By Professor Ruth Morgan, Vice Dean (Interdisciplinarity Entrepreneurship), Faculty of Engineering Sciences “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” ― Albert Einstein We live in a time where technology and information sharing allow us to ‘see’ more and more, whether it is what can be observed through scanning technologies with increased resolution, or the possibility of a window into the…

Artificial Intelligence is predicted by some to change the way we work and triggers large-scale restructuring of the UK labour market. We will need new skills, abilities and ways of learning to be more adaptable. …

By Sam Mardell, Amit Khandelwal, and Monica Lakhanpaul The increasing globalisation of people and economies, the devastating impact of COVID-19 on societies across the world, the multifaceted problems caused by climate change and the ongoing global commitments to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) make this a crucial…

This blog post is part of the UCL Public Policy, UCL Grand Challenges and British Academy project on AI and the Future of Work. As part of this, Helena Hollis has been exploring what “good” work means alongside AI. In my previous post, I discussed ways of thinking about “good”…

This blog post is part of the UCL Public Policy, UCL Grand Challenges and British Academy project on AI and the Future of Work. This project aims to identify current knowledge within this space, seek questions in need of further investigation, and make recommendations for policy. …

By Ana Lemmo Charnalia, Senior Business Manager at UCLB There are many ways to describe what a social venture is - and most definitions carry the basic idea that it is a business that uses its surpluses to achieve social objectives, for instance by reinvesting the profit into the business…

By Tim Bodley-Scott and Ersel Oymak Worldwide, collaborative action through mutually beneficial university-industry-civil society-government partnerships, have a pivotal role to play in addressing the profound challenges that the world is facing. …

By Dr Gemma Moore, Senior Research Fellow (Evaluation) & Lecturer (Teaching), The Bartlett, UCL Faculty of the Built Environment UCL Grand Challenges is based on the premise that solutions to the greatest challenges rarely come from one field alone — there is a need to work with others and build…

By Niccola Hutchinson-Pascal, Co-Production Collective Challenging the status quo — ‘the system’ — is something that is important to me personally and to Co-Production Collective; it’s one of our core values. The ‘system’ for us is the way research, services and policy are developed, the way people who are traditionally…