Digital Economy Sustainable Society Network+
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Imperial College Business School
Abstract
Sustainable Development and Sustainability are some of the most commonly talked about concepts in media today. "Sustainable Society", however, remains very difficult to actually define. For the purposes of this Network+, however, we have selected the following as a working definition:
"A Sustainable Society refers to one that takes into account the benefit of future generations of both the UK and the earth in its decision making processes through the protection and appropriate use of our economic, social and natural resources".
While the potential role that ICT can play has long been touted in the commercial sector, true interdisciplinary research covering the multitude of aspects involved in economically, socially and environmentally viable solutions for society is sparse. Some pockets of evidence exist that indicate the potential for ICT to have on sustainability, these remain pockets, however, and there is a need to ensure the continued collaboration around these important topics.
At the same time, digital technologies are in the process of tearing down traditional barriers between sectors, and the mobile and cloud computing platforms may be viewed as forming the "nexus of contracts" of the global economy. The role that these platforms play has a distinct role in the development of sustainable regions and nations as new communities, businesses and structures of government are formed in response to the incredible rise in data streams. For example, the vision of responsive and agile local services was traditionally hampered by a shortage of information. Today, the problem is opposite - information overload.
Research into the role of ICT in supporting the development of a sustainable society covers an extremely large number of research areas, from water, waste, energy, local and national transport infrastructures, national and international supply chains, rural and urban enterprise infrastructures, community development and social infrastructure support mechanisms. The systems that form the basis of our society are now extremely complex systems, with multiple layers and multiple interactions between the economic, social and environmental spheres - it is not possible to affect one without affecting the others. Research is required to understand the nature of these interactions and how to best deliver services within them.
In such complicated systems, it is extremely difficult for academics working in these areas to know the right people in other research groups and areas. Often, researchers have to bypass opportunities to apply for research grants because they do not have the right research partners, be they academic, industrial or third sector/NGO. As a result, opportunities to address policy and research challenges within Digital Economy are missed. In addition, UK companies are unable to take advantage of a multidisciplinary approach to their problems so the opportunity to create genuine, lasting, real-world change and value creation is also missed.
Over the next three years, we aim to redress these missed opportunities. This Network+ aims to change the landscape of connections between research communities in order to create a vibrant network of researchers who take not just a Digital Economy approach back to their home disciplines, but a Sustainable Society approach as well. We aim to seed a grassroots movement across Britain of researchers who naturally approach research questions from an economic, social and environmental perspective, with a particular focus on creating links between current researchers and the next generation of researchers. Through establishing these links, we will also identify the emerging research challenges within the Digital Economy.
"A Sustainable Society refers to one that takes into account the benefit of future generations of both the UK and the earth in its decision making processes through the protection and appropriate use of our economic, social and natural resources".
While the potential role that ICT can play has long been touted in the commercial sector, true interdisciplinary research covering the multitude of aspects involved in economically, socially and environmentally viable solutions for society is sparse. Some pockets of evidence exist that indicate the potential for ICT to have on sustainability, these remain pockets, however, and there is a need to ensure the continued collaboration around these important topics.
At the same time, digital technologies are in the process of tearing down traditional barriers between sectors, and the mobile and cloud computing platforms may be viewed as forming the "nexus of contracts" of the global economy. The role that these platforms play has a distinct role in the development of sustainable regions and nations as new communities, businesses and structures of government are formed in response to the incredible rise in data streams. For example, the vision of responsive and agile local services was traditionally hampered by a shortage of information. Today, the problem is opposite - information overload.
Research into the role of ICT in supporting the development of a sustainable society covers an extremely large number of research areas, from water, waste, energy, local and national transport infrastructures, national and international supply chains, rural and urban enterprise infrastructures, community development and social infrastructure support mechanisms. The systems that form the basis of our society are now extremely complex systems, with multiple layers and multiple interactions between the economic, social and environmental spheres - it is not possible to affect one without affecting the others. Research is required to understand the nature of these interactions and how to best deliver services within them.
In such complicated systems, it is extremely difficult for academics working in these areas to know the right people in other research groups and areas. Often, researchers have to bypass opportunities to apply for research grants because they do not have the right research partners, be they academic, industrial or third sector/NGO. As a result, opportunities to address policy and research challenges within Digital Economy are missed. In addition, UK companies are unable to take advantage of a multidisciplinary approach to their problems so the opportunity to create genuine, lasting, real-world change and value creation is also missed.
Over the next three years, we aim to redress these missed opportunities. This Network+ aims to change the landscape of connections between research communities in order to create a vibrant network of researchers who take not just a Digital Economy approach back to their home disciplines, but a Sustainable Society approach as well. We aim to seed a grassroots movement across Britain of researchers who naturally approach research questions from an economic, social and environmental perspective, with a particular focus on creating links between current researchers and the next generation of researchers. Through establishing these links, we will also identify the emerging research challenges within the Digital Economy.
Planned Impact
The DE Challenge Area Sustainable Society Network+ will create impact on several levels, including academic communities across the broad spectrum of activities ongoing within the context of 'Sustainable Society', the third sector and industry both nationally and internationally as and when appropriate. Through these interactions, Network+ membership will identify the new research challenges associated with the use of ICT to create a sustainable economy, environment and society.
Every project funded through this Network+ will be deliver impact both to the Network and the wider communities that members are associated with. Each project will report back its findings to the Network+ and illustrate those research challenges that they have uncovered. In this manner, impact is designed into the heart of every project that will be run during these network activities.
The research community associated with 'Sustainable Society' contains great breadth and depth. Every activity will therefore contain some aspect of interdisciplinarity or multidisciplinarity. Through this Network+, new research collaborations well be formed that allow members to exchange methods, best practice, knowledge, background and access to other relevant networks.
This Network+ will also inform the research challenges that will help define potential future research areas within the application of ICT to the creation of a Sustainable Society. Through this, the SS Network will create not just new avenues for research but also identify emerging areas of interest.
SS Network will engage fully with the existing DE communities that are already established, for example the DE hubs and the DTCs across the country. The SS Network will ensure that there is a suitable level of network activity across the UK in order to ensure as great a potential for impact as possible for all members of the Network.
