Some reflections on the EC High Level Expert Group Report on the impact of digital transformation on labour markets Professor Maria SavonaScience Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex Digital transformations are creating great opportunities but also challenges for modern…
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If data are the ‘new oil,’ how can their value be shared fairly?
Tagged with: AI, artificial intelligence, data, digital, innovation, technology, transformation
Posted in Equality and Diversity, Technology and Innovation, Uncategorized
Posted in Equality and Diversity, Technology and Innovation, Uncategorized
Evaluating public policies in Africa
In 2014, the African Union adopted the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024). The first 10-year part of the Union’s longer-term Agenda 2063, 2019 marks the strategy’s halfway point, and an opportune time to take stock and…
Tagged with: Africa, agenda 2063, evaluation, framework, innovation, monitoring, science, STI, STI policy, STISA, strategy, technology
Posted in Technology and Innovation
Posted in Technology and Innovation
Accelerating the adoption of Electric Vehicles in Europe
A new policy brief by the Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand (CIED) Director Professor Benjamin Sovacool and Aarhus University colleagues Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens and Lance Noel looks at the barriers to the spread of electric vehicles (EVs) and makes…
Tagged with: diesel, electric car, electric vehicles, emissions, EV, innovation, low-carbon, petrol, technology, transport
Posted in Energy and Environment
Posted in Energy and Environment
How does the political economy influence the evolution of science funding in sub-Saharan Africa?
Despite increasing understanding that Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) is important for achieving economic growth and reaching development goals, STI in sub-Saharan Africa still suffers from research policy, management and funding challenges. A new policy brief, based on research led…
Tagged with: Africa, development, economy, Ethiopia, funding, innovation, Kenya, research, research funding, Rwanda, science, Senegal, sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, technology
Posted in Technology and Innovation
Posted in Technology and Innovation
Improving the effectiveness of the UK’s medical innovation ecosystem
In light of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy’s ambitious goals, Dr Michael Hopkins (SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit) sets out to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the UK’s medical innovation ecosystem in a new policy brief. Drawing on…
Tagged with: biotech, biotechnology, healthcare, industrial strategy, innovation, investment, life sciences, medical, medicine, public spending, science
Posted in Technology and Innovation
Posted in Technology and Innovation