How technology can be harnessed for the good of the planet

27 March 2020 by Andy Hopper FRS

Digital technologies sit at the beating heart of our modern societies. They are all around us, reaching almost everybody on…

Science for diplomacy: lessons from a scientist in government

31 January 2020 by Professor Thomas Kitching

In 2017, the Royal Society launched a fully-funded Science Policy Secondment scheme offering its Research Fellows the opportunity to gain…

Moving from Data Governance Principles to Practice: Auto Insurance

28 October 2019 by Dr Adrian Weller, Programme Director, AI, The Alan Turing Institute; Principal Research Fellow, Cambridge and Dr Mahlet Zimeta, Senior Policy Adviser, the Royal Society

The automobile insurance sector sits at the intersection of the automobile and insurance sectors, which both stand to be transformed…

It takes a network to defeat a network: tech in the fight against financial crime

19 September 2019 by Nick Cook, Director of Innovation, Financial Conduct Authority

Nick Cook is the first Director of the Innovation division at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s independent financial…

Prioritise, specialise, mobilise: advancing international collaboration in AI research and policy

16 September 2019 by Jessica Montgomery, Senior Policy Adviser

As AI technologies advance at pace, governments across the world are developing national strategies to harness their economic benefits for…