Dr George Dibb is a Policy Associate at the ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP).
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George wasÌýHead of Industrial Strategy andÌýPolicy Engagement, a joint position between ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ IIPP and ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Public Policy in the Office of the Vice-Provost (Research). George’s role involvedÌýco-ordinating the academic policy engagement from across ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ into the government’s Industrial Strategy, from AI in healthcare to the future of mobility. George actedÌýas the secretariat of theÌý×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Commission on Mission-Oriented Innovation and Industrial Strategy (MOIIS)Ìýand the ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Commission on Green Innovation Policy. George’s joint position also involvedÌýoverseeing the policy engagement of the new ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute for Innovation andÌýPublic Purpose (IIPP), with the founder and director,ÌýProfessor Mariana Mazzucato.
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George joined ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ 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.