Research

Ciaran Martin appears on the The Naked Scientists podcast to discuss the recent ransomware attack on the British Library.

Focusing on the internet as a foundational technology, this paper sets out a framework of core components of digital inclusion—including access/use, quality of access/use, affordability, and digital skills. The paper then surveys the ways these components are currently measured in household and firm surveys and by international organisations.

An eight year partnership between the UN System Staff College (UNSSC) and an Oxford University team, led by Dr Annette Idler, has produced a new conflict analysis tool aiming to aid the understanding, tracing, and forecasting of changes in conflicts across the world.

Ghana’s Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has urged engineers to make ethical principles a priority in their work to block the losses the country incurs in infrastructural development. The call is backed by a study conducted in Ghana between 2014 and 2017 by Dr Martin Williams, which estimated that Ghana loses up to US$25 million annually via unfinished projects.