Kirsty Mackinlay is the Country Partnerships lead for CCG’s partner countries Zambia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. Through applying National Innovation Systems theory and Inclusive Innovation frameworks, she promotes inclusive knowledge exchange projects and research-to-policy collaborations within the CCG partner country networks. She is also a Research Associate in the University of Cambridge’s Department for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, where she applies an Action Research approach to interrogating frameworks for inclusive, low-emission innovation and knowledge systems in low- and middle- income countries.