Big Data
Investing in data for nature-based projects – a case study from Lauriston Farm
My latest video explains why it is useful to invest in data collection to establish baselines, and prove changes through time. The Lauriston Farm team and their investor Federated Hermes Limited discuss how they are collecting data to prove the social, economic and environmental impacts of their regenerative agriculture and community engagement practices. There is a written case…
COP26 videos & podcast
Scottish National Investment Bank Chair Willie Watt was interviewed by me at COP26 as part of the Finance for Nature conference. We discussed the public investment bank’s approach to nature – and climate-based investments as well as decision grade data. Willie Watt is the Chair of the Scottish National Investment Bank, a new publicly owned development bank…
SRUC Senior Challenge Research Fellowship
Dr Hannah Rudman has just joined SRUC. She is Senior Challenge Research Fellow & Data Policy Lead. Hannah’s digital and data innovation applied research and development work is grounded in interdisciplinary Participatory Action Research, which is practice-led rather than practice-based, and typically helps to create actionable knowledge with participants. Its about working out how digital tools and data…
Digital Public Space – masterclass on demand
The core idea of a Digital Public Space is that it could give everyone, everywhere, unrestricted access to an open resource of culture and knowledge. This vision has emerged from ideas around building platforms for engagement around cultural archives, but has the potential to become something much wider. This masterclass helps you to learn a…