Our research
The Centre for Transformative Innovation is known for the depth and quality of its empirical analysis, evidence-based public policy recommendations and outstanding infrastructure for large-scale data analytics.
The Centre for Transformative Innovation is Australia’s foremost research centre studying how ideas, inventions and social networks enhance productivity and innovation.
We undertake high-quality, independent and impartial applied research and contribute to the development of public policy in Australia. We also analyse the performance of businesses and industries. By emphasising clarity, robustness and veracity, we aim to identify stylised facts about organisations, society and the economy.
Interested in studying a PhD or master’s degree?
We offer supervision to postgraduate research students in the fields of innovation and social network analysis.
Our research in action
Download or watch presentations from expert speakers who have been part of our public lectures, conferences, webinars and seminars.
Skincare based on science creates jobs
A presentation delivered by Dr Jane Oppenheim in May 2020
The story of Bakers Delight
A presentation delivered by Roger and Lesley Gillespie in May 2020
The next decade for angels and start-ups
A presentation delivered by Jordan Green in February 2020
Our latest events
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Tom Spurling Oration 2024: Science, Specialisation and the American Innovation Ecosystem
Join Professor Ashish Arora (Duke University) in our Tom Spurling Oration 2024 as he discusses despite sustained increases in the quantity of scientific knowledge, productivity growth in advanced economies has stagnated.
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Varieties of regional innovation systems around the world and catch up by latecomers: Analysing RIS with patent citation data and policy implications
Join Distinguished Professor Keun Lee (Seoul National University) to discuss the varieties of regional innovation systems around the world and the catch up by latecomers, the importance of economic development in providing employment and incomes, and the policies that can address poor regional economic development.
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Launch of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Celebrates the re-branding and new home of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, and those contributing to its new life.
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Our past events
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| 24 November 2022 | Launch of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation | Dr Barry Jones |
| 7 November 2022 | Tom Spurling Oration: How different types of proximity affect the performance of innovation networks and precincts | Professor Ron Boschma |
| 10 June 2021 | CTI Public Event: Commercialising Personalised Medicine | Dr Alison Todd |
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| 25 November 2020 | COVID-19: The unwelcome messenger of some inconvenient economic and political truths - Can Australia create a lasting and positive economic and political legacy from COVID-19? | Mr William (Bill) Scales AO | Watch the video |
| 18 November 2020 | The future of work will depend on what we value | Emeritus Professor Sue Richardson | Watch the video |
| 11 November 2020 | Lifting the long tail: how to restore employment and find new sources of growth in the post-COVID Australia | The Honourable John Brumby AO | Watch the video |
| 15 October 2020 | Adoption of industry 4.0 in SME | Mond Qu, Founder and Director at United Make (UDMK) David Kaplan, Managing Director and CEO from Sleep Corp Brad Clark, Executive General Manager at Keech Peter Angelico, Founder and Managing Director ABECK Group Philip Butler, Director at Textor Technologies Nico Adams, Director Factory of the Future, Swinburne University of Technology |
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| 2 September 2020 | Working towards a virtual workplace 2020 and beyond | Phil Ruthven | Watch the video |
| 21 May 2020 | CTI Webinar: Skin care based on science creates jobs | Dr Jane Oppenheim | Watch the video |
| 7 May 2020 | CTI Webinar: The story of Bakers Delight | Roger and Lesley Gillespie | Watch the video |
| 24 February 2020 | The next decade for angels and start-ups | Jordan Green | Download |
| 19 February 2020 | Healthy competition, competitiveness challenge of Australia | Arturo Bris |
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| 27 November 2019 | 2019 Tom Spurling Oration | Professor David Mowery (University of California Berkeley) |
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| 17 October 2019 | The technology behind better, cheaper solar panels | Professor Thorsten Trupke (University of New South Wales) |
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| 4 July 2019 | Synthetic skin cracks global market | Professor Anthony Weiss (University of Sydney) | |
| 7 May 2019 | Launch of the CRISO Oral History collection | Professor Tom Spurling Professor Ian Raw Professor Gavin Lambert Mr Andrew Stamme |
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| 26 March 2019 | The power of collaboration and translating research discoveries to treatments | Associate Professor Peter Czabotar, (WEHI, University of Melbourne) | View the collection |
| 4–5 February 2019 | Architecture of Insight — A data science symposium |
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| 14 November 2018 | 2018 Tom Spurling Oration | Professor Steve Borgatti |
| 2 November 2018 | Current issues in the US patent system | Professor Adam Jaffe |
| 8 August 2018 | A folklore remedy for skin cancer | Dr Jim Aylward |
| 30 May 2018 | Wi-Fi commercialising a big idea from Australia | Dr John O’Sullivan Professor Terry Healy |
| 18 April 2018 | Commercialisation of defence tech | Darryn Smart (Group Leader, Communications and Electronic Warfare at Defence Science and Technology Group) |
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| 4 December 2017 | Secular stagnation: History and reality | Professor Joel Mokyr |
| 15 November 2017 | Tom Spurling Oration: The challenges facing IP systems — researching for the future | Professor Rochelle Dreyfus |
| 12 October 2017 | Changing the way we build things | Professor Mike Xie |
| 27 September 2017 | 25 years building a blood cancer drug | Professor Andrew Wilks |
| 16 August 2017 | The economics of science | Professor Paula Stephan |
| 12 April 2017 | 40 years of microfluidic commercialisation | Professor Erol Harvey |
| 16 February 2017 | The collaboration challenge | Professor Kathryn Fagg |
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| 25 October 2016 | The phenomenon of patent thickets | Associate Professor Stefan Wagner |
| 12 September 2016 | Putting the plastic mirror on the road | Professor Peter Murphy |
| 25 July 2016 | Outsourcing your (tech) problems | Dr Alexander Gosling Associate Professor Kurt Seeman |
| 4 July 2016 | Observing our hearing and our pockets | Dr Elaine Saunders |
| 25 May 2016 | Pitching to large organisations | David Thodey |
| 25 May 2016 | The biggest game in town: An analysis of the AFL’s vilification policy | Associate Professor Dean Lusher |
| 5 May 2016 | Frugal innovation for fertilising imagination | Professor Anil Gupta |
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| 25 November 2015 | The politics of industry policy — launch of the Centre for Transformative Innovation | Professor Linda Kirstjanson The Honourable Ted Bailieu Dr Craig Emerson Dr Martin Parkinson David White |
| 24 November 2015 | The challenge of academic patenting | Professor Bruno van Pottelsberghe |
| 31 August 2015 | The Trans-Pacific Partnership | Dr Matthew Rimmer |
| 10 August 2015 | The economics of knowledge creation and diffusion | Professor Francesco Lissoni |
| 24 June 2015 | Board diversity: Beyond political correctness | Professor Linda Kirstjanson Mr Simon McKeon Professor Niamh Brennan |
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There are many ways to engage with us. If your organisation is dealing with a complex problem, get in touch to discuss how we can work together to provide solutions. Call us on +61 3 9214 4861 or email cti@swinburne.edu.au.