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How modelling can become a debate-support tool, not just a decision-support tool

Iain White By , and Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures Posted:

As many politicians around the world inform the public of their responses to the coronavirus outbreak, they frequently refer to the science on which their decisions are based. In this blog, Professor Graham Haughton, Dr Nuno Pinto and Professor Iain White explore the changing nature of how modelling tools are forming political and public debate. […]

Privacy pitfalls in combatting coronavirus digitally: Lessons from South Korea

By Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

As the UK embarks on rolling out new digital and mobile capacities in the fight against COVID-19, other countries may serve as bellwethers for potential issues. In this blog, Dr Michael Prentice, Research Fellow in Digital Trust and Security, discusses privacy issues that arose in South Korea’s technology-driven response to the COVID-19 outbreak and how […]

Power from the sun, money from the crowd: community energy offers low-cost finance for renewables

Tim Braunholtz-Speight By Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Renewables, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology, Urban Posted:

The fall in the cost of renewable energy has created new possibilities for citizen investors to fund community energy projects. However, the majority require some level of price support. In this blog, researchers from The University of Manchester call for policies to support the growth of this sector, such as encouraging the purchase of community-generated […]

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Net-zero target by 2050? We can do better than that

By Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Renewables, Science and Engineering Posted:

Simon Bullock is a PhD student at Tyndall Manchester, working on shipping and climate change. In this blog Simon discusses the Net Zero report published this month by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) and argues that under the principles the CCC is rightly advocating, this 2050 date is too late. This month the Committee […]

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Local Industrial Strategies can capitalise on gaps in UK climate and resource policies

Dr Kate Scott By Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment Posted:

As the UK and many local regions embark on developing and implementing industrial strategies Dr Kate Scott from the School of Environment, Education and Development argues it is crucial to identify how their strengths can support innovation and development for low carbon transitions. This is particularly true in light of the government’s recent announcement that […]

Keynote for Industrial Strategy panel discussion

By Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, News Posted:

On 29 November 2018, academics, representatives from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the Government collaborated at an event to help inform policy priorities for Greater Manchester’s Local Industrial Strategy. Minister for Business and Industry Richard Harrington MP was joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, to speak about ‘Delivering the Grand Challenges […]

Messy but meaningful – how to make interdisciplinary water-energy-food-environment research more influential

Alice LarkinClaire Hoolohan By and Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Science and Technology Posted:

UK academia is arguably at the forefront of the kind of inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research needed to tackle global grand societal challenges. This distinctive mode of research aims to be policy-relevant and impactful, but by its nature is often messy, complex and difficult to communicate. Here, a group of academics from The University of Manchester […]

A Policy@Manchester interview with the Dr Bachir Ouedraogo, Minister of Energy for Burkina Faso

Chris Peters By Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Industry 4.0 Posted:

Dr Bachir Ouedraogo won a scholarship from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at The University of Manchester and he went on complete his PhD in MACE in 2012 looking at the impact of climate change, renewable energy and population on the future energy demand for Burkina Faso. In 2015 Bachir was elected to the National Assembly […]

Why embracing language diversity is a key to community cohesion

Yaron Matras By Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, OnCohesion Posted:

As part of our new publication ‘OnCohesion’ read Professor Yaron Matras’ blog which focuses on language diversity and why he believes it is key to social cohesion Language is an emblem of who we are. It is the carrier of our heritage and one of the ways of identifying what we mean by ‘communities’. Community […]

Expert reaction – Environmental Audit Committee report

Claire Hoolohan By Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Science and Technology, Urban Posted:

The Environmental Audit Committee launched its report on heat-related deaths and included a series of recommendations for the Government. Dr Claire Hoolohan Research Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, considers how suitable recommendations in this report around water use are, and what additions she’d like to see. Claire’s current project, working with […]

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