Specifically, network activities are focussed around creating impact through capacity development for members in order to become ambassadors for 'Sustainable Society', empowering them to take the message to as wide a community of people as possible. All network activities are designed around ensuring that this 'network of networks' is created and nourished from day one.
Every project funded through this Network+ will be deliver impact both to the Network and the wider communities that members are associated with. Each project will report back its findings to the Network+ and illustrate those research challenges that they have uncovered. In this manner, impact is designed into the heart of every project that will be run during these network activities.
The research community associated with 'Sustainable Society' contains great breadth and depth. Every activity will therefore contain some aspect of interdisciplinarity or multidisciplinarity. Through this Network+, new research collaborations well be formed that allow members to exchange methods, best practice, knowledge, background and access to other relevant networks.
This Network+ will also inform the research challenges that will help define potential future research areas within the application of ICT to the creation of a Sustainable Society. Through this, the SS Network will create not just new avenues for research but also identify emerging areas of interest.
SS Network will engage fully with the existing DE communities that are already established, for example the DE hubs and the DTCs across the country. The SS Network will ensure that there is a suitable level of network activity across the UK in order to ensure as great a potential for impact as possible for all members of the Network.
Specifically, network activities are focussed around creating impact through capacity development for members in order to become ambassadors for 'Sustainable Society', empowering them to take the message to as wide a community of people as possible. All network activities are designed around ensuring that this 'network of networks' is created and nourished from day one.
Organisations
- Imperial College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Glasgow (Collaboration)
- Glasgow School of Art (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- Kingston University London (Collaboration)
- Van Alen institute (Collaboration)
- Intel (United States) (Collaboration)
- Anglia Ruskin University (Collaboration)
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN (Collaboration)
- The Open University (Collaboration)
- Nottingham Trent University (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- INNOVATE UK (Collaboration)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- Ravesbourne (Collaboration)
- GSMA (Collaboration)
- NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Greater London Authority (Collaboration)
- University of East Anglia (Collaboration)
- Ericsson (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE (Collaboration)
- MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Liverpool John Moores University (Collaboration)
- Unilever (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT (Collaboration)
- Royal College of Art (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
Publications

A. Mulligan C
(2013)
Architectural implications of smart city business models: an evolutionary perspective
in IEEE Communications Magazine


Cork, C.R.
(2015)
Fibre Electronic Technology for Wearables

Dini, G.
(2014)
Colony

Dini, G. And Hedburg, D.
(2013)
ARQ

Dini, G. And Hedburg, D.
(2013)
Information in Style

Foulds C
(2017)
Energy monitoring as a practice: Investigating use of the iMeasure online energy feedback tool
in Energy Policy

Title | Computational Capacity Sample Box |
Description | Design product that enables individuals to work with and understand digital economy through the concept of "computational capacity" |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | SMEs have started using this product to understand how to create new business models. |
Title | Computational Capital Coin Holders |
Description | Through representing elements of the digital economy (e.g. computation, mobile, distributed ledgers) we are able to interact with digital in a new way through physical artefacts ("coins") |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | SMEs applying it in workshops to design new business models |
Title | Digital Disprutors Board Game |
Description | boardgame to allow people to use outputs of the Desiging Future Economies project in their own time |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Being turned into a product for sale. |
Title | Digital Disruptors visual language |
Description | a visual language that allows people to work with and communicate around the digital economy. ideas such as computational capacity and mobility are captured |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | better discussions with non academics regarding economics and the role of digital |
URL | http://digitaldisruptors.org/ |
Title | Hedburg - Colony exhibition |
Description | Dini, G. and Hedberg, D. (2014), 'Colony', A-EYE: An Exhibition of Art and Nature-Inspired Computation, London: Goldsmiths, University of London. https://sites.google.com/site/aisb14aeye/ Dini, G. and Hedberg, D. (2013), 'Colony', London Design Festival, Digital Design Weekend, London: Victoria & Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/media/uploads/files/Digital_Design_Weekend_final.pdf |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | Dini and Hedberg produced a project entitled "Colony" which had further success, beyond the exhibition at the V&A in May 2013. |
URL | https://sites.google.com/site/aisb14aeye/ |
Title | Newman - Co-curator of first Special Exhibition of The National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham, UK |
Description | Co-curator of Jump first Special Exhibition of The National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham, UK |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Extensive coverage http://gamecity.org/press-release-worlds-first-dedicated-cultural-centre-for-games-opens-in-nottingham-saturday-28-march/ http://motherboard.vice.com/read/inside-britains-new-national-videogame-arcade http://www.nottinghampost.com/pictures/Videogames/pictures-26242480-detail/pictures.html |
URL | http://gamecity.org/press-release-worlds-first-dedicated-cultural-centre-for-games-opens-in-nottingh... |
Title | Von Ompteda - Royal College of Art Space Program (2013), DataSpace, London: Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum. |
Description | DATASPACE Showcase @ Victoria & Albert Museum Creating meaningful connections between data and the citizens of London I led this project as Visiting Lecturer within RCA's Information Experience Design (IED) programme. This was cross-disciplinary, involving 23 RCA students, 5 RCA programmes, 4 RCA tutors, and 4 Imperial College London researchers. Our collective efforts were showcased in May 2013 at the V&A's Sackler Centre - selected projects are shown here. Funding by the Sustainable Society Network+ and Urban Prototyping London is gratefully acknowledged. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2013 |
Impact | see above |
URL | http://karinvonompteda.com/DataSpace |
Description | The Network+ was designed to connect best with best and create a flourishing network of researchers investigating the role of digital technologies in creating a sustainable society. We have been extremely successful in this with a number of successful events, a YouTube Channel, a website and newsletter to keep people engaged and informed. We have managed to allocate the significant majority of our Pilot Study funding with a total of 30 academic papers published from this research so far. More importantly, however, the Network+ has engaged in detailed Horizon Scans with regards to digital technologies and their application in the future of our society. The aims of these Horizon Scans were to identify the remaining areas of research in relation to Sustainable Society. We found significant new areas that require investigation. The results of these studies were made available in 245 pages of analysis in the following industries 1 Retail 2 Energy 3 Transport 4 Finance 5 Media 6 Food and Agriculture A final overall report was also developed that outlined the core underlying economic fundamentals of the "digital economy", which are fundamentally different to those of the industrial economy. The Horizon Scans were able to provide the empirical evidence of this shift in our economy, environment and society. |
