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Geoff Mulgan

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Geoff
Mulgan


Department of Engineering Science, University College London

BIO

Geoff is a social entrepreneur, policymaker, and author, who has worked at different times in civil society, government, the technology sector, and academia. After nine years running Nesta, an innovation foundation in the UK, in 2020 Geoff took on the position of Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy, and Social Innovation at University College London. Prior to joining Nesta, Geoff had roles in the UK government, including Director of the Government's Strategy Unit and Head of Policy in the Prime Minister's Office. At the moment, he is also WEF Schwab Fellow and is working with the UNDP, Demos Helsinki, and various national governments.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE Geoff was involved in the program "The New Hanse".

QUOTE

“To some extent, nearly all change has to involve some alliance of the top down and the bottom up, the powerless and the powerful.”

PUBLICATIONS

Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change, 2019


Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World, 2017


The Locust and the Bee: Predators and Creators in Capitalism’s Future, 2015


Good and Bad Power: The Ideals and Betrayals of Government, 2009

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