Dr Edmond Awad discusses the moral and ethical issues of driverless cars and what it means for the development of AI. Read More
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The DIGIT Lab – Delivering Digital Innovation for Growth, Impact and Transformation
The recently launched DIGIT Lab is a Next Stage Digital Economy Research Centre led by Exeter INDEX. Together with academic partners, the University of East Anglia and Oxford Brookes University, and over 20 industry partners, the centre is working with Large Established Organisations (LEOs) to understand the barriers to driving change and improving productivity through digital transformation.
Alan Brown, Executive Director at INDEX, looks at the challenges of digital transformation and how the DIGIT Lab will look to foster innovation and develop solutions. Read More

Digital transformation lessons from the trials and tribulations of the NHS contact-tracing app
Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy outlines the lessons from the UK track and trace app. Read More

Why ‘smart’ self-healing materials could help us build a more sustainable future
Dr Merryn Haines-Gadd, Postdoctoral Research Associate looks at the development of self-healing materials and how they could be used to develop more sustainable products. Read More

Your algorithm doesn’t know me!
In the UK to deal with lack of exams during the Covid lockdown, they turned to automated decision making via algorithms. How did that work out for you then, explains Alan Brown, Professor of Digital Economy.
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Video: Insights on digital transformation
Alan Brown, Professor of Digital Economy from the Exeter INDEX Centre provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities for digital transformation in light of the current global crisis. Read More

Podcast: What has virtual networking during a pandemic taught us?
Professor Alex Gerbasi discusses virtual networking and how people have been building contacts and relationships during the Covid-19 lockdown. What lessons does it provide us with about future social and professional networking?
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Post-COVID: re-organising localism around three digital principles
Mark Thompson is a Professor of Digital economy at the Exeter INDEX Centre. In this blog he puts forward three digital principles for how local organisations such as councils can reorganise post COVID-19. Read More