Kirsten Bound

Kirsten Bound joined NESTA in September 2009 as Lead Policy Advisor on Innovation Systems.

Prior to this, Kirsten worked for Tony Blair's Africa Governance Initiative in Rwanda, capacity building and advising the Prime Minister on the set up of a Policy Delivery Unit. She also worked as a consultant on Investment Climate Reform for the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.

Kirsten spent five years as a Researcher then Senior Researcher for Demos, a leading public policy think tank. Her work focused on democracy; participation and science; and innovation in emerging economies. Her publications include Brazil: the Natural Knowledge Economy and India: the uneven innovator, part of The Atlas of Ideas.

Kirsten studied in the UK and in France has a first class degree in European Political and Social Studies from UCL.