Development, Technology and Innovation Policy MPA

UCL (University College London)

This MPA degree is for those interested in the roles that technologies and innovations can play in local and global development. Graduates will emerge with skills and tools to explore how public policy can help align such developments to effectively respond to persistent and new societal challenges. From tackling climate change to delivering essential services like water, energy, healthcare and education to billions without access, countries must harness scientific and technological innovation to drive economic transformation and enhance human well-being. Yet across much of the world, especially in developing countries, innovation systems and policy frameworks remain weak, fragmented and poorly aligned with pressing national and local priorities. You’ll emerge from this MPA equipped with the tools, frameworks and skills to creatively and creatively address new and long-standing development challenges, driving sustainable, inclusive and dynamic economies across diverse global contexts. This is a practitioner-oriented, professional programme with practical learning activities, aimed at students who want to be part of the next generation of thinkers and practitioners influencing the interaction of national and global development agendas with innovations and technologies. This MPA draws students from diverse technical and non-technical disciplinary backgrounds and levels of work experience.