Exploitation Route | Several companies have already used the Horizon scans. Others in the research community have also already used them to apply for their DE Next Stage applications. Dr C. Mulligan has been selected to participate in the United Nations Secretary General's High Level Panel on Digital Co-operation between 2018 and 2019. Horizon scans and publications have been used to contribute to the UN Panels work with report being released in June 2019. Some parts of the work has been used in collaboration with UCL's GovTech Labs (www.govtechlab.org) developing the foundation of a project called DataNet. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Energy Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Retail Transport |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net |
Description | The pilot studies have been used to help researchers apply for further follow on funding but they have not informed us how much. The research conducted has been used extensively within EU Commission and within the UK. I have also been invited to become and government adviser for the Australian Government on the Digital Economy. The Horizon Scans have been well received and used by research colleagues in their applications to DE Next Stage and also by several companies. Ericsson have also put them on their global website in order to help us gain extra traction with the 'reach' of the reports - so far two of them have been downloaded over 3500 times in a 1.5 months. Within the network itself, we have had good impact: · SSN Transport event alone resulted in 510 hours workshop attendance (let me know if you want me to round up the other workshops) · The SSN youtube channel, which hosts presentations from Transport Futures and Foodbanks, has had a total of 947 views. · We have been using JISCM@IL to communicate with our network who have received roughly two messages per month since September 2013. · 3,156 have visited the SSN Imperial site over the last year. The SustainableSocetyNetwork.net website receives approximately 200 hits per week, depending on whether we have open and active calls available. In addition, the Network has run several successful events, listed below. Urban Prototyping London - April 2013 Attendees - 550 During April - June 2013, Sustainable Society Network+ and NEMODE Network+, led by Dr Catherine Mulligan from Imperial College, ran the "Urban Prototyping", or "UP London" festival. This festival was a unique experiment in innovation and digital technology in the urban space. An initiative of the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA), Urban Prototyping, or UP Festivals, explores how technology, art, and design can serve as new tools for civic participation in a digital era. Our theme for UP London was: Digital Innovation to create resilient environments, economies and communities. Through UP London, we explored how digital technologies can be used to create a Sustainable Society through empowering, engaging and connecting citizens to create resilience in their local communities. Transport Futures - Friday 21st March 2014. Imperial College London Attendees - 102 Our workshop sought to bring together transport sector specialists, industry experts, policy-makers, researchers and the private sector to exchange ideas and discuss key areas that could be disrupted by advances in digital technology. These are: • Change driven by the knowledge transfer of ICT solutions between the inter-city and commuter transport sectors. • New measures of success in climate change mitigation and/or adaption through "big data" in transport. • New measurements of gains and losses after disruptive changes to travel activity and congestion. • Future ICT in demand management, changing our understanding of the balance between transport efficiency and accessibility. • Change to the industrial structure of real-estate driven by advances in transport technology. Presentations were made by speakers from Imperial College London, Transport for London, Department for Transport, LSE Cities, Nanyang Technological University, Leeds University Business School as well as the Universities of Cambridge / Manchester / Oxford / Northumbria / Southampton Digital Technologies for Sustainable Local Agri-Food Systems - Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th July 2014. Imperial College London Attendees - 37 Organized by Sustainable Society Network+ as part of its research activities into the use of digital technologies to create a sustainable society in conjunction with the Scaling the Rural Enterprise project. Digital technologies have a role to play in the co-ordination of local and "short" supply chains. Within this workshop, we will brought together a variety of researchers and others active in food supply chains in order to explore the use of digital technologies (DTs) in alternative agri-food networks (AAFNs) in their scaling-up process and also in the food supply and distribution system to cities focusing on the "Urban Food Strategies". Presentations were made by speakers from FoodTrade, FarmDrop, New Venture Advisors LLC, Aston Business School, Folk Labs, Centre for Technology and Development, MIT-IBM Network Science Research Center, Imperial College London and the Universities of Coventry, Wageningen, Swansea, Nottingham Design for Sharing, as new economy or age-old sustainable practice - Tuesday 4th November. Cinema Museum, London Attendees - Final count TBC, 100+ pre registrations This day reviewed sharing as a social, economic and environmental good, discussing how social cohesion as well as resource exploitation might be fostered and presenting examples of the nuanced work of local initiatives based in London and beyond. Bringing together experts from community, policy, academia and media discussions our workshop discussed how we can design to support sustainability through sharing and what the sharing economy might contribute. Presentations were made by speakers from Makerspace, Brockley Society, The Centre for Architecture and Sustainable Environment, University of Kent, NESTA, Timebanking UK, People Who Share and Casserole Club Member Run Pilot Studies: Title of Research Project DESIGN FOR SHARING Name of Principal Investigator and University Ann Light, Northumbria University AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Light, A. and Miskelley, C. Design for Sharing - as New Economy or Age-old Sustainable Practice? Working Papers of the Sustainable Society Network 2014 3 Accepted Light, A. Engaging Citizens - What Participatory Research Can Tell Us About Designing the Future Transport Futures Conference, March 2014 2014 Light, A. Design for Sharing - as New Economy or Age-old Sustainable Practice? Design For Sharing - as New Economy or Age-old Sustainable Practice?, November 2014 2014 Title of Research Project Exploring the role of Prototyping in Designing Future Cityscape Logistics Business Models Name of Principal Investigator and University Gary Graham, University of Leeds AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Graham, G. Too-smart cities? Why these visions of utopia need an urgent reality check Guardian 2014 13-Mar-14 Graham, G. Exploring the role of Prototyping in Designing Future Cityscape Logistics Business Models MIT Media Lab and Center for Transportation and Logistics. 2013 Graham, G. Exploring Future Cityscape Models through Urban Logistics Prototyping Working Papers of the Sustainable Society Network 2014 2 Title of Research Project Smart Cities Citizen Engagement and Environmental Impact Metrics Name of Principal Investigator and University Alex Peng, University of Sheffield AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Peng, G.C. Smart Cities Citizen Engagement and Environmental Impact Metrics World Mobile Congress 2014 Peng, G.C. Citizen Engagement and Environmental Impact Metrics Working Papers of the Sustainable Society Network 2014 2 Title of Research Project Sustainability of Mobile Broadband Architecture and Business Models Name of Principal Investigator and University Jonathan Liebenau, LSE AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Liebenau, J, Elaluf-Calderwood, S, and B. Carla Modularity and network integration: emergent sustainable services in mobile payment systems HICCS, Hawaii, Jan 2014 2014 Elaluf-Calderwood, S, Boucas, D, and J.Liebenau Sustainable Digital: Social Apps and Innovation in the Mobile Internet World ECIS, Tel Aviv 2014 Liebenau, J, and S. Elaluf-Calderwood Metrics for Assessing Internet Models and Sustainability TPRC41, Fairfax, Va. 2013 Liebenau, J, and S. Elaluf-Calderwood Institutions, Regulation and Governance of