Policy Innovation Blog

The Policy Innovation Blog will follow NESTA’s Policy Unit as it explores new ways of tackling key social and economic challenges.

Analysing high-growth firms

In February, NESTA issued a call for proposals to build further evidence on high-growth firms.

05.05.2011

Innovation policy through experimentation

NESTA Provocations are independent essays by thinkers that showcase thought-provoking work on innovation. In our latest Provocation, State of Uncertainty: Innovation policy through experimentation, Jason Potts, Alan Freeman and I, writing in our personal capacities, call on the government to adopt a radically new approach to supporting innovation.

27.04.2011

Building the civic economy

How can the Big Society connect with communities and local places? We must learn from what’s already happening, and witness how the civic economy is flourishing across the UK.

08.04.2011

The other side of financial innovation

With the launch of our Big Society Finance Fund, NESTA's Stian Westlake looks at how financial innovation can help the social sector do more and do better.

07.04.2011

Opportunities for sustainable innovation

Alex Hook reflects on NESTA's recent Innovation for Sustainability event and the questions that arose around the future of sustainable innovation in the UK.

24.03.2011

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