Daniel BROOKER

• Director, UK Research and Innovation China Office 

Dr Daniel Brooker is the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Director leading the research and innovation engagements with China.

He directs the expert team in Beijing that leads on developing relationships with China’s national and regional research and innovation funding agencies, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Science and Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences – to facilitate joint UK-China research and development programmes.

Daniel brings expertise and experience of having worked internationally across government, private and non-profit sectors. He worked with China in prior roles as an academic at Peking University where he taught economic geography and regional development. He worked in Cambridge University for Cambridge University Press and Assessment where he led a consultancy team providing advice to governments on education reform. He has also worked for SQW and RAND Corporation leading policy and consultancy projects in the science and innovation space. He worked with a range of partners including the World Bank, OECD, European Commission and UK Government Departments. He has published internationally and presented at conferences on research, innovation and economic development themes. 

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