the Internet; A European Perspective on Traffic, Uses and Business Practices in the Digital Economy European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Florence 2013 Title of Research Project Digital Conservation Name of Principal Investigator and University Koen Arts, Aberdeen University AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Arts, K. Impacts of digital innovation on volunteer data submission in ecological citizen science Digital Conservation, Aberdeen 2014 van der Wall, R. The role of feedback in citizen science projects Digital Conservation, Aberdeen 2014 Title of Research Project USE OF SMART METERING DATA TO ENHANCE THE DELIVERY OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES Name of Principal Investigator and University Erica Marshall, University of Leeds AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Marshall, E. USE OF SMART METERING DATA TO ENHANCE THE DELIVERY OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES Working Papers of the Sustainable Society Network 2014 2 Accepted Marshall, E. Secondments for academics - TEDDINET (Transformations in Energy Demand through Digital Innovation Network) and DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) TEDDINET 2014 Title of Research Project Transforming Feedback Name of Principal Investigator and University Tim Harries, Kingston University AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Tim Harries, Enrico Costanza, Graca Brightwell Notions of 'house' and notions of 'home' - their importance for interventions to reduce domestic electricity consumption Energy & Society Conference 2014 Tim Harries, Enrico Costanza, Graca Brightwell Notions of 'house' and notions of 'home' - their importance for interventions to reduce domestic electricity consumption Behave Energy Conference 2014 Harries, T., Costanza, E., das Gracas Brightwell, M. Transforming feedback - a study of how interactive, engagement-oriented feedback can enhance behaviour change around electricity consumption Working papers of the Sustainable Society Network+ 2014 3 Title of Research Project Supporting data-driven urban agriculture with "Internet of Plants" technology Name of Principal Investigator and University Dr Gianluca Marcelli, University of Kent AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page C S Ang Internet of Things research at Kent Conference 2014 C S Ang Qualitative methods in HCI Conference 2014 Title of Research Project Live or Work? Name of Principal Investigator and University Rachel Granger, Middlesex University AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Granger, R. and Wejdan, K. Live-Work Units as Creative Place-making AAG 2015 Title of Research Project SMARTER METERS: LESSONS FROM THE IMEASURE TOOL Name of Principal Investigator and University Chris Foulds, Anglia Ruskin AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Foulds, C. and Robison, R. Investigating the influence of digital feedback technologies and the provision of long-term consumption data on everyday life Midterm conference of ESA RN 12, in cooperation with ISA RC 24: 2nd Energy & Society Conference. 4-6 June 2014, Krakow, Poland. 2014 Foulds, C. (2014) Why do energy efficiency projects rarely achieve anticipated savings? A theoretical comparison Home Energy Liaison Group seminar, 5 August 2014, Cambridge, UK. 2014 "Foulds, C. (2014) " 'Everyday sustainability: Negotiating carbon footprints', ESRC Festival of Social Science. 05 November 2014, Cambridge, UK. 2014 Foulds, C. and Green, M. 'Challenges for developing a Built Environment in a changing and uncertain world', Global Sustainability Institute public seminar. 13 November 2014, Chelmsford, UK. 2014 Title of Research Project Online Social Networks (OSNs) Based System for Flood Prediction and Management Name of Principal Investigator and University Prof Qiuhua Liang, Newcastle Unviersity AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Smith LS, Liang Q, James P, Lin W Crowd-sourcing for a flood resilient city Circulation - the Newsletter of the British Hydrological Society 2014 No. 120 4-5 Smith LS, Liang Q, James P, Lin W Assessing the utility of social media as a data source for flood risk management using a real-time modelling framework Journal of Flood Risk Managemen ?? under review Title of Research Project SUSTAINABILITY-ORIENTED INNOVATION: A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE Name of Principal Investigator and University Richard Adams, University of Surrey AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Adams, R., Albareda, L., Jeanrenaud, J-P. and Jeanrenaud, S. Sustainability Oriented Innovation 6th International Conference on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, 8/9 October 2014, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin 2014 Title of Research Project DIGITAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING Name of Principal Investigator and University DR MARIA EDITH BURKE AUTHOR(S) TITLE REFERENCE Journal/Conf. year vol. page Dr Maria Edith Burke Well being and use of technology at home |
First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Retail,Transport |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | 5G Strategy Input for European Commission |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Gave input and recommendations to European Commission for the 5G strategy plan |
Description | DCMS and GDS Workshop on DLT |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Ran a workship for GDS and DCMS to train them on Distributed Ledger Technology |
Description | ETSI Vice Chairmanship ISG on Context Information Management |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | European Telecommunications and Standardisation Institute Vice Chairmanship (C Mulligan) of the Industry Specification Group for Context Information Management |
URL | http://www.etsi.org/news-events/news/1152-2017-01-news-etsi-launches-new-group-on-context-informatio... |
Description | EU Commission policy input - Open and Agile Smart Cities |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Redefinition of how the EU approaches the concept of smart cities and their impact Development of ETSI ISG (standardisation body) for delivering broadscale impact for companies and cities (http://www.etsi.org/) |
URL | http://www.oascities.org/ |
Description | Ministerial Roundtables - Distributed Ledgers |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Open Agile Smart Cities Standardisation Lead |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Standardisation Lead for global community of cities working towards smart cities - over 113 cities currently. Have developed a global and effective standardisation startegy for these global cities to remove barriers to entry for SMEs, provide greater economies of scale and scope |
URL | http://www.oascities.org |
Description | Provided input to G20 Digital Task Force |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | G20 Digital Task force input around digital technologies and how to effectively work across the G20 to create economic growth through standardisation |
Description | Standardisation Roadmap for European Commission |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Assisted in development of Standardisation Rolling Plan for the European Commission, ensuring that Smart Cities were included in this process Ensured funding was made available for smart cities within the standardisation plan |
Description | Lockwood, J. - EPSRC, RCUK, £15,000; 3 Months |
Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2015 |
End | 08/2015 |
Description | Peng, G.C. (2014). Smart Cities Market Sizing. develop and validate a customisable and systematic approach to measure and forecast the market size of smart cities, with Dr. Peng as the PI. |
Amount | £15,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | GSMA |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 06/2015 |
Description | Peng, G.C. (2015). Smart Cities Need Engaged Citizens. Sheffield IIKE Early Career Researcher scheme with the GSMA, Bristol and Sunderland City Council, aims to validate a citizen engagement approach and measure smart citizen engagement |
Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 07/2015 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. and Walker, K. - Data Visualisation, Public Engagement Scheme |
Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Institute of Physics (IOP) |
Sector | Learned Society |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2014 |
End | 06/2014 |
Title | Industrial System Dynamics |
