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Facebook awards funding to academic partnership to research the impact of the digital economy on regional inequalities in the UK
Facebook has awarded funding to a team of academics from the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) at the University of Birmingham, the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol, and The Alan Turing Institute, to undertake data-driven research focusing on how the ongoing digital revolution affects regional economic growth and the industrial landscape,…
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COVID-19 and community support: Mapping unmet support needs across Wales
Project team: Dr Oliver Davis, Dr Valerio Maggio, Dr Alastair Tanner, Nina Di Cara, Chris Moreno-Stokoe, Benjamin Woolf. Since the pandemic started, communities have been mobilising to help each other; from shopping for elderly neighbours, to offering to offering a friendly face or other support. Mutual aid networks have sprung up all over the country,…
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JGI Post Graduate Researchers seed corn funding winners 2020 announced
JGI Seed Corn scheme The Jean Golding Institute are pleased to announce the Post Graduate Researcher seed corn funding awards. Every year we provide seed corn funding to Post Doctoral Researchers, but this year we are pleased to also be able to provide funding to small-scale projects for Post Graduate Researchers at the University of…
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CHANGEMAKERS: Increasing diversity in data science careers
The CHANGEMAKERS initiative aims to break down stereotypes and highlights the excellent opportunities available to young women in technology-related careers. Last summer, over an exciting four days of skills development, inspiring seminars and industry insights, this initiative allowed teams of young women from across different schools in Bristol to come together and develop tech solutions…
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GCRF-ESRC funding success to explore access to the essential services of water, sanitation and energy in areas of rapid population growth and informal settlements.
Professor Guy Howard in collaboration with Professor Kate Robson Brown, Dr Jitendra Agarwal, Dr Maria Pregnolato, Dr Sam Williamson and colleagues from external partners will receive £1.7M for the project “Beyond the networked city: building innovative delivery systems for water, sanitation and energy in urban Africa” The vision for this project is to develop and…
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Bristol Data Science Seminar Series
Last October 2019, The Jean Golding Institute teamed up with the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research to bring the latest research in Data Science to our community as part of an exciting series of data science talks and seminars. Over the past few months we have welcomed an array of internationally recognised speakers from Harvard,…
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New GW4 Data Science Network Launched
The Jean Golding Institute in collaboration with the GW4 Alliance has launched a new GW4 Data Science Network which will act as a hub for news, events and funding opportunities in data science research that are available to staff and students throughout the GW4 Alliance. In particular, the Network will highlight opportunities and events coming…
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Brunel’s Network project
A blog written by James Boyd, Brunel Institute Isambard Kingdom Brunel As many Bristolians know, during the 19th century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a major force in the development of the city, and the wider region. Working on railways, docks, bridges and revolutionary ships that forged connections across Britain and the world, many of his…
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A Challenge Owner’s perspective of the inaugural Turing Network Data Study Group – Part 2
Understanding and improving the reliability of disease monitoring in GP surgeries is the extensive, yet critical task taken on by the team of researchers at Royal Society of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the University of Surrey headed by Professor Simon de Lusignan and Dr Mark Joy. With this goal in mind, the team challenged participants…
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