Joseph Kane,  Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, speaks with  Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about his research on the nation's infrastructure workforce and IPA's ongoing study of workforce development needs and opportunities associated with infrastructure in Delaware. 

For more information on the Brookings Institution, visit brookings.edu. Mr. Kane's research related to infrastructure and workforce development needs can be reviewed here: https://www.brookings.edu/author/joseph-kane/?type=research.

This episode was recorded on June  4, 2020. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.

Workforce Development for Infrastructure

Dr. Bill Provine, President and CEO of the Delaware Innovation Space, joins Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), and Cara Gannon, a Public Administration Fellow at IPA, to discuss the ongoing partnership of DuPont, the State of Delaware, and the University of Delaware in developing the Delaware Innovation Space as an entrepreneurial incubator.  Topics covered include the 2017 creation of the Innovation Space at the DuPont Experimental Station; aspirations for and early successes resulting from the Delaware Innovation Space; and how the ongoing dynamics of government, industry, and higher education collaborations set the tone for innovation ecosystems in Delaware and elsewhere.

This interview was recorded on October 8, 2020. For more information on the Delaware Innovation Space, visit deinnovates.org. To learn more about the Institute for Public Administration, visit ipa.udel.edu.

Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.

Nurturing the Delaware Innovation Space

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Nurturing the Delaware Innovation Space

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