Fuelling the future | Dame Ottoline Leyser | UK R&I | SCItalks

Global challenges require research and innovation to find solutions, and funding agencies such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have a role to play. Research and innovation systems should have free flow of people and ideas to boost productivity. With myriad global challenges that must be addressed, Professor Dame Leyser shared her perspectives on the role of research and innovation funders.
During this lecture Professor Dame Leyser reassessed the role of funding agencies such as UKRI as stewards of an interconnected system and emphasise our collective responsibility to build a knowledge economy in which everyone can participate and from which everyone benefits.
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser is the Chief Executive of UKRI and Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge. UKRI brings together the UK’s Research Councils, Innovate UK and Research England, operating with a combined budget of more than £8 billion each year. Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser was appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2017 for services to plant science, science in society and equality and diversity in science
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