Description | developed a method to analyse industrial systems that analyses boundary conditions, rather than traditional economic metrics |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | tool taken up for trial in corporation |
Description | A Pilot Study on a Fully Deployable Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System for Flooding Prediction, Monitoring and Response Services |
Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | Pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | An inquiry into the disruptive effects of digital technologies on financial services |
Organisation | University of Exeter |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately Horizon Scan on Financial Services sustainablity |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Assessing the long-term sustainability of UK and European mobile Internet Business Models and Mobile Platform Architecture |
Organisation | London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers and events reported separately |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Attention Economy: Review and Implications |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | COPE--automatic diagnosis of crop diseases from images |
Organisation | Manchester Metropolitan University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Community-Based Eco-Drones for Environmental Management and Governance |
Organisation | Open University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Conveying the valuation of environmental change for landscape planning |
Organisation | University of East Anglia |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Creative Gardens: Emergent Sustainability Through Disruptive Innovation! |
Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | DECC Secondment |
Organisation | King's College London |
Department | Depression Case Control Study (DeCC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Energy Consumption Pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | Secondment to DECC to access staff and expertise |
Impact | pilot study report |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Design for Sharing: People, Place, Materiality and Digitising Exchange Tools |
Organisation | Northumbria University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Designing the Future Economy |
Organisation | Glasgow School of Art |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers, workshops and artefacts submitted separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Digital Conservation 1.0: Setting a Research Agenda at the Interface of Digital Technology and Nature Conservation |
Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Impact | reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Digital Technology and Diabetes in Ethnic Minority Cultures: A Historical Study |
Organisation | Liverpool John Moores University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Digital Ubuntu: Exploring the Feasibility of Digital Timebanks in Southern African Townships |
Organisation | University of Newcastle |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Fully embedded RFID devices in textiles |
Organisation | Nottingham Trent University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GLA data store UP London |
Organisation | Greater London Authority (GLA) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | ran UP London Festival |
Collaborator Contribution | GLA data store provided access to staff and expertise for the UP London festival (4 days / 3 people) |
Impact | a number of new visualizations were created for the data store in the GLA data science design economics |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | GPR-Based Water Reservoir and Pipe Work Inspection System |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GSMA Secondment |
Organisation | GSMA |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | City Index created for GSMA |
Collaborator Contribution | GSMA provided an award for the UP London festival |
Impact | Alex Peng presentaon at MWC |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | GSMA award |
Organisation | GSMA |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | ran the UP London festival |
Collaborator Contribution | flights and participation at the GSMA Mobile World Asia expo for the winners. introduction to venture capitalists |
Impact | start up was created called "CNRY" that created a early warning system for firemen |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Horizon Scanning |
Organisation | Ericsson |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Horizon Scanning research completed investigating the future role of ICT from a sustainability perspective on 6 industries |
Collaborator Contribution | extensive interaction with senior managers, providing feedback on the research and access to data sets that would otherwise not be available. |
Impact | 6 reports on industrial disruption published as a joint report between Ericsson and Sustainable Society Network+ |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Horizon Scanning for Future of Cities Foresight with GO Science |
Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ICT, Place and Transport |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Innovate UK UP London |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Ran UP London Festival |
Collaborator Contribution | cash contribution to UP London festival |
Impact | UP London festival - 6 month festival to understand the role of IoT in the Urban Environment |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Integrating Lay Perspectives into Understanding Urban Environmental Quality |
Organisation | Middlesex University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Intel Urban Prototyping Award |
Organisation | Intel Corporation |
Department | INTEL Research |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | ran the Urban Prototyping Festival |
Collaborator Contribution | cash award and judging at ceremony |
Impact | UP London award Design Electrical Engineering |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Island Stories: Growing Digital Heritage - A case study with a rural island community |
Organisation | University of Leeds |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Live or work? The sustainability and local economic impact of live-work schemes. |
Organisation | Middlesex University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Locating and obtaining mixtures of foodstuffs likely to have a long non-refrigerated shelf life, in the form of 'organic veg box' scheme style. |
Organisation | Ravesbourne |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Making Healthcare Data Sustainable: Challenges and Opportunities for the Semantic Web |
Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study - small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Mapping the relationship between the urban environment and vulnerability to addictive behaviours using ecological momentary assessment technology |
Organisation | King's College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers and events reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Models+and+Metrics+for+Quantifying Performance+in+Reverse+Supply+Chains |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Impact | reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Online social network based system for flood prediction and management |
Organisation | University of Newcastle |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported seapartey |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Quantified Self |
Organisation | Royal College of Art |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | SMARTER METERS: LESSONS FROM THE IMEASURE TOOL |
Organisation | Anglia Ruskin University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study small grant |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Supporting data-driven urban agriculture with "Internet of Plants" technology |
Organisation | University of Kent |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Transforming Feedback: the interactive, practice-level visualisation of electricity consumption |
Organisation | Kingston University London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Pilot Study |
Collaborator Contribution | Ran the pilot study |
Impact | papers reported separately |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | unilever secondment |
Organisation | Unilever |
Department | Unilever UK R&D Centre Port Sunlight |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | IoT research into behaviour change |
Collaborator Contribution | access to staff and data |
