Upcoming webinar: Global Gains – Unpacking the Reputational Impact of International R&I Investments

Please join the webinar: Global Gains – Unpacking the Reputational Impact of International R&I Investments – jointly organised by Innovation & Research Caucus, Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT), and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – Innovate UK.

Date: Thursday 17^th July 2025

Time: 12:00- 13:00

Mode: Online

National reputation, strengthened through international Research and Innovation (R&I) investments, plays a vital role in maximising their value—amplifying impact by shaping global perceptions, expanding influence, and enhancing the UK’s strategic positioning and competitive advantage.

Despite the critical importance of reputation building, there remains a substantial gap in understanding, capturing, and measuring how international R&I investments influence the UK’s global reputation.

We invite you to join us to explore the findings of the latest Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC) report, which will be published soon: “Measuring the Reputational Impact of UK International R&I Investments.”, commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)- Innovate UK (IUK).

Whether you are involved in shaping policy, managing programmes, or evaluating impact, this session offers a timely opportunity to engage with emerging thinking on a topic of growing strategic importance.

What to expect:

• Insights into how international R&I investments contribute to national and organisational reputation.
• Evidence from UKRI programmes showing how reputation amplifies the UK’s soft power, global influence, and attractiveness.
• Practical tools for identifying, measuring and assessing reputational impacts of international R&I investments.
• Reflections on how reputation can amplify the value of R&I investments and inform future strategy, policy, programme design, and impact assessments.

Let’s explore how reputation, though often intangible, can be measured, managed, and maximised to support the UK’s position as a reliable world-leading research and innovation nation.

If you would like to join the webinar, please register your place using the sign up form below – (please note you will be emailed a meeting invite a few days after the registration)