The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our everyday lives is extensive. It is used in everything and everywhere: from taking an Uber to emailing or managing University coursework. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that AI has infiltrated…
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The role of digital health platforms in re-skilling healthcare professionals in developing countries
Digital health platforms have the potential to establish and develop medical professionalism in developing countries, especially where continuous professional development opportunities are scarce or under-developed. A new policy brief by Drs Dimitra Petrakaki and Petros Chamakiotis examines how this can…
Tagged with: Africa, digital, education, healthcare, medical
Posted in Society and Education, Technology and Innovation
Posted in Society and Education, Technology and Innovation
Political economy insights for science system transformations in sub-Saharan Africa
Science, technology and innovation (STI) systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) play a crucial role in addressing a range of development challenges. However, building and strengthening STI systems in SSA is as much a political and economic challenge as it is…
New study reveals flaws in UK Coronavirus testing system after comparison with other countries
A new research study helps to explain the inadequate performance of NHS Test and Trace described by Dido Harding at a House of Commons Science & Technology committee evidence session in September, through direct comparison with how similar services are…
Co-creating Connected and Intelligent Care Homes for People with Dementia
Connected Care aims to address three main challenges that care homes face with regards to people living with dementia Care homes are increasingly challenged by a rising number of people living with dementia and a simultaneous demand to improve quality…
Tagged with: AI, Care homes, Dementia, technology
Posted in Technology and Innovation, Uncategorized
Posted in Technology and Innovation, Uncategorized
Governance of Data Value
By Maria Savona Professor of Innovation and Evolutionary Economics At exceptional times of public health emergency such as the present Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan seems to have contained the spread of contagion better than other countries. The country has managed to…
Tagged with: data governance, data value, personal data
Posted in Technology and Innovation, Uncategorized
Posted in Technology and Innovation, Uncategorized
If data are the ‘new oil,’ how can their value be shared fairly?
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…
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
Think talking on your hands-free while driving is safe? Think again
The RAC’s Be Phone Smart campaign reported that drivers using phones caused 2263 crashes between 2013 and 2017. However, most such campaigns focus on hand-held mobile phone use rather than hands-free. Research carried out by Dr Graham J. Hole (University…
Tagged with: be phone smart, drive safely, driving, hands-free, infotainment, mobile phone, road law, road safety, technology
Posted in Society and Education, Technology and Innovation
Posted in Society and Education, Technology and Innovation
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
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