Impact | secondment report |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | van alen |
Organisation | Van Alen institute |
Department | Research Department |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Providing a pilot study to create UK - USA research relations on city, digital and addiction. |
Collaborator Contribution | providing access to resources in New York and providing links to Stanford for awardees |
Impact | psychology digital architecture urban planning |
Start Year | 2014 |
Title | Han, J. - COPE: Crop disease detection software |
Description | Developers: Liangxiu Han and Muhammad Salman Haleem The yields of crop plants are deleteriously affected by various diseases. Effective control measures are dependent on symptom recognition and assessment of severity. Currently, these are achieved by visual observation and estimation when crop walking which leads to inaccuracy and bias as well as being costly and time consuming. In collaboration with our partner organisation who will provide large-scale crop image datasets, this project aims to develop a novel diagnostic software using image processing and machine learning approaches to both identify and measure severity of diseases in wheat crops which will give growers more accurate information on which to base decisions about control strategies. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | This proposed work is extremely relevant to this call under the Digital Economy theme. Food is of key importance in a sustainable society. Plant diseases are a major foe to global food security, which have the potential to significantly decrease crop yields and increase postharvest losses, especially in the face of climate change. Disease prevention and management are essential for the sustainability of our society. This project aims to develop a software tool to effectively detect crop diseases, reduce yield losses, improve food security and therefore achieve sustainability. |
Title | Juntti, M. - Urban App |
Description | This project entailed designing the Urban App - a smartphone application to enable lay data collection about environmental quality. The app was finished in November 2014 and is now available in the App Store (IPhones) and Google Play (Android). it has since been used in the Woodberry Down target area as intended and we are continuing data collection again this summer. We are in the course of analysing the data and writing up an academic paper on the findings: Juntti M. Lundy L. Ecosystem Services and lay experience of urban environmental quality: insights form the Woodberry Down estate in east London, intended for publication in Environmental Science and policy in 2016. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | The above paper has been accepted for presentation in the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2015 in London 9-11th of September 2015. Preliminary findings from the app work were also presented in the AAG2015 in Chicago 21-25th of April 2015: AAG Panel 2540 The Ecosystem Approach: A new tool for Urban Development? We have also secured funding to continue working with the app to record experienced environmental quality in Brazil. This is an ESRC-CONFAP co-funded collaboration and research project entitled ADEPT: developing the ecosystem approach to drive positive urban transformations in the context of intersecting vulnerabilities. In terms of impact, the Woodberry Down estate is a hub of regeneration and social housing development and we've had a lot of interest from the local Manor House Development Trust who have been an important gate keeper helping us recruit participants. The app is also being trialled by the Genesis housing association that operates in the area and I have introduced the app and preliminary findings to the board of Woodberry Down Community Organisation, Berkeley Homes and Genesis as well as Hackney Council. While no specific impact has emerged yet, there appears to be interest in our findings and in appropriating the app for different local uses. |
Title | Lockwood, J. - Designing the Future Economy |
Description | Game Format Developed - of the research output for use by SMEs, which is to be shared with HIE regional development agency |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | see above |
Company Name | Contextualised Limited |
Description | |
Year Established | 2012 |
Impact | several clients in process of signing contracts |
Description | (Marcelli, L.) Ang, J. - Chair an industrial event on User Experience: learnt from Google and Phillips Research, Cyprus |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | to come |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://twitter.com/disruptcyprus/status/617453459130855424 |
Description | (Marcelli, L.) Ang, J. - DigiPlant at Engineering for humanity conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Feb 2015, Engineering for humanity conference, Delft University of Technology. Dr J. Ang delivered a seminar in which he introduced and discussed the Digiplant project see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | (Marcelli, L.) Ang, J. - Intoduction to DigiPlant, Research Methods in HCI Summer School 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Research Methods in HCI, in Limassol, Cyprus. Summer school, July 6 - July 10, 2015. The overarching aim of this summer school course is to improve participants' understanding of significant research methods commonly or increasingly used in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Dr J. Ang introduced and discuss the DigiPlant Project. see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://summerschool.tlu.ee/research-methods-in-hci/ |
Description | (Marcelli, L.) Ang, J. - Presentation about Internet of Things (including DigiPlant) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Sep 2015, Engineering for humanity conference, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. Presentation about Internet of Things (including DigiPlant) delivered by Dr J. Ang. see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | 1st International Conference on Cyber Security for Sustainable Society 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event description: The digital infrastructure underpinning our society allows us to achieve these goals by various mechanisms including online social networks, trust and reputation, peer-to-peer and content sharing, secure transactions and online voting. Such mechanisms however are at increasing risk from cyber attacks, industrial espionage, online fraud and government surveillance; each serving to undermine trust and security at different levels. This conference offers a unique platform to address the issues of cyber security and trust in the context of sustainable societies. Authors are invited to submit original research papers addressing theoretical foundations, modelling and empirical approaches, along with more exploratory work, and position papers to raise open questions. Topics Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Cyber Attacks (Phishing, Reputation Attacks) - Identity, Trust and Trustworthiness - Privacy, Surveillance and Control - Reputation Systems and Social Networks - Security Governance and Public Good - Human Factors and Behavioural Dynamics - Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Innovation - Security Economics, Incentives and Liabilities - Low Carbon and Resilient City and Transport |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/th_event/cyber-security-event-1/ |
Description | Computational Capital at XpoNorth Creative Industries Festival 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | public communication regarding possibility of digital economy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Dias, T. and Cork, C.R. (2015) - Design for Clothing Longevity Project meeting with representatives from Next, Morrisons and Intertek |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Dias, T. and Cork, C.R. (2015), Venturefest, Nottingham 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.venturefestem.com/ |
Description | Dias, T. and Cork, C.R. (2015). Arcintex Workshop, February 2015. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://arcintex.hb.se/uploads/ArcintexPlan2015_final.pdf |
