Presented by: Peter W.B. Phillips, Distinguished Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
About the event: CSIP Director and JSGS Professor Peter Phillips will present findings from his recent pan-Canadian research project on provincial and territorial science and innovation policy. His team, with representatives from every province and the territories, found some significant challenges impairing performance and opportunities for accelerating innovation across our continental economy. He will present a brief overview of the findings from his book co-edited with David Castle: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests: The Drivers of Canadian Provincial Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (UTP, 2022, available at: https://utorontopress.com/9781487524548/ideas-institutions-and-interests/).
About our speaker: Dr. Phillips is Distinguished Professor of Policy and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. He earned his Ph.D. at the LSE and worked for 13 years as an economist in industry and government. Over the past 25 years he has held research chairs and professorial appointments in agricultural economics, business, political studies and now public policy and has had visiting appointments at the LSE, EUI, OECD, Chatham House and Universities of Edinburgh, Western Australia, and UTS Sydney. His research explores bioscience innovation policy related to global food security. He has won major peer-reviewed grants worth >$250M, is author/editor of 17 books, >75 articles and >70 chapters and serves as an expert advisor for firms and governments around the world. Phillips recently served as a member of the CCA Expert Panel on Plant Health in Canada and is currently on the Board of Directors of Genome Prairie and a member of the Expert Panel on Clean Growth with the Canadian Climate Institute.
About the CSIP Forums: Science, technology and innovation policy is essential in shaping our future. Translating the narrative into clear options, strategies and outcomes is necessary, but far from simple. CSIP invites all students, faculty, researchers, and citizens interested in the study of science, technology and innovation policy to participate in these bi-weekly forums. For more information, visit us online! www.scienceandinnovationpolicy.ca
About the event: CSIP Director and JSGS Professor Peter Phillips will present findings from his recent pan-Canadian research project on provincial and territorial science and innovation policy. His team, with representatives from every province and the territories, found some significant challenges impairing performance and opportunities for accelerating innovation across our continental economy. He will present a brief overview of the findings from his book co-edited with David Castle: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests: The Drivers of Canadian Provincial Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (UTP, 2022, available at: https://utorontopress.com/9781487524548/ideas-institutions-and-interests/).
About our speaker: Dr. Phillips is Distinguished Professor of Policy and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. He earned his Ph.D. at the LSE and worked for 13 years as an economist in industry and government. Over the past 25 years he has held research chairs and professorial appointments in agricultural economics, business, political studies and now public policy and has had visiting appointments at the LSE, EUI, OECD, Chatham House and Universities of Edinburgh, Western Australia, and UTS Sydney. His research explores bioscience innovation policy related to global food security. He has won major peer-reviewed grants worth >$250M, is author/editor of 17 books, >75 articles and >70 chapters and serves as an expert advisor for firms and governments around the world. Phillips recently served as a member of the CCA Expert Panel on Plant Health in Canada and is currently on the Board of Directors of Genome Prairie and a member of the Expert Panel on Clean Growth with the Canadian Climate Institute.
About the CSIP Forums: Science, technology and innovation policy is essential in shaping our future. Translating the narrative into clear options, strategies and outcomes is necessary, but far from simple. CSIP invites all students, faculty, researchers, and citizens interested in the study of science, technology and innovation policy to participate in these bi-weekly forums. For more information, visit us online! www.scienceandinnovationpolicy.ca
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