Dr George Dibb is a Policy Associate at the ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP).
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George wasÌýHead of Industrial Strategy andÌýPolicy Engagement, a joint position between ÂÒÂ×Ðã IIPP and ÂÒÂ×Ðã Public Policy in the Office of the Vice-Provost (Research). George’s role involvedÌýco-ordinating the academic policy engagement from across ÂÒÂ×Ðã into the government’s Industrial Strategy, from AI in healthcare to the future of mobility. George actedÌýas the secretariat of theÌýÂÒÂ×Ðã Commission on Mission-Oriented Innovation and Industrial Strategy (MOIIS)Ìýand the ÂÒÂ×Ðã Commission on Green Innovation Policy. George’s joint position also involvedÌýoverseeing the policy engagement of the new ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute for Innovation andÌýPublic Purpose (IIPP), with the founder and director,ÌýProfessor Mariana Mazzucato.
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George joined ÂÒÂ×Ðã in 2018 from the cross-party think-tank Policy Connect having previously worked in industrial, technology, manufacturing & innovation policy. George holds a PhD in Physics from Imperial College London in novel photovoltaic technologies, and previously worked as a research scientist at the National Physical Laboratory.