Development Policy & Practice in Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology

Dr Theo Papaioannou
BA (Athens), MA, DPhil (Sussex)

Department
Development Policy and Practice
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK 7 6AA

E-mail                   t.papaioannou@open.ac.uk
Telephone            +44 (0) 1908 858861
Fax                       +44 (0) 1908 654825

Position: Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Politics of Development

Biography:

Theo received a BA in Politics and International Studies from the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences of Athens, followed by an MA and DPhil in Social and Political Thought from the University of Sussex. Since the year 2000 he has worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Brighton and has taught at London South Bank University and the University of London. He has also advised research and development policy organisations in Central and Eastern Europe and South East Asia. Theo joined the Development Policy and Practice (DPP) Group and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (INNOGEN) in October 2005. He is currently Director of Ethics and Politics of Life Sciences Innovation at INNOGEN and Leader of the Governance of Innovation and Development Research Stream at IKD. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Brighton. Theo is an active member of the following professional associations: Political Studies Association (PSA); International Political Science Association (IPSA); and Development Studies Association (DSA).

Teaching:

Theo is currently co-chairing the production of a new level 2 International Development course (formerly U213). He is also part of the production team of the Masters level Human Rights Law, Business and Ethics (WU822).

Research interests:

Theo’s work is in the areas of public policy and political theory with a specific focus on politics of innovation and development. His current research interests are both disciplinary and interdisciplinary. They include: democratic governance of new life sciences innovation; technological innovation and global social justice; contemporary theories of politics and development; the relationship between the public and the private in new technologies; innovation systems and intellectual property rights; ethico-political foundations of technological innovation and international development.

Theo is keen to supervise PhD students in these areas.

Selected Publications:

Monographs:

Edited Books:

  • Fawssett, S. Hanlin, R., Le Mare, A., Papaioannou, T. and Wilson, G. (2008) (eds) Introducing Development, Cambridge: The Open University Press. SUP 006565.

Book Chapters:

  • Papaioannou, T. (2009) ‘Governance and Justice: the Challenge of Genomics’ in C. Lyall, T. Papaioannou and J. Smith  (eds), The Limits to Governance, pp.21-49, Aldershot: Ashgate.

  • Lyall, C., Papaioannou, T. and Smith, J. (2009) ‘The Challenge of Policy-making for the New Life Sciences’ in C. Lyall, T. Papaioannou and J. Smith (eds), The Limits to Governance, pp.1-17, Aldershot: Ashgate.

  • Lyall, C., Papaioannou, T. and Smith, J. (2009) ‘Governance in Action in the Life Sciences: Some Lessons for Policy’ in C. Lyall, T. Papaioannou and J. Smith (eds), The Limits to Governance, pp.261-273, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Refereed Journal Articles:

  • Papaioannou, T. (forthcoming 2010) ‘Public-Private Collaboration for New Life Sciences Innovation and Regional Development’ European Planning Studies.

  • Birch, K., Levidow, L. and Papaioannou, T (2010) ‘Sustainable Capital: the Neoliberalisation of Nature and Knowledge in the European ‘Knowledge-based Bio-economy’ Sustainability, Vol.2, No.9, pp. 2898-2918. Available at: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/9/2898/  
  • Kaplinsky R., Chataway, J., Clark, N., Hanlin, B., Kale, D., Muraguri, L., Papaioannou, T., Robbins, P and Wamae, W. (2009) ‘Below the Radar: What Does Innovation in Emerging Economies Have to Offer Other Low Income Economies?’ International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, Vol.8, No.3, pp.177-197.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2009) ‘The Impact of New Life Sciences Innovation on Political Theories of Justice’ Genomics, Society and Policy, Vol.5, No.2, pp.40-52. Available at: http://www.gspjournal.com/
  • Papaioannou, T., Yanacopulos, H. and Aksoy, Z. (2009) ‘Global Justice: From Theory to Development Action’ Journal of International Development, Vol.21, No.6, pp.805-818.

  • Papaioannou, T., Wield, D. and Chataway, J. (2009) ‘Knowledge Ecologies and Ecosystems? An Empirically Grounded Reflection on Recent Developments in Innovation Systems Theory’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Vol.27, No.2, pp.319-339.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2008) ‘Human Gene Patents and the Question of Liberal Morality’, Genomics, Society and Policy, Vol.4, No.3, pp. 64-83. Available at: http://www.gspjournal.com/

  • Papaioannou, T. (2008) ‘Nozick-Revisited: the Formation of the Right-Based Dimension of his Political Theory’, International Political Science Review, Vol.29, No.3, pp.261-280.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2007) ‘Policy Benchmarking: A Tool of Democracy or a Tool of Authoritarianism?’ Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol.14, No.4, pp.497-516.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2006) ‘Towards a Critique of the Moral Foundations of Intellectual Property Rights’, Journal of Global Ethics, Vol.2, No.1, pp.67-90.

