Scoping the demand for national and international innovation data

Building on our work to deliver the Liverpool City Region Science and Innovation Audit (SIA), we have been commissioned non-competitively by the UK Smart Specialisation Hub, to scope the demand for perspectives on innovation data at national and international levels. There are three drivers for this work:

• The experience from the Round 1 and 2 SIA consortia, who have experienced difficulties consistently in accessing UK and international-level data on innovation activity and performance.

• The need for the UK to crank-up its international trade activities as BREXIT approaches. A key aspect in achieving this effectively is to understand how innovative UK businesses and their economies perform relative to their counterparts overseas. Access to appropriate innovation data at international level is key to understanding this position. 

• In a post–EU world, thinking through how the Commissions’ Smart Specialisation model might be progressed in the UK’s new context.

The work commissioned will comprise three phases and will result in the production of a formal report and recommendations to our client.