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Reputational Benefits of International R&I (IRCP0019)

February 18, 2026

Project overview

International Research and Innovation (R&I) activities involve collaborations at national, organisational, and individual levels between the UK and other countries. An aim of the international R&I investment by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is to enhance the UK’s global reputation and influence.

Reputation generated through international R&I amplifies the benefits by unlocking new opportunities and competitive advantages. Despite the critical importance of reputation building, there remains a substantial gap in understanding, capturing, and measuring how international R&I activities influence the UK&s reputation.

In light of this, Reputation Project aims to make an initial step to provide valuable insights into developing a conceptual framework on how international R&I activities and associated investments enhance the UKs reputation, and to outline methods
that can be adopted to effectively capture and measure the reputational impacts.

Report Commissioned by Stakeholders: Measuring the Reputational Impact of International R&I Investments

The report makes an initial step to provide valuable insights into how international R&I activities and associated investments enhance the UKs reputation, and to outline methods that can be adopted to effectively capture and measure the
reputational impacts.

To access the Executive Summary and the Full Report please use the links on the right-hand side

Project Team: read more about their work and experience via the links below

Dr Dize Dinckol

Birkbeck, University of London

ORCID

LinkedIN

Internal IRC Report: Reputational Impacts of International Research and Innovation

This report is a review of the literature on how international R&I activities and associated investments contribute to the UK’s reputation.

To access the Executive Summary and the Full Report please use the links on the right-hand side

Project Team: read more about their work and experience via the links below:

Dr Maryam Ghorbankhani

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