This is the fourth article in a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. In this, I look at how local care models are being reshaped in the delivery of health Read more…
Over the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. This is the third article in the series. Here I discuss public perceptions and behaviours in response Read more…
Over the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. In the first of this series, I discussed the role and value of place based data Read more…
Over the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of articles on issues arising from, and responses to, Covid-19 in the UK and beyond. In the first of this series, I discuss data for local resilience and recovery based on Read more…
The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems by public sector organisations is contentious. From the UK on the Met’s use of Automatic Facial Recognition (AFR), to Australia on the robodebt scandal where a class action is gathering momentum, to the Read more…
Digital technologies are now a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. And questions remain as to how these technologies are reshaping how we experience the world around us, and how the world around us is being reshaped. Included here is Read more…
From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities, new technologies and data are beginning to radically transform how we design, manufacture and build, and use and optimise our built environment. And it is here that important questions need to be asked about Read more…
Planning has a profound effect on people’s lives and is vital not just to our economy, but our health and wellbeing. But there’s a problem. The planning system in England is complicated and largely ineffective. How do we put people Read more…
In 2015, NHS England launched the Healthy New Towns programme. Their ambition was to explore how the design and development of new places and spaces would provide a real opportunity to create healthier and better connected communities. The programme put Read more…
Data is critical in urban planning. But are we taking full advantage of it? How could a data informed and digitally enabled planning system benefit citizens, developers, local authorities and government? And what is Plantech? These are important questions. Not Read more…