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Harnessing Digital Solutions for Sustainable Housing Expansion: A GIS-Powered Approach
By Richard Kingston | Originally published by Policy@Manchester The UK government has committed to an ambitious housing strategy of building 1.5 million homes over the next five years to address the chronic housing shortage exacerbated by rising demand, affordability and…
Climate Just: supporting equitable responses to climate change through social vulnerability maps
By Professor Sarah Lindley, Co-Investigator of the Digital Solutions Hub Access mapping tool Historical carbon emissions are already locked into the climate system. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that associated impacts now persist, through extreme weather, climate-related events like floods…
The Second User Research Report for the DSH is released
Marking two years of successful user engagement activities in the UK’s environmental data space, the Digital Solutions Programme team at The University of Manchester published its second user research report in May 2024. The 2024 report builds on previous work…
The DSH attends the Public Sector Data and AI Summit 24
The Public Sector Data and AI Summit took place at the end of February and explored the key issues that will affect the public sector and its services over the next decade – including the boom in Generative AI, how…
Digital Solutions Hub presents at DataConnect23
On 29th September, more than 120 people from across the public sector logged on to watch our webinar as part of the DataConnect23 conference series. DataConnect23 hosted by the Central and Digital Data Office aimed to bring together data experts from…
Determining the impact of poor air quality in cities on daily life: the value of using ‘citizen sensors’ and agile platforms
By Professor Caroline Jay, Co-Investigator of the Digital Solutions Hub The air in cities can be bad for our health. People who live in cities are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as COPD and be admitted to…
Open Data Manchester publish the report from our user engagement workshops
Open Data Manchester was commissioned to undertake a programme of user research that delved into the processes, workflows and workarounds of people as they tried to use environmental data, and sought to understand the concerns, challenges and barriers that they…
Data and Decision Making: how AI and data tools can help influence evidence-based policy change.
By Professor Dave Topping, Deputy Director of the Digital Solutions Hub It is crucial that policymakers have access to the increasing collection of datasets across our natural environment and other sectors such as health and economics. Currently, much of this…
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As we start to develop the NERC Digital Solutions ‘Hub’ we want to involve as many organisations as possible in its development. You might work for a public sector organisation using data to support your decision making or within the…
