CENTRIM - Centre for Research in Innovation Management, University of Brighton, UK
CENTRIM conducts and applies cutting-edge innovation research to train, consult and develop products and services. We specialise in 'closing the loop' between academic research and practice by transferring academic knowledge of technology strategy, problem solving, and creativity facilitation to businesses and social enterprises. The Centre is co-located with SPRU in the Freeman Centre and we work closely together on projects as well as jointly convening seminars, training activities and events.
CENTRIM currently works in four major research areas:
- innovation in the project economy
- innovation in the creative industries
- learning networks
- user innovation.
We also pursue a number of emerging research themes that are vital to innovation management in developed and developing countries. These include innovation in East Asia, innovation in university research, knowledge leakage in business and innovation in cyber crime. The close overlap with some of SPRU's research allows us to exploit each institution's specialized skills and areas of expertise. The Freeman Centre itself was specifically designed to enhance such trans-institutional and inter-disciplinary knowledge sharing as part of a JIF grant to establish an institutional home on the University of Sussex campus for research in Innovation and Science Policy. The building has a 20 year lease which dedicates its use to research in these areas. Sharing such a building with CENTRIM allows SPRU to enhance its engagement with the industrial, policy and NGO sectors.
Institute of Development Studies
The world-leading Institute of Development Studies (IDS), which is co-located with SPRU on the University of Sussex campus, is a multidisciplinary global organisation devoted to research, teaching, and knowledge services for international development. With a reputation gained over 40 years, IDS has distinguished itself by a people-centred perspective and an intricate network comprised of international organisations, grassroots activists, government, business, and media. We also convene eight postgraduate courses spanning a range of topics.
Currently, IDS maintains five closely linked research teams:
- Globalisation
- Governance
- Knowledge Technology and Society
- Participation, Power and Social Change
- Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction.
There are considerable overlaps with the research interests of SPRU faculty and students, and close research and teaching relationships, including joint DPhils. Currently, SPRU and IDS jointly run the STEPS research centre.
Visit the Institute of Development Studies website.
Over the last four decades SPRU has built up a large international network of institutions with which we collaborate and engage. These include:
Asia and Pacific
| Government | |
|---|---|
| Australia | Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
| CSTP | Council for Science and Technology Policy, Japan |
| KIST | Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea |
| MEST | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea |
| MOST | Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, China |
| Institutes | |
|---|---|
| ACIIC | Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness Ltd University of Sydney, Australia |
| ANSTIP | Asian Network for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy |
| CASTED | Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development, China |
| CRISP | Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy, India |
| CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research New Delhi, India |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia |
| CSSP | Centre for Studies in Science Policy, New Delhi, India |
| GMI | Graduate School of Management and Innovation, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand |
| IFTEC | Institute for Future Technology, Japan |
| IMPP |
Innovation Management Policy Program, National Graduate School of Management, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| ISTP |
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University Perth, Australia |
| ITTIN | Investment and Technology Transfer Information Network |
| JSPS | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan |
| JST | Japan Science and Technology Agency |
| MOT | Graduate School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| MU-ISTD |
Mehran University Institute of Science and Technology Development Jamshoro, Pakistan |
| NEC | NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, National University of Singapore |
| REPP | Research Evaluation and Policy Project, Australian National University |
| RITE | Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth |
| SCJ | Science Council of Japan |
| STEPi | Science and Technology Policy Institute, Seoul, Korea. |
| STS |
Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia |
| TIM |
Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
| TIMC |
Technology and Innovation Management Centre, University of Queensland, Australia |
| TITech |
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
Europe
| Government | |
|---|---|
| EU | European Union |
| UK | Directgov – A-Z listing of Government Departments such as the Cabinet Office and Departments of Business, Innovation and Skills; Environment Food and Rural Affairs; Energy and Climate Change, etc. |
| UK - Foresight | Technology Foresight Knowledge Pool |
| UK – NESTA | National Endowment of Science Technology and Arts |
| UK - POST | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology |
| Networks of Excellence | |
|---|---|
| DIME | Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe |
| PRIME | Policies for Research and Innovation in the Move towards the European Research Area |
| Institutes | |
|---|---|
| BETA |
Research Laboratory in Theoretical and Applied Economics, Strasbourg, France |
| BRESE | Brunel Research in Enterprise, Innovation, Sustainability and Ethics, Brunel |
| BRICK | Bureau of Research on Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Turin |
| CEMI | Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation |
| CESIT |
Centre for the Economic Study of Innovation and Technology, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| CESPRI |
Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalisation, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy CESPRI has recently merged with another research group to become KITES (Knowledge Internationalisation and Technology Studies) |
| CIRCLE |
Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy |
| CRIC | ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, UMIST and the University of Manchester, UK |
| CRICT | Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology, Brunel University, UK |
| CSI | Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France |
| CSS | Centre for Science Studies, University of Lancaster, UK |
| CTS | Centre for Technology & Society, Technical University, Berlin, Germany |
| CURDS | Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle, UK |
| CWTS | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| DELFT | Management of Technology, Netherlands |
| DRUID | Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| ECIS | Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies, Technical University Eindhoven |
| EIRMA | European Industrial Research Management Association, Paris, France |
| IAT | Institut Arbeit und Technik (Institute for Work and Technology), Gelsenkirschen, Germany |