Description | Digital Technologies for Sustainable Local Agri-Food Systems Event 3rd - 4th July 2014, Imperial College London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event description: Our Agri-Food Systems workshop, organised by Sustainable Society Network+ saw over 45 academics, practitioners and representative of public institutions attend with the aim of: • Developing a research narrative about the use of ICT for the management and coordination across Alternative Agri Food Networks (AAFN) and their scaling up to develop sustainable local agri-food systems. • Understand different needs of different actors involved in AAFNs and how DTs can support them in scaling up. • Present best practices for the use of DTs in AAFNs and for their scaling up; • Discuss current agri-food governance and policies and develop policy recommendations. Food supply chains are one of the most important areas of investigation in the next decades as people become increasingly concerned with traceability of food supply, costs of food and the environmental impact of large-scale agricultural systems. Digital technologies have a role to play in the co-ordination of local and "short" supply chains. Within this workshop, we will bring together a variety of researchers and others active in food supply chains in order to explore the use of digital technologies (DTs) in alternative agri-food networks (AAFNs) in their scaling-up process and also in the food supply and distribution system to cities focusing on the "Urban Food Strategies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/digital-technologies-for-sustainable-local-agri-food-systems/ |
Description | EU Commission - ICT 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Keynote Panel on Innovation and impact on growth and jobs - advisory to EU policy makers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/events/cf/ict2015/item-display.cfm?id=15129#feature-1288 |
Description | Frei, R. - Project kickoff workshop, 9 April 2015, University of Portsmouth |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Project kickoff workshop, 9 April 2015, University of Portsmouth. Attended by the project team, MSc students working on related dissertation topics, and invited academics from the School of Engineering, the Department of Mathematics, and the Business School. see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Granger, R.C. - Flexible and Sustainable Work, Middlesex University 26th June 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | N/A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Han, L. - An invited talk at University of Central Lancashire, Large-scale data processing and data analytics on images |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Liangxiu Han An invited talk at University of Central Lancashire: Large-scale data processing and data analytics on images ( with applications to Health, Food). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Han, L. - Curious Images, An invited talk at British Library: Large-scale data processing and data analytics on images |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Large-scale data processing and data analytics on images Liangxiu Han, Reader, School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology , Manchester Metropolitan University Liangxiu will talk about work she has been doing using image processing, machine learning and parallel processing / cloud computing in the application areas of health / biomedical sciences and food. For example, eye disease detection from retinal images, gene expression patterns and crop disease detection from crop images. An invited talk at British Library: Large-scale data processing and data analytics on images ( with applications to Health, Food). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curious-images-tickets-14438270255 |
Description | Hedburg - 'Information Experience Design Projects to Go on Show at London Design Festival', Royal College of Art News, 31 July 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Royal College of Art (2013), 'Information Experience Design Projects to Go on Show at London Design Festival', Royal College of Art News [Online], 31 July, Available from: http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/information-experience-design-projects-festival/ [Accessed 20 July 2015]. see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/information-experience-design-projects-festival/ |
Description | Hedburg - Dini, G. (2015), 'Gabriele Dini', Technarte: International Conference on Art & Technology, Bilbao: Spain. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Hedburg - Dini, G. and Hedberg, D. (2013), 'Colony', Sustain Talks, London: Royal College of Art. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | ICT at the Nexus of Environment, Food and Energy September 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event description: Sustainable Society Network+ will be hosting an event in September about the role that ICT might play at the Nexus of Environment, Food and Energy. This promises to be a very exciting event and we will be hosting some of the UK's leading academics in this space |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/ict-at-the-nexus-of-environment-food-and-energy/ |
Description | ITU Telecom 2015 Keynote Speech |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Keynote panel discussion on how to manage privacy in the era of big data |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://telecomworld.itu.int/2015-highlights/ |
Description | Imperial College Fringe Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 850 attended the Imperial Fringe Festival on on the Future of Food. 3 presentations on the research within Scaling the Rural Enterprise were made presenting the framework for policy and effective use of ICT for running Food Hubs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KEVIN 1: Computational Capacity at Creative Campus |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Digital and physical artefacts were trialled and tested with right audience - feedback was used to improve the product |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | KEVIN 2: Computational Capacity at Highstreet Studio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | SMEs trained in digital economy and helped to improve their business models |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Liebenau, J. - Professor David Clark, MIT |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Professor Clark took some knowledge back to MIT |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Lockwood, J. - XpoNorth (creative industries festival), 10/11.06.15 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | XpoNorth (creative industries festival), 10/11.06.15, SMEs and HIE Regional development agency, Creative Industies sector Expected impact on SME awareness of the potential of digital and HIE awareness of the potential of research method developed |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Luo, C. - Workshop UKRC SSN+ Project on Flooding and UAV with BT |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attendees: Louise Krug (BT), Mark Shackleton (BT), Gerard Parr (Ulster), Stephen Cameron (Oxford), Gwyn Rees (NERC CEH), James Nightingale (UWS), and Chunbo Luo (UWS) Impact: The workshop discussed BT's experience regarding flooding response and disaster management and NERC CEH's flooding model. BT has been involved to advise and test the developed technologies for flooding services. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Luo, C. - Workshop on Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) for collaboration with the UKRC SSN+ Project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | We introduced the project, determined the nature and availability of flooding related GIS data held by SEPA, discussed use cases for UAVs in flooding related disasters and promoted SEPA's participation in the project for making suggestions on the relevant public policies. Attendees: Rick Haynes (SEPA), Susan Stevens (SEPA), James Nightingale (UWS), and Chunbo Luo (UWS) See above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Newman, J. - 'Welcome to the Minus World: You'll never leave!', |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Newman, J. (2015) 'Welcome to the Minus World: You'll never leave!', Replaying Japan 2015, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 21-13 May 2015. N/A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Newman, J. - \' "It\'s a feature not a bug": documenting and preserving videogame glitches\' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Newman, J. (2015) ' "It's a feature not a bug": documenting and preserving videogame glitches', Games and Playable Media Research Group, Santa Cruz, CA: University of Santa Cruz, 11 February 2015. N/A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Peng, G.C (2014). Developing a robust global smart city measurement index, Future Intelligent Cities Conference, London, UK, 4-5 Dec 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Peng, G.C (2014). World's ?rst Smart City index calculator & Smart city market sizing, Intelligent Cities Conference, Bradford, UK, 15 Jul 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Quantified Self in a Sustainable Society event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event description: Our Quantified Self Workshop explored ways in which Quantified Self technology creates opportunities to increase sustainability. The workshop, held in Somerset House London, aimed to stimulate dialogue between academics, practitioners and industry to provide opportunities for researchers to contribute to a future research funding agenda on the Quantified Self. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/quantified-self-in-a-sustainable-society-november-13th-2014/ |
