The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (IoIR)

External view 1 - the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research External view 2 - the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research External view 3 - the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
External views of the Harold Hankins Building, Booth St. West, Manchester

IoIR Annual Report 2002 is now availble.

In early September 2002, CRIC staff and students took one step closer to our colleagues from the Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology (PREST), and from the Centre for Research on Organisations, Management and Technical Change (CROMTEC) at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST, by moving into our new, £5.7m research facility. The three inter-linked groups have been co-located to form the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, which occupies five floors of the east wing of the newly refurbished Harold Hankins Building (formerly Cornbrook House), situated at the Booth Street end of the University campus. The new development, funded through the British Government's Joint Infrastructure Fund, involved a thorough makeover for the building (formerly a Hall of Residence), including the creation of a new circulation space in the middle of the block and some new build.

Interior view 1 - Entrance staircase of the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 2 - Atrium area of the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 3 - Common/coffee area of the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 4 - Researchers at work, the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
Interior view 5 - Atrium area of the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 6 - Researchers at work, the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
Interior views of the Harold Hankins Building, Booth St. West, Manchester

The resulting building offers high quality office accommodation and meeting rooms for the research staff of the three inter-linked groups as well as state-of-the-art, dedicated teaching facilities and research student accommodation. As well as bringing all of Manchester's science, technology and innovation studies researchers together under one roof, the new development has brought us closer to other collaborating colleagues in the Manchester Business School (MBS), Manchester School of Accounting and Finance, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM), and Manchester School of Management, creating an enviable critical mass at the confluence of the social and management sciences.

Interior view 7 - Common/coffee area of the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 8 - Lobby area of 10th floor on the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 9 - Conference facilities at the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Interior view 10 - Conference facilities at the Harold Hankins Building, The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
More interior views of the Harold Hankins Building, Booth St. West, Manchester

The official opening of the Institute was timed to coincide with the ASEAT Conference in April 2003. The opening ceremony was be performed by UK Science Minister Lord Sainsbury.

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CRIC is now proud to be part of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR)
Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester,
Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester M13 9QH, England
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