Faced with a crisis, we are forced to innovate
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates once again that scarcity and the most severe constraints force people to innovate, says Nesta’s Chief Executive Ravi Gurumurthy It is a striking feature of every humanitarian crisis that when people are faced with scarcity and the...
Inclusion more important than ever
WISE the campaign for greater gender balance has urged employers, particularly those working in science, engineering, technology and manufacturing (STEM), to keep inclusion on their agenda in these difficult times, highlighting that diversity brings greater...
Research parks can help turn the light-bulb moment of science into business success
Dr Malcolm Parry is chief executive of Surrey Research Park. Based on 35 years of experience, I am a proponent of the idea that “place matters”. Businesses benefit from being located in an environment willing to share the risks involved in fostering entrepreneurship....
Are we ready for AI?
Dr Beth Singler is the Homerton College junior research fellow in artificial intelligence. With our lives increasingly affected by artificial intelligence (AI), there’s a need for a big conversation that reaches beyond technologists. I’m a huge science...
The Word on Everyone’s Lips: Sustainability
Yoni van Breukelen, Edinburgh Technopole, Agri-EPI Centre Sustainability is a hot topic as the world’s population continues to rise, bringing with it a demand for increased food production. There is growing pressure on food producers to ensure that the systems in...
