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

Rebecca Hanlin

Development Policy and Practice,
Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
The Open University,
Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes,
MK7 6AA

E-mail:  r.e.hanlin@open.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1908 858572        
Fax: +44 (0) 1908 654825

Position: Lecturer in Development Policy and Practice

Biography:

After completing a BSc (Hons) in Development Studies and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, Rebecca worked in Tanzania and Nigeria.  During this time in Africa she worked both in private industry and as a consultant for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the area of malaria prevention technologies and public-private partnerships.   Rebecca also holds an MSc (Econ) in Health Policy, Planning and Financing, a joint award from London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an MSc (Res) in Science and Technology Studies from University of Edinburgh. Rebecca’s PhD investigated health innovation partnerships and their capacity building activities in Kenya.  Rebecca joined Development Policy and Practice (DPP) in October 2007.  She is also a researcher with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (INNOGEN).  Rebecca is also a researcher on a three-year basic research project funded by the European Commission (FP6), starting from January 2007, looking at Culture and Innovation Dynamics (www.cespri.unibocconi.it/cid).

Teaching:

Rebecca is chair of TU871, the postgraduate course ‘Development: Context and Practice’ and she is also involved in TU213, the undergraduate course on International Development: Challenges for a World in Transition.

Research interests:

Rebecca’s work is in the area of innovation and development with a specific focus on health innovation and its implications for the provision of equitable healthcare.  Her current research interests include: health product development public-private partnerships; the application of genomic technologies in the developing world; scientific research capacity strengthening; the intangibles of innovation; and the application of innovation systems concepts in developing world settings.

Selected Publications:


Publications

Working and Policy Papers:

Reports:

  • (2007) (with J.C. Chataway, K. Chaturvedi, J.T. Mugwagwa and D.V. Wield) Building the Case for National Systems of Health Innovation Report for the New Economic Partnership for Africa (NEPAD)

  • (2007) (with J.C. Chataway, K. Chaturvedi, J.T. Mugwagwa and D.V. Wield) Technological Trends and Opportunities to Combat Diseases of the Poor in Africa Report for the New Economic Partnership for Africa (NEPAD)

  • (2002) A Situational Analysis of the ITN market in Nigeria UNICEF, Nigeria Reviews:

  • (2007) Review of The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Jan Faberberg, David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (2006) Oxford: Oxford University Press in International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Spring Issue Vol. 6 (2). Page 165. ISSN 1474-2748

Conference Papers and Presentations:

  • Paper entitled “Success beyond science: Vaccine Innovation Partnerships and ‘invisible innovation'” at the ESRC Genomics Network conference, “Genomics and Society: Today’s Answers, Tomorrow’s Questions”, 25-26th October 2007, London, UK.

  • Organised and participated in the roundtable discussion, “Opening the Gates: New Institutions on Health and Development” at the Development Studies Association Conference, 18-20th September 2007, University of Sussex, Brighton.

  • Paper entitled “Public-Private Partnerships and Vaccine Development” at the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum workshop, “Vaccines and the Problem of Political Will”, Thursday 19th July, 2007, University of Edinburgh.

  • Paper entitled “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”: blurring boundaries in clinical research” at Extending the Boundaries: New Directions in Sociology, Department of Sociology, City University, Friday 27th April 2007

  • Paper entitled “The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) as knowledge broker or integrator” at the DIME (Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe) Workshop, “Instituting the Market Process: Innovation, Market Architectures”, 7-8th December 2006, Manchester, UK. Jointly organised by CRIC and LEM

  • Paper entitled “Towards more integrated and collaborative health programming through PPPs: the case of IAVI Kenya” at the American African Studies Association conference, Washington DC, 17-19 November 2005.

  • Presentation entitled “HIV vaccine development partnerships and capacity building: some useful conceptualisations” at the ESRC Genomics Forum Conference, Edinburgh, 21-23 September, 2005

  • Presentation entitled “Vaccine technology partnerships linking innovation and health systems” at the Post Graduate Forum on Genetics and Society Colloquium, Cardiff University, 31 August-2 September 2005

  • Paper entitled “Global health PPPs: IAVI, partnerships and Capacity building” at the International Workshop/Symposium on Health Related Biotechnology in Africa: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of transfer and development, Ibadan, Nigeria, 4-6 April 2005