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Molly Webb

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Molly Webb worked as a Demos researcher on science, technology and innovation from January 2005 - August 2007.

Molly Webb works for The Climate Group, engaging ICT companies in climate change solutions. She worked at Demos from January 2005 until August 2007. She focused on web development and research on science, technology, environment and innovation.

Molly worked with Headshift to create and launch the Demos website in 2006. She is interested in social software, open source, and online tools for participation in policy. (For more on this, download her  talk from the Personal Democracy conference (May 2007) or click on the blog posts tab above.) She co-authored with Paul Miller Flesh, Steel and Wikipedia: How government can make the most of online collaborative tools in the Collaborative State Collection (2007).

She led the Korea research for the 2-year Atlas of Ideas: China, India, South Korea and the new geography of science project, looking at innovation systems, emerging trends in science and technology and models of scientific collaboration. Her last project The Disrupters focused on low-carbon innovation.

Molly moved to London in September 2003 for an MSc course in Environmental Policy, Planning and Regulation at the London School of Economics, where her dissertation focused on the environmental and societal implications of nanotechnology.

Prior to the course, Molly worked on e-commerce and content websites in Japan and the US, most recently as Director of Interactive Production at Oxygen Media in New York. She majored in Japanese at Georgetown University, graduating with a BSc in Languages and Linguistics.

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The Atlas of Ideas - Europe
Authors
Charles Leadbeater, James Wilsdon, Molly Webb, Kirsten Bound, Simon O'Connor
Publication Date
2007-05-10
Publication Type
Pamphlet

We used to know where new ideas would come from: established universities and corporate research centres in highly developed countries. Think again.

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The Disrupters
Authors
James Wilsdon, Molly Webb, Rebecca Willis
Publication Date
2007-07-12
Publication Type
Report

A building services manager for a local council. A Cumbrian hill farmer. A high-end concierge service. And a Bath-based leadership coach. These are not the people who you would expect to be pioneering solutions to climate change. Yet each of them is responsible for innovations that could put us on the path to a lower-carbon society.

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Greening Up Demos

Charlie Tims, Melissa Mean, Molly Webb, Celia Hannon, Joost Beunderman

We're committed to being an environmentally-friendly organisation. With all the travel we're doing, it's not going to be easy. We want to share our experiences and efforts at going green on this page - with the ultimate aim of becoming a zero carbon/zero waste workplace.

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Cool Tools for Government

Molly Webb

We are looking at 'cool tools' that allow us to re-think public services. Who are the people seeing the gaps between individuals and institutions, and how are they filling them? How do we close feedback loops?

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An Underwhelming Truth

Molly Webb

2006 was the year of the eco-issue, Priuses on back-order, "An Inconvenient Truth" and Arnold Schwarzenegger's green coup. But is sustainability’s new look only skin deep?

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The Disrupters

James Wilsdon, Molly Webb, Rebecca Willis

Growing awareness of climate change has not yet been matched by serious cuts in the amount of carbon the UK emits. This NESTA-funded joint project will explore environmental innovation in the UK.

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The Atlas of Ideas

Jack Stilgoe, James Wilsdon, Kirsten Bound, Natalie Day, Molly Webb, Charles Leadbeater

The Atlas of Ideas was a three year programme at Demos, which explored changes in the global geography of science and innovation. Between 2005 and 2008, it published studies of China, India, South Korea and Brazil.

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Green Works

We are replacing some of our office furniture and we're looking for eco-friendly alternatives. This is one of the sites offering 'green' office furniture.

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Reuters AlertNet - -U.N. climate panel reports in 2007

Reuters AlertNet - -U.N. climate panel reports in 2007

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Citizen Information Project: Final Report & Annexes

Citizen Information Project: Final Report & Annexes