Research Assistant at London School of Economics and Political …

The Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant for a one-year period. The project will focus on UK spatial disparities in private and public …

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Research Assistant Salary from £35,758 to £40,741 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £43,604 pa inclusive of London allowance Fixed term appointment for 1 year (with option to …

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What is the programme on innovation & diffusion?

The Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) carries out cutting-edge research into how to boost productivity through nurturing innovation – ideas that are new to the world – and how to diffuse these ideas across the economy. ...

How can innovation and diffusion improve economic progress?

Economic progress depends on pushing out the frontier of new ideas with innovation and then diffusing these ideas as quickly as possible around society. Our research at POID is about understanding this process and developing policies that can help improve both innovation and diffusion for the betterment of society. ...

What is policy innovation diffusion research?

With the deepening of governance and policy innovation practices in countries around the world, the content and methods of policy innovation diffusion research have become increasingly diverse. These researches cover many aspects such as the diffusion and diffusion path of local policy innovation, the internal relationship between policy… ...

How is diffusion facilitated?

Diffusion is facilitated by exemplary demonstrations that apply what we know about innovation attributes, innovation clusters, opinion leadership, and guided adaptation, in which interventions are conducted at full-scale, with optimistic staff, and where cost effectiveness data are presented to visitors (Magill & Rogers, 1981). ...

Who plays a role in diffusion?

Implementation research has also shown that internal “sponsors” or high-ranking members of the organization—formal leaders—have a role to play in dissemination apart from the importance accorded to informal opinion leaders or champions (frequent users and problem solvers) in the classic diffusion model. ...

How can diffusion concepts be operationalized in projects?

Diffusion concepts can be operationalized in projects to affect the rate of adoption of innovations by slowing spread or, more commonly, by accelerating it (Dearing, 2004; Rogers, 1973; Valente & Davis, 1999). ...