Kirsten Bound
Senior Researcher
Kirsten Bound is a senior researcher at Demos, where she has worked since 2004. Her work broadly looks at democracy and innovation and she has a particular focus in developing Demos’ international research relationships. She is author of India: the uneven innovator
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- Counterfeit Brit in the Copycat Capital It is certainly an uphill struggle throughout China to change a mindset that to some extent just doesn?t get the issue with IP. A while ago an article on the BBC (which I can?t link to because the BBC is blocked in China) told the story of the craze for amateur pop stars to record their own song in China and put it up online for everyone to hear. One particularly successful young starlet won a record deal from her performance and sold 200,000 CDs. But this was small fry compared to the 3... from : kirstenbound 21st November 2005
- The risks of success A long procession of packed buses rumbles up the road to the Opening Session of the 93rd Indian Science Congress in Hyderabad. Security is tight. Just a few days earlier, terrorists stormed a conference at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, gunning down academics and showering the room with hand grenades, which thankfully didn?t go off. One Professor was killed and four are still in hospital.In his inaugural address, Prime Minister Manhoman Singh says the fact that science is a... from : kirstenbound 11th January 2006
- Courting 'Asia's Other Powerhouse' And where is the UK in this whirlwind of political and economic tourism? Well, we make our fair share of scoping trips. A Demos team has just returned from seven weeks in India studying dynamics of science and innovation for The Atlas of Ideas. The Telegraph reports today that the City of London is opening its first office in India, and the London Stock Exchange is looking to set up a link with the Indian stock market in Mumbai. It looks likely that the Chancellor will use his Budget on 22nd... from : kirstenbound 6th March 2006
- India: The uneven innovator Indian science confounds easy clichés. Many Indias coexist, all moving at different speeds. World-class science exists alongside grinding poverty. But India’s uneven innovation brings significant strengths as well as weaknesses. Flows of people, ideas and culture, both within India and across its global diaspora, are generating new businesses, new opportunities and a growing sense of national confidence. from : mollywebb 16th January 2007
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A Brazillion and one things still to learn
Just over half way through our Atlas of Ideas fieldwork in Brazil, we’ve been to six cities and interviewed around 70 scientists, policymakers and business people about the future of science and innovation in Brazil. We’re working in partnership with Brazilian strategy and innovation think tank, CGEE. And it still feels like we are barely scratching the surface...
from : kirstenbound 4th March 2008 - Hold on to your asteroids... Microsoft unveiled Worldwide Telescope yesterday. Its a 'telescope for the masses' - letting anyone with the internet see images from the world's most powerful instruments. Some say it could be 'like the human genome project' in scope. from : kirstenbound 15th May 2008