Opening the Pandora’s Box of Inequality in Innovation Systems

How does innovation affect income inequality? This talk explores how innovation systems can both increase and reduce inequality. It challenges the conventional explanations offered by mainstream economics - such as the skill-biased technological change account - and highlights the critical role of the mechanisms and strategies adopted by key actors in innovation systems.

This session will be of interest to PhD students, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners concerned with innovation, inequality, and inclusive development.

Presenter - Dr Thanos Fragkandreas, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Westminster Business School | University of Westminster

Thanos is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Entrepreneurship at the University of Westminster and Associate Director of the Centre for Innovation Management Research at Birkbeck, University of London. His research focuses on innovation paradoxes, innovation systems, income inequality, and innovation policy, as well as the philosophy and methodology of innovation studies. Thanos has published research in several international peer-reviewed journals, including Research Policy, European Planning Studies, Prometheus, and the International Review of Sociology. He is also the author of a monograph on regional innovation performance in the European Union and the recipient of the NESTA Award for Innovation Studies.

Chair – Professor Theo.Papaioannou, Professor Of Politics, Innovation And Development