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11 March 2024

A nuanced understanding of the limitations of AI’s dependence on the past in its use of data is essential, argues Professor Alan Brown

9 November 2023

Seasoned entrepreneur James Herbert talks to Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy, about his career in software, technology and data and the current landscape of...

8 September 2023

Will AI become truly conscious? Oliver Hauser argues that AI needs to undergo a process similar to evolution before it can be treated as a...

22 June 2023

Alex Gerbasi outlines why an understanding of technology is crucial for business school students.

25 May 2023

Explore the AI dilemma shaping our digital future with Professor Alan Brown. Discover risks, opportunities, and choices in pausing or advancing artificial intelligence.

8 March 2023

Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen explores the barriers preventing women from entering the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and looks at what can be...

9 February 2023

Professor Alan Brown discusses the implications of AI technology such as ChatGPT and presents the key trends that are changing the way we live and...

30 January 2023

The importance of data in developing tools that could steer, monitor and improve circularity and its positive impacts must not be overlooked, writes Ryan Nolan...

19 December 2022

As the year draws to a close, Professor Alexandra Gerbasi, Dean of the University of Exeter Business School, reflects on the last 12 months and...

14 December 2022

Professor Mark Thompson, a Professor of Digital Economy in INDEX (Initiative for the Digital Economy), discusses how the public sector can be more effective and efficient by...

17 November 2022

As anyone who has watched the hit HBO series Succession will know, media companies must relentlessly innovate, if they are to survive at all. To...

15 November 2022

Stavros Polykarpou, Lecturer in Science, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship, discusses the lessons learned from the introduction of 3D printing at a UK hospital.

11 October 2022

Professor Alan Brown looks at how digital technology is helping Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.

1 September 2022

In this podcast, we talk to Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen from the INDEX Initiative for the Digital Economy, at the University of Exeter Business School. Saeema discusses her work...

23 May 2022

Mohsen Mosleh discusses his research on social media disinformation and the challenges it presents for individuals and organisations.

11 May 2022

Professor Alexandra Gerbasi, Executive Dean looks at the role that technology and innovation plays in helping to solve complex environmental problems, and highlights some of...

8 April 2022

Professor Roger Maull, Academic Director of Exeter’s Digital Institute for Digital Economy (INDEX) in conversation with Molly Dobson, Country Manager UK & Ireland, Amazon Business,...

19 January 2022

The unprecedented events of the past two years have increased the pressure on organisations to accelerate the delivery of their digital strategies.

25 November 2021

Professor Sarah Hartley and her two colleagues in Uganda, Professor Stella Neema and Chris Opesen discuss gene drive research for malaria control. Funded by the...

15 November 2021

I have never liked being Alan Brown. It feels like such a boring name. Too easily forgotten or confused with so many others with the...

13 October 2021

I remember the first time that I began to really understand the broad impact of the internet across all of our lives. Several years ago,...

6 October 2021

If the only certainties in life are death and taxes, we owe it to ourselves to live a good life, and we owe it to...

10 May 2021

Dr Edmond Awad discusses the moral and ethical issues of driverless cars and what it means for the development of AI.

22 April 2021

Just a few days ago I had my first Covid vaccination jab. After more than a year of various levels of lockdown, this seems like...

23 March 2021

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...

9 December 2020

Professor Nav Mustafee discusses his research on helping to cut waiting times in the NHS. It is based on nudge theory and led to the...

25 October 2020

Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy outlines the lessons from the UK track and trace app.

13 October 2020

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.

19 August 2020

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...

29 July 2020

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...

3 July 2020

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...

25 June 2020

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...