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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...


Read more at: Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment update: Issue 3.0 May 2023 available now.

Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment update: Issue 3.0 May 2023 available now.

24 May 2023

The Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment has been updated to Issue 3.0 May 2023. The Code provides a mechanism that enables individual organisations to publicise their annual decarbonisation progress, and thereby collaborate and share best practice on their journey to Net Zero with the intention of accelerating...


Read more at: CSIC, Epsimon and partners’ project shortlisted for the GE Ground Engineering Awards 2023

CSIC, Epsimon and partners’ project shortlisted for the GE Ground Engineering Awards 2023

13 April 2023

The project ‘Real-time monitoring of sub-surface ground movement using a distributed fibre optic-instrumented geogrid’ has been shortlisted for the Ground Engineering Awards 2023 for Technical Excellence. This is a significant achievement for the project partners CSIC , Epsimon , HUESKER , Jacobs , Align JV and HS2 (High...


Read more at: This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog focuses on the relationship between climate change resilience in infrastructure and the health sector.

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog focuses on the relationship between climate change resilience in infrastructure and the health sector.

13 April 2023

CSIC Research Associate Felipe Rojas Parra argues that as the damaging effects of the climate crisis increase, climate change resilience in infrastructure creates an invaluable opportunity for the health sector. In his blog entitled Climate resilience in infrastructure – a hidden gem lies within the health sector , Felipe...


Read more at: ‘Mission Net Zero’: What UKCRIC experts think about the Skidmore Review

‘Mission Net Zero’: What UKCRIC experts think about the Skidmore Review

29 March 2023

On 28 March 2023, PoliticsHome published a featured article by the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) entitled Mission Zero: Why the Skidmore Review can kickstart the nation’s journey to net zero . The article is the result of a conversation between PoliticsHome and UKCRIC academic...


Read more at: This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog highlights the importance of considering human behaviour when designing smart infrastructure systems.

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog highlights the importance of considering human behaviour when designing smart infrastructure systems.

28 March 2023

Jim Johnson, director at ARUP and digital leader in the UK, India, Middle East and Africa region, argues that, a s the future of human civilization increasingly depends on smart infrastructure, reaching the best solutions for it also hinges on bringing people and human behaviour into the equation. In his blog entitled On...


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