  • Papaioannou, T., Rush, H. and Bessant, J. (2006) ‘Benchmarking as a Policy-Making Tool: From the Private Sector to the Public Sector’, Science and Public Policy, Vol. 33, No.2, pp.91-102.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2003), ‘Market Order and Justice in Hayek’s Political Theory: The Exclusion and Requirement of Substantive Politics’, Social Science Information, Vol.42, No.2, pp.229-253.

  • Papaioannou, T. (1998), ‘The Methodological Formation of the Concept of the Market and the Role of Law in Hayek’s Political Theory’, Axiologica, Vol. 11-12, pp. 368-412.

Review Articles:

  • Papaioannou, T. (2006), ‘Research, Quality and Competitiveness: European Union Technology Policy for the Information Society by Attilio Stajano’, Science and Public Policy, Vol.33, No.7, pp.541-544.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2006), ‘Regionalisation of Globalised Innovation, Locations for Advanced Industrial Development and Disparities in Participation by U. Hilpert’, Technovation, Vol.26, No.3, pp.416-417.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2004), ‘The Globalising Learning Economy by D. Archibugi and B-A Lundvall’, Technovation, Vol.24, No.3, pp.275-277.
  • Papaioannou, T. (2002) ‘Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth: The Theory and Praxis of Learning Regions by F. Boekema, K.Morgan, S. Bakkers and R. Rutten’, Technovation, Vol.22, No.5, pp.337-338.

Policy Papers:

Commissioned Reports:

  • Papaioannou, T. et al (2008) Regional Innovation and Research Policy Outlook: Policy Practices in Eight European Regions, Budapest: GKI Economic Research Co. ISBN 978-963-7128-60-8.
       
  • Borsi, B., Devai, K., Papanek, G. and Papaioannou, T. (2005) ‘Methods and the Main Results of Mapping’ in B. Borsi, K. Devai and G. Papanek, (eds) The RECORD Experimental Map: Innovative Research Organisations in European Accession Countries, Brussels: European Commission, DG Research. ISBN 92-8948649-X.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2004) ‘Benchmarks for Identifying Organisational Strengths and Weaknesses’ in B. Borsi, K. Devai, G. Papanek, and H. Rush, (eds) The RECORD Manual: Benchmarking Innovative Research Organizations in European Accession Countries, Brussels: European Commission, DG Research. ISBN 92-894-7916-7.

Recent Conference Presentations:

  • Papaioannou, T. (2010) ‘Technological Innovation, Global Justice and Politics of Development’ in DIME/FINNOV/IKD Workshop: Innovation and Inequality, Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy 15-16 May.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2010) ‘Innovation, Justice and Politics’ in the 60th Political Studies Association Annual Conference on Sixty Years of Political Studies: Achievements and Futures, Edinburgh, UK, 29 March-1 April.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2009) ‘The Impact of Life Sciences Innovation on Political Theories of Justice’ in the 6th Annual Series of Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2-4 September.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2008) ‘Frontiers of Global Justice: Health and Environment’ in the Development Studies Association (DSA)Annual Conference on Development’s Invisible Hands, London, UK, 8 November.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2008) ‘Public-Private Collaboration in Genomics and Biotechnology: the Cases of Cambridge and Scotland’ in the 12th ISS Conference on The Relationship between Technological Innovation, Institutions and Development, Instituto de Economia, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2-5 July.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2008) ‘Technological Innovation and Liberal Theories of Justice’ in the 58th Political Studies Association Annual Conference on Democracy, Governance and Conflict: Dilemmas of Theory and Practice, Swansea, UK, 1-3 April.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2007) ‘Governance and Justice: the Challenge of Genomics’ in the 8th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) on Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, Glasgow, UK, 3-6 September.

  • Papaioannou, T., Wield, D. and Chataway, J. (2007) Knowledge Ecologies and Ecosystems? An Empirically Grounded Reflection on Recent Developments in Innovation Systems Theory’, in the 6th International Triple Helix Conference on University-Government-Industry Relations, Singapore, 16-18 May.

  • Papaioannou, T., Wield, D. and Chataway, J. (2007) ‘Knowledge Ecology and Innovation System’ in Regional Studies Association Conference on Regions in Focus, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 April.

  • Papaioannou, T. (2006) ‘Human Gene Patents and the Question of Morality’ in University of London Conference on Intellectual Property Rights for Business and Society, London, UK, 14-15 September.

  • Papaioannou, T. and Tsekouras, G. (2006) ‘Governance and Co-ordination: The Case of European Innovation Policy’ in Atlanta Conference on Science and Technology Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, 18-20 May.