Monika is discussing her ideas on a great mobilities transformation and the need to mobilise research at a Symposium on Mobilities and Transformation: Understanding Societies, Economies, and Environments on the Move at the doctorate school “On the move: people,...
The 20th PSCE Conference will take place in Lancaster, UK, on 4-6 June 2019, in collaboration with Lancaster University. PSCE, the Public Safety Communications Europe Forum was established as a result of a European Commission funded project in 2008. Since then, PSCE...
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 Lancaster University 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. However, to realise the potential of big data and IT effectively and responsibly, we must...