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…
Posts categorized 'New and emerging technology'
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…