Shawn Cunningham
Dr Cunningham has been a partner in the international firm Mesopartner since 2008. Mesopartner is a thought leader in the field of territorial development and assists several international organisations on issues relating to economic development, capacity building and method development. Shawn's work is mainly focused on assisting his customers in the public and private sectors to improve their development programmes aimed at better performance of the private sector. He combines excellent facilitation and moderation skills with a deep insight into technical matters. He leads field research on topics such as innovation system promotion; supports academic research in engineering, science, technology and social sciences, and he coaches leadership teams in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors around the world.
Contributions
Blogs
Resources
- Disruptive technologies for private sector development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [2019]
- A tale of new cities: market systems and the resilience of urban environments in emerging economies [2016]
- Rethinking systemic change: economic evolution and institutions [2016]
- Rethinking systemic change: economic evolution and institutions [2016]
- On market failures – perhaps you are too close [2015]
- Gaining systemic insight to strengthen economic development initiatives [2013]
- The fundamentals of innovation system promotion for development practitioners [2012]
- Understanding market failures in an economic development context [2011]