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Adventures in Design and Data: How good design took big data to IKEA

This project is firmly rooted in social science research including adherence to conventional method and statistical analysis, but the project has a glint in its eye: A desire to dig a little deeper with the aid of art and design in order to explore the possibilities of increased accessibility of urban big data. The big data which we based our research upon was obtained from the Urban Big Data Centre (iMCD project).

Scotland-Malawi Partnership: Further and Higher Education Forum

On Wednesday 20th September the Scotland Malawi Partner’s Further and Higher Education Forum met at the Edinburgh City Chambers. Here Dr Mia Perry shared the work that The Sustainable Futures in Africa Network is doing in Malawi including how both academics and NGOs from Malawi form part of this Network that is building capacity, infrastructure and research in socio-ecological sustainability in Africa.

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