The Turnbull government sees the ‘City Deal’ as a way for ‘smart cities’ to drive innovation and growth. But what is the value proposition behind this UK concept and how might it work in Australia?
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Increasing the amount that students pay towards their degree is likely to be on the cards of higher education in this year’s election.
Before you call in the consultants, stress test your business strategies, intrapreneurship and culture.
The success of Australia’s primary industries could provide a pathway to a new incarnation.
If smart cities run on big data and algorithms that channel only ‘relevant’ information and opinions to us, how do we maintain the diversity of ideas and possibilities that drives truly smart cities?
U.C. Berkeley and the Broad Institute are fighting to control the patents on the revolutionary gene-editing technology. But there’s a lot more at stake than just who gets the credit and licensing fees.
Australia still rests too heavily on its luck, and not enough on its brains.
Any government policy focused on innovation must recognise the importance of proximity.
The Australian government’s fintech strategy resets the risk dial on how fintech firms are regulated, but the big unknown is how consumers will respond.
America’s low-income but high-achieving kids fail to find the necessary resources, and consequently fall behind. This has huge implications for innovation as well as the GDP.
Drugs, new materials and even more creative uses: biodiversity is full of potential.
Across Indigenous Australia, innovation is occurring locally, under the radar of government policies and support. We can look to this innovation and stop fixating on finding the elusive policy solution.
Hackathons are all the rage, but if the participants follow through on the results, they can be a powerful instrument for generating innovation.
As 3D printing gets cheaper and easier to use, what might children - the next generation of innovators - make?
Adopting a genuinely innovative mindset to business can help companies to navigate a tough global economy. It’ll involve risks, but can deliver great rewards.
Using tax incentives to motivate innovation is more nuanced than governments sometimes assume.
With government obesity strategies failing to get off the ground, it’s time for business to step up and develop healthier options.
Africa has deep-rooted problems: poverty, disease, corruption and war. Could these be solved through mathematical science?
The Italian government tried to limit the type of companies that could use crowd-sourced funding with poor results, Australia can learn from this.
Researchers surveyed college students to find out what was influencing student motivation. They found good relationships with faculty make a big difference, but not good grades.
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Visiting Professor, Imperial College Business School, and Emeritus Professor, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
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Winthrop Professor, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing and Strategy, The University of Western Australia
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Researcher in Entrepreneurial Creativity, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
