🎤 What would it mean to reclaim digital infrastructure? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and Paulo Gerbaudo recently spoke about Digital Sovereignty in the age of #BigTech with @meadwaj.bsky.social on the 'After Order' podcast. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/PSUj5sJ

🆕 Creating a Competitive Marketplace for Compute Three American firms — Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet — control 85% of Canada’s public cloud market. IIPP's Professor @eaves.ca's latest report proposes a pathway to create a more competitive marketplace for compute. 🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/4Pw8dqR

⬆️ A Bottom-Up Approach to Building a Climate Resilience Stack IIPP Professor @eaves.ca, Beatriz Vasconcellos, Richard Gevers, & Liam Orme's policy report outlines a ‘climate resilience stack’ framework to help leaders respond to climate change. 🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/BZdpxJq

🌤️ Talking About the Weather IIPP Associate Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social expands on how #BigTech is setting the terms for how we understand and respond to the climate crisis through its ownership of cloud services in her new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/LqCINxw

🤖 AI Should Help Fund Creative Labour IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social and PhD Candidate @faustogernone.bsky.social propose a levy on AI firms’ revenues to help fund the arts, promote open access, and maintain human ingenuity & creativity. ✍️ Read their article here: buff.ly/mAptBLB

🎤 @IIPP_UCL Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social recently spoke with @tracyalloway.bsky.social and @weisenthal.bsky.social about mission economy, AI, and state capacity on Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast at #CityLab2026 in Madrid. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ndPtqcc

🎤 Webinar: Public innovation and city capabilities Register now for this joint @eurocities.eu and UCL IIPP webinar, exploring the evolving agenda around public sector innovation and capability-building in city governments. ➡️ Learn more and register here: buff.ly/V5IxEen

✅ City Capability Check @IIPP_UCL is gathering insights from public officials working on climate policy, innovation, citizen participation, strategy, and governance. If you work in a European city administration, learn more and participate here: buff.ly/eW480G3

✍️ Restoring Public-Sector Capacity Where It Counts IIPP Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social & @rainerkattel.bsky.social's @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article calls for investment, sustained coordination, and continuous learning to strengthen city governments. 🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/RBqxdH8

📣 Calling all city leaders! The Public Sector Capabilities Index is now recruiting cities to participate. IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social's blog post outlines why cities should join the Index & what they can gain from participating. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/JphB6c2 @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social

🥂 Thank you for joining the 2026 IIPP Rethinking the State Forum After two full days of talks and discussions, filled with moments to connect, exchange knowledge, and spark new ideas, the 2026 Rethinking the State Forum comes to a close. Thank you to everyone who joined!

💪 Reclaiming Finance Closing out the last day of the Forum, this panel, co-organised with Women Leaders in Finance (WIF) and IIPP's Strategic Economic Alliance (@iipp-sea.bsky.social), brings together experts and practitioners to examine how financial systems can serve the common good.

🎤 Evaluating Mission-Oriented Policies Conventional evaluation frameworks struggle to capture the impact of mission-oriented policies. IIPP's Strategic Economics Alliance (@iipp-sea.bsky.social) convenes an expert panel to ask "what theoretical lenses determine what counts as success?"

🌿 The state must be reimagined to lead the ecological transition Forum Day 2 continues with a panel discussion bringing together policymakers & experts to explore how public budgets can accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy, moderated by IIPP Professor @mazzucatom.bsky.social.

🤖 State Capacity in the Digital Era We kick off Day 2 of the Forum with an insightful conversation between Emily Middleton, Director General of the UK Government Digital Service (GDS), and IIPP Professor of Digital Government @eaves.ca on digital state capacity.

👋 Welcome back to Day 2 of the 2026 IIPP Rethinking the State Forum Join us for another day of insightful discussions, networking opportunities, as well as the ongoing IIPP MPA Student Poster Exhibition. ➡️ Explore today's full programme here: buff.ly/2IAAMas

🎬 That's a wrap on Day 1! Thanks to everyone who joined us for Day 1 of the 2026 IIPP Forum! Join us again tomorrow for another full day of sessions covering digital state capacity, green industrial strategy, and more. ➡️ See tomorrow's programme: buff.ly/igZrMrA

🆕 Book Launch: The Common Good Economy We close out the first day of the Forum with a special session featuring IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social as she presents her new book 'The Common Good Economy', exploring its implications in conversation with The Rt Hon. Baron Victor Adebowale.

🏙️ Developing City Capabilities to Deliver Public Value Today's second session, chaired by IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social, brings together leading voices for a cross-disciplinary conversation on building dynamic capabilities, creating public value, & ensuring human flourishing.

🎤 The Future of Rethinking the State We kick off the Forum with an interactive session on how mission-oriented and market-shaping ideas are being explored in research, policy, and practice globally, bringing together Forum participants and members of the IIPP community.

🚀 Welcome to the 2026 IIPP Rethinking the State Forum, two days of exploring how states can build capabilities to drive transformation, influence public policy, and govern economies to create public value. ➡️ Explore today's full programme here: buff.ly/2IAAMas

🎤 Evaluating Mission-Oriented Policies Conventional evaluation frameworks, centred on short-term outputs & narrowly attributable impacts, struggle to capture broader systemic objectives. 📆 June 17 | ⏳ 16:30-18:00 GMT | Senate House, London ➡️ Register here: buff.ly/LiRoL6X @iipp-sea.bsky.social

🎤 Harnessing Public Budgets for Green Industrial Strategy This session explores how tools such as mission-driven public finance can accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. 📆 June 17 | ⏳ 14:30-16:00 GMT | Senate House ➡️ Register here: buff.ly/8cebWV7

🎤 State Capacity in the Digital Era State capacity increasingly depends on the ability to design, finance, and govern shared digital infrastructure, but capability remains a key question. 📆 June 17 | ⏳ 10-11:30 GMT | Senate House, London ➡️ Learn more and register here: buff.ly/8cebWV7

🤘 Mariana Mazzucato - Rockstar economist IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social was profiled by the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's Oli Dugmore, speaking about her work & new book 'The Common Good Economy'. 🔗 Read the profile here: buff.ly/JGNPNT3 ➡️ Join the IIPP Forum book launch: buff.ly/wFJ8k08

🎤 Developing City Capabilities to Deliver Public Value Delivering meaningful change requires dynamic capabilities. This session will explore the Public Sector Capabilities Index, a tool for measuring city capabilities. 📆 June 16 | ⏳ 16-17:00 GMT | Senate House, London ➡️ Register: buff.ly/Cb60Fhj

🚀 Rethinking the State returns next week! Join us at the fourth annual UCL IIPP FORUM 2026, 16–17 June in London. 🔗 Learn more and register here buff.ly/fZlA7M2

🇪🇺 Can Europe build digital sovereignty? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social spoke with @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'The Briefing Room' about the feasibility of building #DigitalSovereignty in Europe and the UK. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ouGdmnj

✍️ Interest Rates Can’t Control Today’s Inflation Inflation is rising, yet policymakers rely on old tools instead of addressing underlying causes. IIPP Associate Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social's recent @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article explores this mismatch. 🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/YKwNrtT

🎤 Reclaiming Finance The panel examines how financial systems can be reoriented to serve the common good, with a focus on the relationship between sustainable finance & the real economy. 📆 June 17 | ⏳ 18:30-20:00 GMT | Senate House, London ➡️ Register here: buff.ly/E8zvmXl @iipp-sea.bsky.social