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Promoting economic growth
Some thoughts on ESRC's role and ambitions
Jul 18 • 
Stian Westlake
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Apollonian and Dionysian Metascience
Quick reflections on the two different cultures driving metascience research
May 27 • 
Stian Westlake
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"Woke waste" and diversity of thought
From time to time, a piece of publicly funded research gets accused of being a bad use of taxpayers’ money.
Mar 21 • 
Stian Westlake
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A Strategic Brain for the R&D Ecosystem
How to build a shared analytic capability for public R&D investment
Feb 26 • 
Stian Westlake
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Increasing institutional diversity in the social sciences
“University social scientists won.
Feb 10 • 
Stian Westlake
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Innovation procurement: eating our own dogfood
Some rough thoughts on one way innovation can help deliver Government missions
Jan 24 • 
Stian Westlake
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Reflections on ESRC’s Applicant-led and Targeted research funding
On being less Laodicean
Jan 17 • 
Stian Westlake
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Strategy, history and structure
Some reflections at the start of ESRC's 60th anniversary year
Jan 6 • 
Stian Westlake
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Magic Smoke
This Substack is a place where I'll post occasional personal reflections on economic growth, intangible capital, metascience, and research and innovation policy.
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