Matters pertaining to the activities of the project team and network of experts of the ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ programme.
On Friday 2nd July we were pleased to welcome Professor Jane K. Hart of the University of Southampton to present her webinar entitled ‘Environmental Sensor Networks: when will the revolution happen?’. The talk continued our ‘Sensing the Environment’ webinar series. Jane is a Professor of Physical Geography in the School of Geography and Environmental Science, University […]
On Friday 11th May (our new time) we were pleased to welcome Dr Lia Chatzidiakou of the University of Cambridge to present her webinar entitled ‘Sensor networks and smart analysis: Quantifying air quality and health impacts’. The talk commenced our ‘Sensing the Environment’ webinar series. Dr Lia Chatzidiakou is a research associate at the Department […]
UNEP’s World Environment Day, or ‘WED’, is held on June 5th each year. WED gives us the opportunity to consider the many global and local environmental challenges we face, and provides the impetus for a call to action around the world. The need for large scale ecosystem regeneration and the response to the changing climate, […]
We are delighted to welcome a newly expanded group of colleagues to our ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ Expert Network. Together with the experts who continue their work with the programme from last year, the 49 members of the network draw together world leading expertise and a deep wealth of experience in digital environmental science. Listed […]
We’ve just competed our 2nd round of #EnvironmentalDataDiscovery trails. This trail focused on meteorology and ran 11th – 14th & 21st – 24th April 2021. It comprised 5 questions to explore the Met Office’s Weather Observations Website (WOW), and 4 questions to explore the Meteorological Observations taken from Ben Nevis and Fort William available through NERC’s repository for […]
We are delighted to announce a significant expansion of the membership of our Expert Network as we enter the network’s second year of activity. With 29 new experts joining the network this year, together with those members remaining from the previous year, our network now stands at 43 members. We will be updating the list of members shortly A key part of […]
On Thursday 8th April we were very pleased to welcome Martin Sloan present a webinar entitled ‘Data protection, privacy and IP – what do you need to think about in the digital environment?’. Martin Sloan is a partner in the IP, Tech and Data team at Brodies LLP. Martin is recognised by Chambers and Partners […]
On Thursday 18th March we were delighted to have Professor Abbe Brown of the university of Aberdeen present a webinar entitled ‘Just because you can? Balancing the rights and regimes relevant to the digital environment’. Abbe Brown is Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Aberdeen. Her research and teaching focus on intellectual […]
This March 8th, the ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ programme is proud to support the International Women’s Day, and to celebrate this we wanted to capture the achievements and inspirational stories of the women in the CDE Expert Network. With thanks to those who have agreed to share with us, here are their inspiring stories. #IWD2021 […]
On Thursday 25th February we were delighted to have Charles Helleputte of UCLouvain and a Partner in Steptoe present a fascinating webinar entitled ‘Is EU cybersecurity the missing piece to sustainable digital environment?’. Charles is a partner heading the EU cybersecurity, data, and privacy practice at Steptoe. He focuses on existing EU and national cybersecurity, […]