Workshop in Pisa, Italy, 15-16 May 2010,
Conference organisers: Mariana Mazzucato and Luigi Orsenigo
Organised by DIME, the Open University/IKD Centre (www.open.ac.uk/ikd) , and the EC FP7 FINNOV project on Finance, Innovation and Growth (www.finnov-fp7.eu)
The workshop will focus on the relationship between innovation and inequality - an old theme which had been long forgotten until recently. We plan to bring together innovation economists, labor economists, and health economists to bang heads about different dimensions of inequality that are possibly linked to innovation, beyond the usual indicators of income and wealth. One of the key sessions will focus on recent sectoral work on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry and its relationship to ‘access’ to health services (an important new indicator of inequality). Our aim is to consider this work in the context of its contribution to a more general discussion on innovation and inequality--different dimensions and indicators--as well as factors around the relationship between financial markets and inequality. We want the conference to be challenging and lively, keeping a high standard of quality--and to be focussed especially around discussion and policy implications.
Session 1: Innovation and Inequality: the need for new indicators.
Session
2: Insights from Pharma: innovation and access to drugs.
Session 3:
How do financial markets affect the relationship between innovation and
inequality?
Session 4: Lessons for policies aimed at more ‘equitable’
forms of innovation led growth.
Please send your extended abstract or full papers to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (cc: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before March 12, 2010. Extended abstract should contain motivation, research questions, methodology, and (expected) results. You will be notified before March 26, 2010 about the acceptance of your abstract or paper. Final papers should be sent before April 26, 2010.
Thank
you,
Mariana Mazzucato (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and
Luigi Orsenigo (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
To read the full, original article click on this link: Innovation and Inequality: From Pharma and Beyond | DIME
Author: Stuart Parris
