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A future for autonomous vehicles in the UK? Lessons from the US

By Sam Hind Filed Under: Digital Futures, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: November 21, 2024

One of the final bills passed by the outgoing Sunak government was the Automated Vehicles Act (2024), designed to make provisions for the possible rollout of autonomous vehicles in the future. If the new Starmer government is to continue this work, then lessons need to be learnt from the US, where the deployment of autonomous […]

Tagged With: AI, digital, Health & Safety, Robotics, SALC, technology, transport

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Harnessing Digital Solutions for Sustainable Housing Expansion: A GIS-Powered Approach

Photo of Richard Kingston By Richard Kingston Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Environment Posted: October 17, 2024

The UK government has committed to an ambitious housing strategy of building 1.5 million homes over the next five years to address the chronic housing shortage exacerbated by rising demand, affordability and population growth. This plan must also rectify long-term structural challenges in the housing market whilst ensuring homes are built sustainably. Here, Professor Richard Kingston […]

Tagged With: british politics, climate change, digital, economy, environment, housing, inclusive growth, infrastructure, net zero, sustainability, urban

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A raised platform – regulating the digital economy

Luke Yates author image By Luke Yates Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, UK economy, Urban Posted: September 19, 2024

Digital economy businesses have grown rapidly in the last 10-15 years, transforming how we work, travel, consume, and contract workers. Some impacts have been problematic, with growth of short-term lettings platforms reducing access to housing, and gig economy platforms increasing the precariousness of work. In this article, Dr Luke Yates outlines research findings on how […]

Tagged With: digital, economy, government, local government, SoSS

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Climate Just: supporting equitable responses to climate change through social vulnerability maps

Headshot of Professor Sarah Lindley By Sarah Lindley Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Environment Posted: July 23, 2024

Historical carbon emissions are already locked into the climate system. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that associated impacts now persist, through extreme weather, climate-related events like floods and wildfires, or longer-term changes to the environment and biosphere. We must give urgent attention to tackling current and future emissions, but it is also vital to ensure […]

Tagged With: climate change, digital, environment, inequalities

Can we upskill the health and social care workforce to meet the growing demand for digital transformation?

Dr Alan Davies headshot photoProfessor Angela Davies By Alan Davies and Angela Davies Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 22, 2024

There has been growing interest regarding the potential of digital transformation to aid the UK’s health and social care system in its ambition to meet modern demands placed upon it. But what skills do different employees in this sector need – and is the infrastructure in place to support them? Here, Dr Alan Davies and […]

Tagged With: care quality, digital, Digital Divide, Health & Social Care, innovation, NHS, NHS Digital, Pankhurst Institute, SHS, technology

Planning ahead: A multi-sector approach to net zero

Mathaios Panteli By Mathaios Panteli, Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña and Julien Harou Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Environment, Inclusive Growth, Renewables, Research and development, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted: December 13, 2023

With climate change increasing some resources’ uncertainty – and global development making others scarcer and more interdependent – society requires improved planning and policy frameworks to deliver a secure, equitable and resilient transformation to net zero. In this article from our publication On Resilience, Professor Julien Harou, Dr Eduardo A. Martínez Ceseña and Professor Mathaios Panteli explore how […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, energy, inclusive growth, innovation, productivity, technology

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Artificial Intelligence and future transport and mobility: What do cities want and how can urban planning respond?

By Ransford A. Acheampong Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Energy and Environment, Environment, Inclusive Growth, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: September 14, 2023

Experts agree that automated driving technologies constitute perhaps the most significant transformation in urban and transport planning since the invention of the private motor vehicle. In this article, Dr Ransford A. Acheampong assesses how policy-makers have an urgent responsibility to create alternative urban futures in which we are able to meet our everyday mobility needs […]

Tagged With: carbon reduction, communities, environment, infrastructure, sustainability, technology

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The challenges of regulating online speech

Author headshot By Mihaela Popa-Wyatt Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures Posted: July 27, 2023

Hate speech or harmful speech is any expression (speech, text, images) that demeans, threatens, or harms members of groups with protected characteristics. It includes slurs, name-calling, discriminatory and exclusionary speech, incitement to hatred and violence, harassment. Online communities are a particularly fast way to spread hate. In this article, Dr Mihaela Popa-Wyatt explores the main questions […]

Tagged With: digital, Digital Futures, online safety, online safety bill, social media, technology

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Data and Decision Making: how AI and data tools can help influence evidence-based policy change.

David Topping By David Topping Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Environment, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: July 6, 2023

It is crucial that policymakers have access to the increasing collection of datasets across our natural environment and other sectors such as health and economics. Currently, much of this data is spread across a variety of platforms which work in silo, making it difficult for users to analyse, assess and ultimately deliver improved policy outcomes. […]

Tagged With: AI, Air pollution, data, digital, Digital Solutions Hub, environment, machine learning, NERC

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Targeting the ‘(professional) enablers’ of economic crime

Katie Benson author headshot By Katie Benson Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, UK economy Posted: May 9, 2023

The UK government has published its second Economic Crime Plan (ECP2), which aims to reinforce the government’s priorities in relation to economic crime in (or affecting) the UK.  ECP2 arrives at a time of considerable political attention on economic crime, with the global focus on kleptocracy and increased use of financial sanctions following Russia’s invasion […]

Tagged With: crime, cyber crime, digital, economic crime, economy, financial crime, home office, law

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