Insecurity and Innovation: From Bugs to Borgs 11 December 2018, 12:30 – 14:00 SG2, Alison Richard Building Description Brett Edwards (Lecturer, Department of Politics, Languages, and International Studies; University of Bath) This talk examines how emergent trends in innovation and its governance are raising new and old questions about how to control technology- especially on … Continue reading
Conflict, innovation and futures: What we have been reading (3)
Here at Bath we decided to collate some of the stuff we have been reading into monthly(ish) short reviews. In part this is to stimulate discussion- and at other times to demonstrate that reading some of these books and articles really does count as work. Generally speaking, our current interests revolve around emergent technology and … Continue reading
Conflict, innovation and futures: What we have been reading (2)
Here at Bath we decided to collate some of the stuff we have been reading into monthly(ish) short reviews. In part this is to stimulate discussion- and at other times to demonstrate that reading some of these books and articles really does count as work. Generally speaking, our current interests revolve around emergent technology and … Continue reading
Amesbury Incident
An incident involving the poisoning of two people in Amesbury is currently unfolding. I will be updating information on this incident here as it emerges over the next few days. There are daily summaries at the top of this document and you can scroll down for more in-depth coverage of events. This is a live … Continue reading
Conflict, innovation and futures: What we have been reading (1)
Here at Bath we decided to collate some of the stuff we have been reading into monthly(ish) short reviews. In part this is to stimulate discussion- and at other times to demonstrate that reading some of these books and articles really does count as work. Generally speaking, our current interests revolve around emergent technology and … Continue reading
Understanding the lab analysis of the Salisbury poisoning: where the technical meets the political- Talk, Bath 11th May
The recent Salisbury poisoning sets the scene for an interesting case study of the tensions between needs for confidentiality and needs for transparency in international investigations Following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury in early March, the UK Government asked the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to confirm its … Continue reading