Transformative thought leadership derives its power from its capacity to transcend traditional sector-based thinking and cut across disciplinary divides. DL Research has been carefully conceived as a two-way street, offering industry/public sector access to academic expertise and maximising opportunities for cross-sector collaboration, whilst also offering university stakeholders the chance to acquire a comprehensive picture of the key skills and competencies required in a rapidly evolving digital market place.
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June 2017
Dr. Ansgar Koene has been announced as the East Midlands local Champion 2017. Dr. Ansgar Koene is Senior Research Fellow and Policy Impact lead at the Horizon Digital Economy Research institute (University of Nottingham) working on the intersection between engineering, social science and policy development. […]
March 2017
I watched a show-and-tell by Claire and delivery manager Mark Sherwood a week or so before, and was really impressed with what I saw. Here are the four things that really stood out for me. User research, user research, user research This team did an […]
February 2017
Last week I went to one of the regular Research Salon discussion events organised by the Digital Leaders group. The session was on the Digital High Street and Smart Cities and kindly sponsored by Teeside University who work on smart place projects across Europe. Speakers were from Teeside University and […]
January 2017
The DL research team are currently running a review of research needs and gaps around the social impacts of digital technologies. The work is being conducted for the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and will inform decisions making around future research funding in the […]
November 2016
I admire anyone who can reduce the complexity of Digital into a soundbite to live by and who better to get them from than the illustrious academic professors of the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS). Digital Leaders was invited by CJBS, our new Digital Talent […]
October 2016
I am not sure that anyone has ever actually thrown a baby out with its bathwater, but the old saying came to mind when we at Brunel University looked at recent reports on two government projects. Studying patterns in the events related by them raises […]
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