| ICREA |
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Italy |
| IFZ | Inter University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture, Graz, Austria |
| IHDP-IT | International Human Dimensions Program on Industrial Transformation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| IIASA | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria |
| IKE | IKE Group, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark |
| Imperial College Business School | Imperial College, UK |
| INFORSK | Information Research Group, Umea University, Sweden |
| INGENIO | Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, Valencia, Spain |
| InSIS | Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Oxford, UK |
| IPTS | Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain |
| IRPPS | Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies, Italian National Research Council |
| ISI | Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| ISSTI | Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, University of Edinburgh, UK |
| ITAS | Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| IVM | Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University, Amsterdam |
| Judge Business School | University of Cambridge, UK |
| KITES | Knowledge Internationalization and Technology Studies, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy |
| MERIT | (now UNU/MERIT) |
| NIFU STEP | Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Oslo, Norway |
| OPTI | Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnologica Industrial (Technology Foresight Observatory), Madrid, Spain |
| OST | Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, France |
| PREST | Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, University of Manchester, UK |
| RIDE | R&D, Innovation and the Dynamics of Economies, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden |
| RIIA | Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK |
| RPI | Research Policy Institute, Lund University, Sweden |
| Said Business School | University of Oxford, UK |
| Sant'Anna | School of Advanced Studies, Italy |
| SATSU | Science and Technology Studies Unit, University of York (formerly at Anglia Polytechnic University) |
| SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden (includes online library catalogue) |
| SMIT | Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication, Free University, Brussels, Belgium |
| STEPS | Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies, University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| STS | Science and Technology Studies, University College London |
| SUPRA | Scottish Universities Policy Research and Advice Network, Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde, UK |
| Technopolis Ltd | Brighton, UK |
| The Royal Society | The UK Academy of Science, London (includes online library catalogues) |
| TIP | Technology Information Policy Consulting, Vienna, Austria |
| TNO | Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Delft, The Netherlands |
| UNU/MERIT | Institute for New Technologies, United Nations University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (includes online library catalogue) |
| VTT | VTT Group for Technology Studies, Espoo, Finland |
| Wellcome Trust | London, UK |
| WZB | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Center), Berlin, Germany |
Africa
| AAS | African Academy of Sciences |
| ACTS | African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya. |
| AMCOST | African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology |
| ATPS | African Technology Policy Studies Network |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
North America
| Institutes | |
|---|---|
| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science, Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, Washington, D.C., US |
| BELFER | Centre for Science and International Affairs, Harvard, US |
| CID | Center for International Development, Harvard University, US |
| CIRES | Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, US |
| CISTP | Center for International Science and Technology Policy, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., US |
| Council on Competitiveness | Washington, D.C., US |
| CPROST | Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| CRUISE | Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science and Environment, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada |
| CSIIC | Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium |
| CSPO | Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University, US |
| CSTP | Center for Science and Technology Policy, George Mason University, US |
| CTPID | Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development, MIT, Cambridge, MA, US |
| E&TIM | Engineering and Technology Innovation Management, Carnegie Mellon, US |
| EPP | Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon, US |
| ETSS | Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences: An information resource based at Northwestern University, Illinois, US |
| George C. Marshall Institute | Washington, D.C., US |
| Harvard Kennedy School | Harvard University, US |
| IC2 Institute | A research center for the study of Innovation, Creativity, and Capital, University of Texas, Austin, US |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada |
| IRI | Industrial Research Institute, Washington, DC |
| ISRN | Innovation System Research Network, University of Toronto, Canada |
| MINT | Management of Innovation and New Technology (MINT) Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada |
| OST | Oberservatoire des Sciences et des Technologies, Montreal, Canada |
| RAND | Science and Technology Policy Institute (archive), US |
| SETChange | Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, Carnegie Mellon, US |
| SIPA | School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, US |
| SSTI | State Science and Technology Institute, Westerville, Ohio, US |
| STEP | Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, US |
| STPP | Science Technology and Public Policy Program, University of Michigan, US |
| TIM | Academy of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Division, US |
| TOM | Technology and Operations Management, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, US |
| TPAC | Technology Policy and Assessment Centre, Georgia Tech, US |
| TPP | Technology and Policy Program, MIT, US |
South America
| Institutes | |
|---|---|
| ABDI | Agência Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial, Brasilia, Brazil |
| CONICET – CENIT | Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| COPPE | Technology Center of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| DPCT | Departamento de Política Científica e Tecnológica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
| EBAPE FGV | Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil |
| NPGT | Technology Policy and Management Nucleus, University of São Paulo, Brazil |
| REDESIST | Research Network on Local Productive and Innovative Systems, based at the Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| RICYT | Ibero American Network on Science and Technology Indicators, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| International organisations | |
|---|---|
| CSTD | UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EU | European Union |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| UN | United Nations |
| World Bank | World Bank |
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