'This is a policy that will work!' Associate Professor, Tobacco Control Research Group, Dr Rob Branston, reacts to the Commons passing an anti-smoking bill through a second reading.

Our latest @IRCaucus report with @timvorley on understanding the returns of @innovateuk funding for businesses and the economy here: https://t.co/Ppp5ow0RGE Since 2004, Innovate UK has injected more than £2.5bn to support business R&D/innovation in the form of grants,

I am excited to be invited to talk about engaged scholarship and research impact at the Innovation and Research Caucus conference! @InnovCaucus @UKRI_News Looking forward to it! https://t.co/RPUIiULZeK

Very excited to have been selected for a UKRI policy fellowship @UKRI_News at the @SciTechgovuk Looking forward to interesting and impactful research!

Meet our successful 2023 policy fellows👏: https://t.co/4A8dqOcHEn Fellows will work in government departments and What Works Centres to help tackle important national and global challenges. @ESRC @ahrcpress @BBSRC

Very Interesting talks around innovation, entrepreneurship, firm productivity and industry at the 5th ZEW International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship #zew

Second keynote talk at the Fifth International #ZEW Conference on Dynamics of Entrepreneurship with @ufukakcigit @UChicago on privatisations and industrial dynamics in East Germany. https://t.co/UGshzaPjzE

The case for #IndustrialStrategy if ever it is needed 'UK lags behind G7 peers on productivity due to ‘complacency’

Really proud of everything that the @InnovCaucus had achieved since it started in 2015. From a small group of ‘thought leaders’ to a network of 80 #socialscience academics working with @innovateuk @esrc and @KTNUK supported by an amazing core team.

Amazing to meet so many former and current colleagues at today’s @InnovCaucus event at @UKHouseofLords Eager to see the successor of the @InnovCaucus in driving impact @innovateuk @KTNUK

Are tax credits or subsidies more effective in promoting Research & Development investments? @BathSofM’s @ChrisDimos (with @MHisarciklilar @ematalam Geoff Pugh and Ian Jackson) in Technovation https://t.co/EsL004VUvi

Want to know which public instrument helps firms to increase their R&D? If yes, check out our recently published article:

I had 13 rejections of papers in 2021, and 2 acceptances. Just to show the young colleagues out there that behind every publication, there's typically a multitude of rejections. And yes: although I’ve been publishing for several years, it’s still tough not to take it personally.

BREAKING: It has emerged we could fit all classrooms in England with air filters for a cost of £140 million, but the prime minister has decided we should spend £280 million on a royal yacht instead x

My latest blog on intangible assets

Promoting R&D investment at the firm-level

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Read the report on the 6th Masterclass on EU Cohesion Policy (2018) by @ChrisDimos (University of Bath, UK) and Samira Barzin @FRW_RUG @univgroningen #euregionsweek #RSAezine https://t.co/gj5iNx2HY9 CC @EUinmyRegion @stracma @MargaretLawBod @VDozhdeva @WolfgangPetzold

Skills and place based industrial strategy: @PRT1969 discusses job composition, international fragmentation of production, new forms of international competition, and new technologies.

Take a look at what @PRT1969 and @ChrisDimos from @Bathsofm were up to last week. They were invited by the @EU_Commission and @regstud to talk about smart specialisation and #Industry40. 🇪🇺 https://t.co/pzZVhq26QY