Innovation

Don’t despair. You can’t build a wall against ideas and progress

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"Scientists and innovators have faced greater challenges than those that arose in 2016." Image: REUTERS/Thomas Peter

David Gann
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Development and External Affairs, University of Oxford
Mark Dodgson
Professor of Innovation Studies, The University of Queensland
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