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Smart Cities: recent literature
by Laura Dobie Recently, smart cities have emerged as a hot research topic, with cities, national governments and businesses exploring ways to exploit the potential of ICT to improve quality of life...
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Putting the “Smarts” into Smart Cities
by Rebecca Riley Last week I attended a workshop organised by Red Ninja Studios, bringing together a wide range of place based organisations, to explore what a technologically integrated future for...
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‘Workshop of the world’ … Is British manufacturing a thing of the past?
By Steven McGinty In the 19th century, Britain was heralded as the ‘workshop of the world’, producing everything from locomotives to extraordinary handicrafts. By the 20th century, the United States...
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Digital transformation: rethinking the plumbing of government
Last summer, the Daily Telegraph reported on the Home Office decision to abandon its flagship immigration computer system. One respected IT contractor told the newspaper: “I just don’t think the UK...
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What’s preventing health and social care from going digital?
By Steven McGinty In the first of two articles focusing on technology in health and social care, I will be looking at some of the barriers organisations face in adopting digital technologies. Financial...
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Smart cities … treading the line between the possible, the probable and the...
By Morwen Johnson Sometimes it feels like every city in the world is now claiming to be ‘smart’. Our research team regularly add new reports on the topic to our database. And with a policy agenda...
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Digital Agenda Norway (DAN): international digital leader but still pushing...
By Steven McGinty Continuing my series on digital government best practice, I will be looking at the success of Norway and what they hope to achieve through their Digital Agenda for Norway (DAN)...
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eGov Singapore: award winning leader in digital government
By Steven McGinty “Singapore leads in all dimensions of digital readiness and scores high in economic competitiveness, citizen engagement as well as public sector productivity.” These are the words of...
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Digital childhoods: what technology means for the development of children
By Rebecca Jackson The recent advancement of technology in society has been fast and significant. Young adults who were children themselves less than 15 years ago have admitted that, even to them, the...
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The myth of the digital native? Young people, education and digital...
Digital participation has been high on Scotland’s political agenda of late. Connectivity featured as a key pledge during the SNP spring conference in March. Meanwhile, both Scotland’s Digital...
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Women in technology: London Tech Week
From 20-26th June London Tech week will once again be shining a spotlight on all things digital in the UK’s capital. An opportunity to showcase and network, the event will see some of the UK’s biggest...
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Slow by default: achieving digital transformation in the complex world of...
By Steven McGinty Bringing local government into the 21st century is fraught with well documented challenges. In 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) carried out a survey...
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