Love Machine: Edinburgh Futures Institute launches programme of events for spring 2023
Edinburgh Futures Institute is delighted to announce the opening of “Love Machine” – our second season of events running from 6 March to May 2023.
Online game world founded by EFI student winS $50K GRANT
Plot Twisters, an online game world founded by Edinburgh Futures Institute student Jenny Liu Zhang, has been awarded $50K in OpenIDEO’s Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge.
DDI goes from ramp-up to delivery
The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University’s Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative has published its first annual review, highlighting progress across a range of exciting projects.
Edinburgh Professors to lead multidisciplinary AHRC Programme on AI
Two Edinburgh researchers will lead a project to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) and data are used responsibly and ethically across society and industry.
A Space to Breathe: Reflections on First Breath
Yemurai Chaza looks back at an event led by the Scottish Black and People of Colour (BPOC) Writers Network held in October 2022 as part of our Autumn 2022 inaugural event season.
EFI student photography competition: Celebration and Exhibition
Join us as we reveal the winners of the EFI Student Photography Competition and view a selection of submitted photographs.
Tourism staffing crisis could be eased by use of AI
A major new report finds that Robotics and AI could be a win-win for the hard-hit tourism and hospitality sector.
EFI Chancellor’s Fellow Dr Chiara Bonacchi awarded prestigious leverhulme prize
Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Chancellor’s Fellow, Dr Chiara Bonacchi, is one of thirty exceptional researchers announced as winners of the 2022 Philip Leverhulme Prize.
Data for Children Collaborative research team key to Unicef’s high-profile report on impact of heatwaves
Data for Children Collaborative’s report with UNICEF on impact of heatwaves generates global attention.
(Photo credit: © UNICEF/UN0290924/Llaurado)
Reparation and Equality: Edinburgh Futures Conversations kick off First Breath season
The first Edinburgh Futures Conversations event on ‘The Future of Climate Justice’ took place at the Playfair Library Hall on 10 October, kicking off the Edinburgh Futures Insitute’s First Breath: Autumn 2022 event season.
