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Teo Firpo

Senior Researcher, Innovation Growth Lab

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Albert Bravo-Biosca Alexandra Brown Alexandra Wu Alex Glennie Caecilie Hougaard Pedersen Carly Wickham Caroline Pradier Caroline Purslow Catherine Duncan Chris Gorst Cleo Robbie Daniel Berman Edoardo Trimarchi Elettra Pellanda Eliza Bacon Esther Moss Fernanda Anaya Frances Bain Fulvia Porcheddu Gabriella Frankl George Finnigan Grant Collinson Holly Jamieson Hugo Cuello Ikbal Hussain Irene Knowles James Phipps Janet Southern McCormick Jasmin Major Jordan Murray Karmel Edmonds Kathy Nothstine Kelly-Ann Yearley Layla Gemmell Marie Plamondon Max Meadows Nadeen Haidar Naomi Whitbourn Nassin Watson Nicole Maldonado Olivier Usher Piotrek Gierszewski Rachael Glover Rahul Rathore Rhys Herriott Rob Fuller Ruth Neale Samantha Flower Seoana Sherry-Brennan Shae Harmon Tris Dyson Vidal Kumar Wanda Mollica Yan Yan Leung

Teo is a Senior Researcher for the Innovation Growth Lab in Nesta’s Research, Analysis and Policy unit.

Teo's role at IGL includes working with governments to help them identify opportunities to run policy experiments; reviewing RCT designs of IGL-funded trials; and exploring opportunities for new policy experiments. 

Teo has an MSc in Economics and Public Policy and a BA in Social Sciences from Sciences Po Paris. He previously had stints researching education policy at the OECD as well as urban development in Cairo, Egypt. 

Browse content from Teo Firpo

There will be no 'back to normal'

Blog
09.04.20

Experiment! Taftie’s new task force to make innovation agencies more experimental

Blog
23.10.19

Mission-oriented innovation policy: how can experimentation help?

Blog
15.07.19

What are randomised controlled trials?

Blog
23.05.17

Why we are creating an 'Experimentation Toolkit'

Blog
23.05.17

What prevents organisations from using more evidence and RCTs?

Blog
24.04.17

Barriers to experimentation: survey results

Blog
24.04.17

Why we need more ambitious innovation policy

Blog
18.04.17

Reflections on the IGL Research Meeting

Blog
31.01.17

What prevents organisations from using more evidence and RCTs?

Blog
11.08.16

Three takeaways from IGL2016

Blog
08.06.16

Running randomised controlled trials in innovation, entrepreneurship and growth

Toolkit
06.06.16

Up to €152 billion is spent supporting businesses across Europe: does it work?

Blog
11.03.16

What works in innovation policy? The quest for rigorous evidence continues

Blog
20.07.15

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