovating in a Crisis: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on How Universities Contribute to Innovation
• NCUB (with UCI) (2021) Innovating and Resilience in a Crisis: the Impact of COVID-19 on UK Business R&D

Investigating data and methodological issues in first iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (2021)

Improving university data on spinouts: a pilot project (2021)