We will facilitate the space to start conversations across fields, because those conversations will enable big ideas to be developed!

🎉 We are overjoyed to welcome @msbarrioluengo.bsky.social as a new theme lead for Digital Economy at the @manchester.ac.uk! Her research interests include the involvement of universities in economic development and university-society collaborations. 🔗 Discover more: linktr.ee/UoMDigitalFutures

⏳ Just over a week to go – final spaces left! The programme is now live for the RSA 60th Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures (30 Sept, Manchester). 👉 Register free: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60... @regstud.bsky.social, @alliancembs.bsky.social

#RSA60 Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures: Bridging Economic Development, Ecological Recovery and Social Equity Join us at @alliancembs.bsky.social, @officialuom.bsky.social on 30 Sept 2025. Register here 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60... @regstud.bsky.social

🌍 How can universities become catalysts for climate action? AMBS researchers are part of a major project exploring how knowledge institutions can help cities achieve net zero goals.

🤖 UK economic growth is powered by digital transformation. @manchester.ac.uk research by Dr @msbarrioluengo.bsky.social & Prof Silvia Massini shows tech adoption varies by region & sector, targeted skills and policies are key to unlocking the UK’s full tech potential. buff.ly/7oDqKzm

📢 Call for Editors We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies. Full call at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsrs-ed... 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 2025

Great to see MIOIR research by Silvia Massini, Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo & Xiaoxiao Yu cited in the UK Government’s Technology Adoption Review, helping shape the Industrial Strategy and support adoption of AI, cloud computing & big data. 📄 Read the full report here: bit.ly/4lrcqya

New report 📄 by Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo & colleagues for the European Commission’s JRC on Micro-credentials in Higher Education. Are they boosting digital & green skills for Europe’s twin transition? Read here 🔗 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

Made it to Bluesky! Will try to get back into habit of posting here on #scipolicy + related issues. In meantime here's a picture of myself & my colleagues representing @mioir.bsky.social at the (great) 10th Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy

📢 Last chance! Present your research at the Advances in Data Science and AI Conference 2025. Poster submissions close on 14 May. All topics in AI and data science are welcome! 🔗Submit here: buff.ly/p3pDRd3

Another chance to read our blog on Adoption of Advanced Digital Technologies in the UK 👇

How are UK businesses navigating digital transformation? A new blog by @alliancembs.bsky.social's Silvia Massini & Mabel Sanchez-Barrioluengo examines the data on adoption of advanced digital technologies and finds a wide variation across regions and sectors: www.productivity.ac.uk/news/still-a...

Breaking language barriers: ‘Not being fluent in English is often viewed as being an inferior scientist’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Earlier this week, MIOIR’s Silvia Massini and Mabel Sanchez-Barrioluengo joined a roundtable led by Prof. Dame Angela McLean & Dr. Dave Smith on the Cross-Government Review of Technology Adoption. A vital step toward boosting UK #innovation, #growth & #productivity! 💡📈 @official-uom.bsky.social

Come join us! Fully-funded #PhDposition 📢 Explore how inclusive #InnovationDistricts, like Manchester's £1.7bn Sister district, can drive sustainability & social inclusion without gentrification. Work with Kieron Flanagan & Elvira Uyarra Apply by 5 March 2025 👉 bit.ly/3CaMiXc