Excited about my upcoming talk on "Digital Ethics" as part of the UCL Public Policy and STEaPP seminar series (January 17th). Anyone welcome to join - would always appreciate feedback and comments. More details & registration at the link - lnkd.in/gK5mbub #digitalethics

[Deadline: 28th January] CfP: Data for Policy 2019 - Digital Trust and Personal Data. More info on dataforpolicy.org #DataForPolicy2019 #DataEthics #DigitalPrivacy #BigData #DataScience #Algorithms #Transparency #DigitalTrust #PersonalData #Government #AI #Blockchain #IoT

🆕Cedefop online information tool now available to policy-makers! It presents #education + #training and labour market policy instruments in 🇪🇺EU Member States that aim to match individuals’ #skills to current and anticipated labour market needs. ➡️cedefop.europa.eu/en/news-and-pr…

First issue 2019 of Environment & Planning B, editorial on “Causality in urban development” Download free at bit.ly/2AT0Dos or bit.ly/2AU5ipU Contents at bit.ly/2AT0DVu

Top #economists say Greater #Manchester has world-class strengths but is still punching below its weight – independent #prosperity review unveiled by top Cambridge University professor Diane Coyle + Bloomberg’s Stephanie Flanders greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/news/independe… #GMProsperityReview

Women in data science and AI, an exciting project announced by The Alan Turing Institute get involved, two research positions available bit.ly/2tkAniJ deadline 28 February

How does spatial analysis help us understand cities? Michael Batty is interviewed on his career & the evolution of UCL CASA. #Bartlett100 bit.ly/B100CASA

What do you think? Are Data Trusts the way to go? UCL CASA UCL Centre for Transport Studies UCL Urban Laboratory Urban Dynamics Lab UCL Environment Domain

Our new City Talks podcast is perfect weekend listening > Andrew Carter is joined by Michael Batty to discuss his latest book, which sets out a road map for inventing future cities: bit.ly/2V0fXr7

Join the Science Policy Exchange Network (Science Policy Exchange Network - SciPEN) for their launch event on the 30 May. They will be hosting a one day workshop on 'Science Policy Skills' followed by a reception with Prof Sir Peter Gluckman. Find out more about the network here 👇scipen.org

Register your interest in the UK2070 Commission Commission's National Symposium to be held from 10am-4pm on Thursday 13th June 2019 at Leeds Civic Hall! To learn how you could be in attendance at the publication of our Stage One Report, head to our website now: uk2070.org.uk/2019/04/02/sav…

EVENT: For policy makers & applied mathematicians focusing on #economicnetworks: 'Skills-based modelling of economic development paths' takes forward the project: '#Networkmodelling of the UK's urban skill base': bit.ly/2LRinbQ Learn more: bit.ly/2LRinbQ #skills

Our 2019-20 Small Grants scheme is open! Up to £7,500 funding for cross-disciplinary projects UCL addressing societal issues. Apply by 21st June ucl.ac.uk/grand-challeng…

The May edition of the West Midlands Economic Monitor is now available. This month’s instalment looks at the debate around HS2, how much money you need to earn to be happy and inequality in the region - bit.ly/2M2EyM9 #WestMidlands #Economy #HS2 #Inequality

Could you be one of the 30 PhD & ECR attendees at this year’s RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College? Collaborate, connect and contribute to the ‘Skills, Mobility and Entrepreneurship’ debate. Details at bit.ly/2Vgbr8h. Deadline in one month - 24th June

DPManchee @kerstinsailer The sudden disappearance of the steel industry in Yorkshire has not been the focus of my thesis, but we are currently working on methods to model this at the Urban Dynamics Lab

DPManchee @kerstinsailer Urban Dynamics Lab It appears critical to model industries as interdependent networks at different scales to understand the impact of such transitions. I’d like to point you also to the interesting work of Elsa Arcaute as well as @Francesca_local in this context

Up to £7,500 funding for cross-disciplinary projects UCL addressing societal issues through @UCL_GC 2019-20 Small Grants scheme. Apply by 21st June: ucl.ac.uk/grand-challeng…

3 year Research Fellowship from September in CASA on Land Use Transportation Interaction (LUTI) models. Need to be a good programmer, know something of urban transport models, join some of whom are working on QUANT, bit.ly/2CUrF1s details at bit.ly/2KLoXwr

Our work (the UCL CASA team) for the Foursquare Future Cities Challenge was named a winner and can be found at this blogpost! w/ Antonia Godoy, Juste Raimbault , Iacopo Iacopini, Natalia Zdanowska, Elsa Arcaute, Michael Batty, and, of course, the one and only Rob Murcio