Smart Cities in the Making (SCiM-MK) researches smart cities and social difference. It is ESRC funded for 2 years and based at the OU and Oxford.
Milton Keynes, England
Joined February 2017
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For insights into our engagingsmartcities.org #toolkit on inadvertent exclusion in #smartcities, check out our latest piece on Medium link.medium.com/iqjPmemu3W
Fascinating new report from the @BritishCouncil which explores the role of #universities in shaping #smartcities and draws upon our engagingsmartcities.org toolkit to do so. Well worth a read britishcouncil.org/education…
It's been a blast, but the @SCiM_MK project is drawing to a close. Funded by @ESRC with researchers from @OU_FASS at @OpenUniversity and @oxfordgeography @UniofOxford. To find out what we've been up to these past two years, check out our project report scim-mk.org/userassets/publi…
It has also been profoundly impactful. Our @BBCRadio4 Thinking Allowed programme on #smartcities is still available to listen again bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbr3z…
Don't forget to check out our toolkit, engagingsmartcities.org. A toolkit for #smartcity practitioners from #councils, #voluntarysector, #business and #visuals producers who want to encourage #participation and avoid inadvertent exclusion.
How can #councils contribute to a more #inclusive #smartcity? This animation from the engagingsmartcities.org toolkit looks at ways #localgovernment can work with the #tech and #smartcities sectors to prevent inadvertent exclusion youtube.com/watch?v=eT8HSadl…
Today's animation from engagingsmartcities.org is aimed at #businesses, #startups, #tech companies working on the #smartcity to help them develop #products and #services which encourage #inclusion and reduce unintended exclusion youtube.com/watch?v=LDI8A9ZS…
Calling #community, #neighborhood, and #society groups in #smartcities, as well as #smartcity #tech firms working with them. Find out how to do good #community #engagement in your #smart projects with the engagingsmartcities.org toolkit youtube.com/watch?v=pDpqJrfC…
The engagingsmartcities.org toolkit has a YouTube channel! #Smartcity and #smarttech practitioners, find out how to avoid inadvertent exclusion in #visualization, #mockup, and #photoreal #images of #smartcities youtube.com/watch?v=BedsN9VN…
Following two years' academic research on #smartcities, we created the engagingsmartcities.org toolkit. It's for #smartcity practitioners to help reduce inadvertent exclusion and get more people involved. Find out more in our quick explainer video youtube.com/watch?v=MQdz8zqG…
Launched today EngagingSmartCities, a toolkit for #smartcity practitioners to avoid unintended exclusion in smart cities. Thanks to all for coming, especially @GeoffSnelson1 for some great words on the toolkit and the @SCiM_MK project. engagingsmartcities.org/
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The Engaging Smart Cities toolkit - a toolkit to avoid excluding people from #SmartCity projects, useful for smart city councils, businesses & voluntary sector - launches on Mon 10 Dec in Milton Keynes @ProfGillian @ESRC @SCiM_MK
engagingsmartcities.org/ eventbrite.com/e/engagingsma…
Real time parking sensors in #miltonkeynes provided by #smartcity technology
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One of @nesta_uk's top ten predictions is that 2019 will see a race to use AI and Big Data to understand and empower cities and citizens. I agree, that's why we founded and raised money for @TheDataCity earlier this year. 💪🌁🌃🌆🌇🏙️🧠 nesta.org.uk/feature/ten-pre…
One week now until the launch of #toolkit 'Engaging #SmartCities'. A toolkit based on @SCiM_MK research unpicking how to avoid intended exclusion in #smartcity tech. #urbanists, #NGOs, #startups and other smart city practitioners, come along! eventbrite.com/e/engagingsma…
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Announcing the next MK #Hackathon! We'll be helping @GirlsCodeMK develop a web app. Coders, writers, designers, coaches, all wanted. 19/20 January, hosted by @OUComputing . Sign up at meetup.com/Girls-Code-Learn-…
Proud to see our EngagingSmartCities launch event featured in today's Smart Cities Daily @cities_daily. #SmartCity practitioners from tech, govt, and NGO sectors, as well as citizens, should book now to learn about how to avoid unintended exclusion eventbrite.com/e/engagingsma…
The Smart Cities Daily is out! smartcitiesdaily.com/?editio… Stories via @SCiM_MK @CumberlandSyd @enerfund
Hello! All at @SEMLEP @southeastlep @ChamberMK @InvestMK @Virtual_Viewing @SmarCitiesW @MK21Digital @mkhackathon @MKGeekNight, this is just the kind of event your colleagues and your followers would be interested in. Please pass this around your networks
"How can #smartcity practitioners produce #fairer and more #inclusive #smartcities?" At @SCiM_MK we've been working on this question. Our toolkit EngagingSmartCities offers some answers. Come to our event in #MiltonKeynes on 10 December to find out more eventbrite.com/e/engagingsma…
Hello! All at @doteveryoneuk @nesta_uk @nwspk @IPPR @jrf_uk @DigiCatapult @DSI4EU @ComActMK @MKComFoundation, this is just the kind of event your colleagues and your followers would be interested in. Please pass this around your networks
"How can #smartcity practitioners produce #fairer and more #inclusive #smartcities?" At @SCiM_MK we've been working on this question. Our toolkit EngagingSmartCities offers some answers. Come to our event in #MiltonKeynes on 10 December to find out more eventbrite.com/e/engagingsma…