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Read more at: The Alan Turing Institute receives £3 million to launch a new UK-wide digital twin inter-disciplinary research network. The CSIC delighted to be part of the network.

The Alan Turing Institute receives £3 million to launch a new UK-wide digital twin inter-disciplinary research network. The CSIC delighted to be part of the network.

28 June 2023

The Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) will take part in the new digital twin research network hosted by the Alan Turing Institute, which has secured £3 million from UKRI. The funding will promote collaboration and innovation across academia, industry and other stakeholders. Digital twins are...


Read more at: This month’s Smart Infrastructure blog reflects on the behavioural and culture change at the core of the Environment Agency’s Net Zero Carbon for Infrastructure Programme objectives

This month’s Smart Infrastructure blog reflects on the behavioural and culture change at the core of the Environment Agency’s Net Zero Carbon for Infrastructure Programme objectives

27 June 2023

Owen Tarrant, Programme Manager, Net Zero Carbon for Infrastructure at the Environment Agency (EA), who recently achieved CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment, argues that it is essential to see Net Zero as a people challenge first and foremost. In his blog entitled Decarbonisation is a...


Read more at: CSIC call for applicants for Early-Career Academics and Professionals Panel.

CSIC call for applicants for Early-Career Academics and Professionals Panel.

20 June 2023

Nominations are now being accepted for new prospective members to the second cohort of the CSIC ‘Early-Career Academics and Professionals Panel’ (ECAPP). The purposes of ECAPP are: To increase the diversity of views that are considered in CSIC’s strategic decision making. To strengthen connections between CSIC, its...


Read more at: Mace and Galliford Try achieve PLEDGER level of Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment.

Mace and Galliford Try achieve PLEDGER level of Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment.

14 June 2023

CSIC is delighted to announce that contractors Mace and Galliford Try have achieved PLEDGER level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment. The Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment, which is hosted by CSIC and is part of the Construction Leadership Council’s Construct Zero initiative, is structured...


Read more at: The Environment Agency (EA) achieves CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment.

The Environment Agency (EA) achieves CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment.

13 June 2023

CSIC is delighted to announce that the Environment Agency (EA) has met the criteria to achieve CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment. The Environment Agency joins a growing community of Code compliant organisations . The Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment, which is hosted by...


Read more at: Will the UK become a “science and technology superpower” by 2023 or is it just “an empty slogan?" The House of Lords’ Science and Technology Committee Report confirms that the UK’s association with Horizon Europe remains a crucial element.

Will the UK become a “science and technology superpower” by 2023 or is it just “an empty slogan?" The House of Lords’ Science and Technology Committee Report confirms that the UK’s association with Horizon Europe remains a crucial element.

13 June 2023

On 7 June 2023, Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE, Founding Head of CSIC at the University of Cambridge, participated in the debate in the House of Lords on the Science and Technology Committee Report: " Science and Technology Superpower - more than a slogan? " . In 2022, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee...


Read more at: The importance of organisational strategy in delivering net zero buildings.

The importance of organisational strategy in delivering net zero buildings.

7 June 2023

Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, CSIC Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, has recently published a new blog at BIM Today entitled ‘Why organisational strategy is crucial in delivering net zero buildings’, which looks at the organisational strategies used to deliver net zero buildings through innovative...


Read more at: Executive Education Course in Leadership of Urban Digital Innovation for Public Value (LeadUP), 18-19 September 2023, University of Cambridge.

Executive Education Course in Leadership of Urban Digital Innovation for Public Value (LeadUP), 18-19 September 2023, University of Cambridge.

6 June 2023

CSIC is delighted to announce the launch of the two-day Executive Education Course in Leadership of Urban Digital Innovation for Public Value (LeadUP) . The Course is designed for senior executives and professionals in leadership roles working in public and private organisations involved in the delivery of digital...


Read more at: The Report from the EPSRC-NSF Infrastructure Workshop (New York, 2022) now published.

The Report from the EPSRC-NSF Infrastructure Workshop (New York, 2022) now published.

30 May 2023

CSIC in collaboration with the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy has published the final report from the EPSRC – NSF Infrastructure workshop in New York last July: The Role of Funding, Financing and Emerging Technologies in Delivering and Managing Infrastructure for the 21st Century . This EPSRC–NSF funded workshop...


Read more at: This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog discusses the importance of the social dimension when designing and planning urban systems.

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog discusses the importance of the social dimension when designing and planning urban systems.

24 May 2023

CSIC Research Associate Viviana Angely Bastidas Melo argues that urban systems that integrate social and technical domains are becoming more and more necessary and ‘a critical planning and management responsibility’. In her latest blog entitled How do we conceptualise and design urban interventions that satisfy the social...


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On 24 April Dr Omnia El Omrani, COP28 Health Envoy and Junior Policy Fellow at Imperial College London, delivered a compelling CSIC research talk titled "From Vulnerability to Resilience: The Health Argument for Climate Action." Dr El Omrani's presentation illuminated the intricate relationship between climate change and...

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