Description | Smarter Energy GB @ British Chamber of Commerce |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | policymaker discussions continued |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeCV2hkor24 |
Description | Transport Futures: The Role of Digital Technologies in Future Transport Systems, Friday 21st March, Imperial College London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Event Description: Over 100 delegates joined us as we explored thought-provoking and challenging questions about how digital technologies are changing the ways we move people and goods around city, town and country. Our workshop brought together transport sector specialists, industry experts, policy-makers, researchers and the private sector to exchange ideas and discuss five key areas that could be disrupted by advances in digital technology. These are: • Change driven by the knowledge transfer of ICT solutions between the inter-city and commuter transport sectors. • New measures of success in climate change mitigation and/or adaption through "big data" in transport. • New measurements of gains and losses after disruptive changes to travel activity and congestion. • Future ICT in demand management, changing our understanding of the balance between transport efficiency and accessibility. • Change to the industrial structure of real-estate driven by advances in transport technology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/transport-futures-event/ |
Description | UP London - April 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Event description: During April - June 2013, Sustainable Society Network+ and NEMODE Network+, led by Dr Catherine Mulligan from Imperial College, ran the "Urban Prototyping", or "UP London" festival. This festival was a unique experiment in innovation and digital technology in the urban space. An initiative of the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA), Urban Prototyping, or UP Festivals, explores how technology, art, and design can serve as new tools for civic participation in a digital era. Our theme for UP London was: Digital Innovation to create resilient environments, economies and communities. Through UP London, we explored how digital technologies can be used to create a Sustainable Society through empowering, engaging and connecting citizens to create resilience in their local communities. The technologies we focused on were: Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud, Mobile and Big Data. The experiment was run in various forms in order to understand the best approach to engaging citizens and others in the design process. We held both a hackathon and a physical prototyping event, as well as a series of debates and art works designed to expose, elaborate and allow citizens to understand these technologies in the context of the city and the impact they will have on their lives. It was extremely hard work, but also some of the most fun that we have ever had. Special thanks go to Hackney Council for their efforts and support with the Physical Prototyping Exposition, as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum and the GSMA for putting up great prizes and awards for this unique event. In addition, sincere thanks go to the RCA, whose talent and passion were evident in many of the art works. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://sustainablesocietynetwork.net/up-london-2013/ |
Description | Von Ompteda - McCann, C. (2014), 'Sublime by Numbers: How the Art World is Reacting to Big Data', Prospect Magazine [Online], 28 July, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/sublime-by-numbers-how-the-art-world-is-rea... |
Description | Von Ompteda - Milner, E. (2014), 'Underground Art: Old Street's Hidden Installations', Made in Shoreditch Magazine, 9 January, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2014/01/09/underground-art-old-streets-hidden-installations/ |
Description | Von Ompteda - Royal College of Art (2013), 'RCA Information Experience Design Duo Takes on Old Street Station Commission', Royal College of Art News [Online], 30 May |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/rca-information-experience-design-commission/ |
Description | Von Ompteda - Wang, S. (2013), "Data, Wisdom, Life" - In-Depth report of im Interaction X Information Innovation Forum', CAFA Art Info [Online], 8 October, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://en.cafa.com.cn/data-wisdom-life-in-depth-report-of-im-interaction-x-information-innovation-fo... |
Description | Von Ompteda - Zheng, L. (2013), Data Visualization for a Better Life', China Daily [Online], 2 October, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/tech/2013-10/02/content_17007898.htm |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2013), Critical Visualisation, London: AcrossRCA, Royal College of Art |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2013), Critical Visualisation, London: Visual Communication, Royal College of Art. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2014), Data Manifestation, Toronto: Visual Analytics Lab, OCAD University. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2014), Data Provocation, London: AcrossRCA, Royal College of Art. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2014), Data: New Forms of Artistic Practice, Epsom: University for the Creative Arts. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2014), Data: New Forms of Artistic Practice, Manchester: Arts Council England. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2014), Faculty of Design Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Candidate Presentation, Toronto: OCAD University. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2014), Information Visualisation, Kingston: Kingston University. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Von Ompteda, K. (2015), Data Manifestation, Toronto: Strategic Foresight and Innovation, OCAD University. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | the bespoke smart city |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | increased activity in the smart city space, in particular around the area of citizen engagement |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StywpLuxDJo |
Description | von Ompteda - BBC Radio 4 (2014), 'Design and Identity', The Design Dimension, Tue 18 Feb 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. None of us can avoid its influence. It's a ubiquitous element of our world that determines how we feel, what we do and whether we succeed or fail. In this new four-part series, the architectural writer Shumi Bose explores its power to affect us, for better and worse. In each episode of 'The Design Dimension' Shumi charts a different aspect of our relationship to design - desire, damage, choice and, finally, truth. This week, Shumi examines how we express our identity through design - from the mark we leave on our cities through to the indelible designs we place on our bodies. We hear stories of the tattoo designs of Russian gang members, the memory aids which are being used to help preserve the identity of dementia sufferers and Shumi's own experiences in the the city where she grew up - Calcutta. Produced by Alan Hall and Hana Walker-Brown A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vf07s |
Description | von Ompteda - BBC World Service (2014), 'Big Data and Us', The Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | From digital exahust to data-brokers, algorithms and data art, who and what can we believe in the world of Big Data? Bridget Kendall asks data researcher Adam Tanner, governance expert Sharath Srinivasan and designer Karin Von Ompteda to dive into the data lake. see above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029y54m |