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SUMMARY:From curiosity to prosperity: sharing the gains of science
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Malaysia Audi
 torium\, Centre Building)
DESCRIPTION:Monday 20 April 2026 6.30pm - 8pmWhy should governments back 
 “Big Science” when discoveries are uncertain and the benefits may seem
  distant from taxpayers’ daily lives? In this public lecture\, France A 
 Córdova—astrophysicist and former Director of the US National Science F
 oundation\, NASA Chief Scientist\, and President of the Science Philanthro
 py Alliance—explores how curiosity-driven research and the large infrast
 ructures that enable it deliver value well beyond the lab.Drawing on inter
 national experience\, she will examine why these projects are often built 
 through cross-border collaboration even as costs and operations are concen
 trated in particular places\, and how this geography shapes debates about 
 accountability\, fairness\, and who benefits.The talk will consider practi
 cal ways to assess impacts beyond core science—from procurement and supp
 ly chains to knowledge spillovers\, skills formation and entrepreneurship
 —and how public policy\, partnerships and philanthropy can help measure 
 and maximise that value locally and nationally.Designed for a wide audienc
 e\, the lecture addresses the central question facing science policy today
 : how to connect frontier discovery to broad societal benefit while mainta
 ining the long-term ambition that keeps science moving forward.Meet our sp
 eakers and chairFrance Córdova is an internationally recognized astrophys
 icist and president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance\, whose mission i
 s to advance science through visionary philanthropy. Córdova was the 14th
  director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Nominated by President
  Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate\, she served in the role fr
 om 2014 to 2020. This appointment followed Cordova’s earlier nomination 
 to the National Science Board by President George W Bush. Córdova is pres
 ident emerita of Purdue University and chancellor emerita of the Universit
 y of California\, Riverside. She was the youngest person and first woman t
 o serve as NASA’s chief scientist and was awarded the agency's highest h
 onor\, the Distinguished Service Medal.Riccardo Crescenzi (@crescenzi_r) i
 s Professor of Economic Geography and Deputy Head of Department for Resear
 ch at LSE. A leading scholar in the economics and geography of innovation\
 , he has held a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant and curr
 ently serves as the LSE Principal Investigator for a major Horizon Europe 
 and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) project on inequalities in the era o
 f global megatrends. He also leads a UKRI Metascience research grant\, exp
 loring the innovation impact of research infrastructure procurement in "Bi
 g Science Beyond Science." With a long-standing track record in teaching\,
  research\, and policy advisory\, Riccardo’s work focuses on innovation\
 , new technologies\, foreign investment\, global value chains\, and public
  policy analysis.Maria Cristina Russo is Deputy Director-General for Innov
 ation\, Prosperity and International Cooperation in DG Research and Innova
 tion. In this role she oversees the relations with third countries on Rese
 arch & Innovation and the Association Agreements to Horizon Europe\, she s
 teers the work of the Innovation and the Prosperity Directorates. Previous
 ly Director for Prosperity with responsibility for Industrial research inn
 ovation & investments agenda\, Valorisation policies and IPR\, Industrial 
 transformation\, and AI in Science. She has been working for the European 
 Commission since 1992 where she held several policy and managerial positio
 ns related to external relations\, the EU decision-making process and vari
 ous EU policies\, in particular Research & Innovation.Mark Thomson (@ProfM
 arkThomson) is Director-General of CERN\, and was previously the Executive
  Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the Unit
 ed Kingdom. He is also a Professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the
  University of Cambridge. Since completing his doctorate in particle physi
 cs at the University of Oxford\, Professor Thomson has been a research sci
 entist at CERN\, played leading international roles in advancing neutrino 
 physics and research for future colliders. Professor Thomson is credited i
 n over 1000 publications and authored the widely adopted textbook Modern P
 article Physics\, used in universities globally. Beyond his research\, he 
 has held various research leadership and oversight roles at national and i
 nternational level\, including serving as the UK delegate to CERN’s Coun
 cil since 2018. He also played the pivotal role in establishing the long-t
 erm UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) infrastructure roadmap and investmen
 t portfolio.Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE sin
 ce April 2024. A constitutional scholar\, university administrator\, and p
 hilanthropic leader\, he was previously the President of the William and F
 lora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.More about thi
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