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Alex Glennie

Senior Policy Manager

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Albert Bravo-Biosca Alexandra Brown Alexandra Wu Amalia Papanikolaou‌‌ Anna Giulia Ponchia Bashar Hobbi Caecilie Hougaard Pedersen Caroline Pradier Caroline Purslow Catherine Duncan Charlie Mealings Cleo Robbie Dina Ibrahim Dylan Terry Edoardo Trimarchi Elettra Pellanda Eliza Bacon Esther Moss Fernanda Anaya Fernanda Torres Frances Bain Fulvia Porcheddu George Finnigan Grant Collinson Hannah Dummett Helen Spencer Holly Jamieson Hugo Cuello Ikbal Hussain Ilana Cope Irene Knowles James Phipps Janet Southern McCormick Jasmin Major Karmel Edmonds Kathy Nothstine Layla Gemmell Maria Brackin Marie Plamondon Max Meadows Nadeen Haidar Naomi Whitbourn Nassin Watson Olivier Usher Piotrek Gierszewski Rachael Glover Rahul Rathore Rhys Herriott Rob Fuller Ruth Neale Samantha Flower Seoana Sherry-Brennan Teo Firpo Tris Dyson Vidal Kumar Wanda Mollica Yan Yan Leung

Alex is a Senior Policy Manager in the Innovation Growth Lab (IGL).

She leads engagement work with IGL's international network of innovation policymakers, supporting them to embed experimentation practices in how they work and facilitating learning opportunities between them.

In prior roles at Nesta, she has conducted comparative research on inclusive innovation policies, and worked with government innovation agencies around the world on strategy and policy. In 2020, she was seconded to an internal team developing Nesta's new strategy, focusing on culture change and ways of working.

Alex previously worked at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, managing research and policy projects relating to migration, international development, integration and diversity.

Outside of Nesta, Alex is an accredited coach and works with people on leadership and development.

Browse content from Alex Glennie

Four ways public servants can tackle inequality with experimentation

Blog
11.03.21

Applying Nesta’s inclusive innovation framework to policy analysis

Project Update
10.08.20

Support for businesses and innovators in the time of Covid-19: The role of innovation agencies

Project Update
15.06.20

Many roads ahead: the role of innovation agencies in driving societal missions

Project Update
05.05.20

Workers’ take on change

Feature
01.05.20

Strategies for Supporting Inclusive Innovation: Insights from South-East Asia

Report
13.03.20

Taking a more inclusive approach to inclusive innovation: what the UK can learn from emerging economies

Blog
13.03.20

Enhancing the soft power of innovation agencies in Europe

Blog
19.12.19

Agents of Change

Report
23.08.19

The same faces are deciding the world's future, and it affects us all

Blog
25.07.19

Who is making innovation policy, and how does that shape our future?

Blog
28.06.19

The changing role of innovation agencies and an emerging agenda for collaboration

Blog
28.05.19

Four ideas to build more inclusive innovation systems

Blog
04.04.19

How can innovation agencies provide more tailored support for innovators?

Blog
31.01.19

Making innovation policy work for everyone

Blog
03.12.18

How inclusive is innovation policy?

Report
23.11.18

How can we make innovation policies more inclusive?

Blog
05.10.18

Innovating to solve development challenges

Feature
12.09.18

How can innovation policy get better at delivering social benefit?

Blog
13.02.18

Teaching skills to solve local community challenges

Blog
05.02.18

Innovating humanitarian response for refugees

Blog
13.12.17

Opening up international development: new methods for identifying and supporting local innovators

Blog
07.12.17

Using human-centred design at DFID

Blog
30.10.17

Poverty measurements that are useful to the poor

Blog
30.10.17

Is there a role for innovation in tackling global inequality?

Blog
11.09.17

Introducing our new Development Innovation and You Update

Blog
23.05.17

Collaborating for innovation: Learning from the Global Innovation Policy Accelerator

Blog
26.04.17

Using design to support the integration of refugee newcomers: a human-centred approach

Blog
11.04.17

Global Innovation Policy Accelerator: Final conference

Blog
03.03.17

There isn't always an app for that: How tech can better assist refugees

Blog
21.10.16

Who owns the future of innovation?

Blog
03.10.16

Making the most of mobile money

Blog
16.06.16

The art and craft of running an innovation agency

Blog
31.05.16

How innovation agencies work

Report
23.05.16

Next steps for Innovate UK

Blog
04.02.16

After the Comprehensive Spending Review, where next for Innovate UK?

Blog
27.11.15

The importance of designing good innovation institutions: a timely reminder from the 2015 Global Innovation Index

Blog
18.09.15

How do innovation agencies work?

Blog
20.02.15

Also in Partnerships

Albert Bravo-Biosca

Director, Innovation Growth Lab

Alexandra Brown

Programme Coordinator, Challenge Works

Alexandra Wu

Assistant Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Amalia Papanikolaou‌‌

Data Programme Lead, Challenge Works

Anna Giulia Ponchia

Programme Manager, Innovation Growth Lab

Bashar Hobbi

Senior Researcher, Challenge Works

Caecilie Hougaard Pedersen

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Caroline Pradier

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Caroline Purslow

Senior Programme Manager (Global Health Team), Challenge Works

Catherine Duncan

Senior Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Charlie Mealings

Researcher, Challenge Works

Cleo Robbie

Programme Coordinator, Challenge Works

Dina Ibrahim

Programme Coordinator, Challenge Works

Dylan Terry

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Edoardo Trimarchi

Policy Lead, Innovation Growth Lab

Elettra Pellanda

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Eliza Bacon

Researcher, Challenge Works

Esther Moss

Product Design Lead, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Fernanda Anaya

Assistant Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Fernanda Torres

Researcher, Challenge Works

Frances Bain

Mission Manager (Scotland), healthy life mission

Fulvia Porcheddu

Team Assistant and Programme Coordinator, Challenge Works

George Finnigan

Programme Coordinator, Challenge Works

Grant Collinson

Communications and Engagement Manager, Nesta Scotland

Hannah Dummett

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Helen Spencer

On Purpose Associate, Challenge Works

Holly Jamieson

Director, Challenge Works

Hugo Cuello

Researcher, Innovation Growth Lab

Ikbal Hussain

Project Management Apprentice, Challenge Works

Ilana Cope

Programme Coordinator, Challenge Works

Irene Knowles

Team Coordinator, People Powered Results Team

James Phipps

Deputy Director, Innovation Growth Lab

Janet Southern McCormick

Senior Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Jasmin Major

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Karmel Edmonds

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Kathy Nothstine

Head of Future Cities, Challenge Works

Layla Gemmell

Operations Manager, Innovation Growth Lab

Maria Brackin

Researcher, Innovation Growth Lab

Marie Plamondon

Assistant Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Max Meadows

Programme Coordinator (Global Health), Challenge Works

Nadeen Haidar

Senior Manager, People Power Results

Naomi Whitbourn

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Nassin Watson

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Olivier Usher

Head of Research, Challenge Works

Piotrek Gierszewski

Research Lead, Challenge Works

Rachael Glover

Senior Consultant, People Powered Results

Rahul Rathore

Assistant Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Rhys Herriott

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Rob Fuller

Evaluation Manager, Innovation Growth Lab

Ruth Neale

Programme Manager (Global Health), Challenge Works

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