Engagement

The two-way knowledge transfer that results from engagement activities (or consulting) is a powerful way of shaping public policies and impacting praxis. I am thus keen to engage with international organizations, foundations, government agencies and private companies. I have led, or been involved in, various projects including:

• Expert witness in high-profile IP litigation cases
  With a London-based global law firm, tasked with auditing patent databases and providing patent metrics (2023, 2024).
• Enabling innovation measurement at the sub-national level: A WIPO toolkit
  Background study to support member states with development of their own innovation indices (2023)
• High-level feasibility study on an ASEAN patent system
  Prepared for the ASEAN Secretariat (2023)
  [Confidential]
• From lab to market: Evidence from product data
  Prepared as a chapter in the European Commission's DG R&I flagship report "Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU" (SRIP) 2022
  [Final chapter in English]
• Tracing Science Sponsored by the Novo Nordisk Foundation in Commercial Products
  Prepared to help the Novo Nordisk Foundation document the "real impact" of their research grants, using data from iproduct.io (2020).
  [Example of a trace]
• Intellectual Property Protection and Innovation in Switzerland
  The study was conducted as part of the report on "Research and Innovation in Switzerland 2020" by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) of the Swiss Confederation (2019).
  [Final report in English]
• A policy perspective on the accession of Peru to the Madrid Protocol
  Assessment of the costs and benefits for Peru of joining the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks. Contracted by WIPO on behalf of INDECOPI, which was looking for an independent academic study on the issue (2016)
  [Final report in English]
• Position paper on innovation policy in Europe
  Paper by EuroTech Universities professors in the area of Innovation and Entrepreneurship that highlights several key challenges in the transformation towards an inclusive and sustainable EU innovative economy (2016)
  [Article on EuroTech website] [Abridged Version] [Full version]
• Independent peer review of the Industrial Research and Innovation Monitoring and Analysis (IRIMA) project
  The IRIMA project is a project by the IPTS, one of the European Commission's Joint Research Center. Appointed as an academic expert in the field.
• Estimate of the price elasticity of demand for trademarks
  Analysis performed for the Office of the Chief Economist at WIPO, following Switzerland's sudden decision to end its currency floor (2015)
  [Study has led to a peer-reviewed publication]
• Review of the patent box regime and discussion of its implementation in Australia
  Report prepared for the Department of Industry, Office of the Chief Economist, as part of the Prime Minister election promise to explore this policy tool (2015)
  [Final report] [The Sydney Morning Herald]
• Matching and harmonising owners of intellectual property rights
  Prepared for the national patent office, as part as the government 'open data' initiative (2014)
  [data.gov.au] [working paper]
• U21 Rankings of National Higher Education Systems
  A much-publicised series of reports for Universitas 21 (2012, 2013, 2014)
  [country rankings]
• An assessment of Australia's absorptive capacity
  Report for the Department of Industry (2013)
• Estimating investments in brand equity and design: A validity test using trademarks and design rights
  Report for the Department of Industry (2013)
  [Study has led to a peer-reviewed publication]
• Estimating the R&D depreciation rate
  Report for the Department of Industry (2013)
  [Study has led to a peer-reviewed publication]
• Measuring industry-level R&D spillovers in Australia
  Report for the Department of Industry (2013)
• Contribution of investments in intangible assets to productivity growth
  Project for the Department of Industry (2012)
  [Australian Innovation System Report]
• Understanding Innovation: The Role of Policy Intervention
  Report for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (2011)
• Intellectual Property Scorecard 2006-2010
  Report for the Department of Industry (2011)
• Australian Trade Mark Applications Scoreboard 2010
  Report for the national patent office (2011)