Imagine how communities and emergency agencies will respond to disasters like Storm Desmond in the future. Mobile technologies, drones, sensors, artificial intelligence, data analysis and mapping techniques will play an ever greater role, as will citizen...
This Special Issue published in February 2019 expands mobilities research through the idea of therapeutic mobilities. Therapeutic mobilities consist of multiple movements of health-related things and beings, including, though not limited to, nurses, doctors, patients,...
CeMoRe and the Department of Sociology at ÌÇÐÄVlog are thrilled to announce our John Urry Fellow for 2018-19, Thiago Allis, and to welcome him to Lancaster from 22nd January- 15th February 2019. Thiago will be the second awardee of the John Urry...
Monika Buscher is a keynote speaker at the 16th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Crisis Response and Management in Valencia, 19-22nd May. She will be discussing Futures of Disaster Response. Making IT Personal: Radically Reflexive Resilience The...
The isITethical team are bringing creative ethical impact into innovation and the Internet of Public Safety Things.  The Internet of Public Safety Things: Use Cases Workshop will take place on 4th December 2018. From the workshop description: The workshop aims to...
Read Lynne Pearce's full publication here . Published online 08 Sep 2018. "Everybody has their own personal path and is known by it … Paths have their stories, just as people do. (Ingold 2007, xvi)" "In this article, I propose that mobility performs a crucial role in...
How to make IT good? Developing digital ethics as an engine for innovation Smart Transport, smart cities, smart sustainability endeavours put great trust in data and technology. Â However, to realise the potential of big data and IT effectively and responsibly, we must...
Regarded as one of the most mobility innovative cities in the Global South, Bogotá boasts the most extensive cycle network in Latin America, the most efficient bus rapid transit system in the world (TransMilenio) and the oldest mass cycle parade, the famous CiclovÃa....
The isITethical team are bringing creative ethical impact into innovation with big data in healthcare.  The BIG HEALTH DATA & Privacy Preserving Practices Workshop will take place on 28th November 2018. From the workshop description: Big data has big potential for...