New LSE innovation research programme to help boost UK productivity

A new Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) based at LSE and led by world-leading economist Professor John Van Reenen will be funded by £4m from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

It is part of a £30m package of measures by the ESRC – its largest ever single investment - to help solve the UK’s stagnating productivity, as well as boost wage growth and drive up living standards. This research, which will inform significant decisions by governments and business leaders, has become more pressing given the need to support economic recovery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...