Part of the Deep Tech and Society seminar series. This session is hybrid: join online, or in person in Glasgow. Free and open to all; register through Microsoft Teams. This paper examines how critical infrastructure networks are politically concealed, tracing how the global supply chains of helium isotopes fluctuate across a dynamic visibility continuum. By […]
Part of the Deep Tech and Society online seminar series. Free and open to all; register through Microsoft Teams. This talk examines how the proposed European research and innovation framework for 2028–2034 is repositioning universities/RSOs and scientific capabilities within an emerging defence–competitiveness–security nexus. Focusing on the planned links among Horizon Europe, the European Competitiveness Fund […]
Part of the Deep Tech and Society online seminar series. Free and open to all; register through Microsoft Teams. As AI systems drive unprecedented energy demand, fusion is increasingly positioned as a potential, though as yet unproven, pathway to abundant, low-carbon power. At the same time, AI is accelerating fusion research, from optimising plasma control […]
Part of the Deep Tech and Society online seminar series. Free and open to all; register through Microsoft Teams. Abstract to follow. About the speaker Daniel is a PhD candidate in Geography at Northumbria University. His research, situated at the intersection between Political Geography and Financial Geography, is investigating the entanglements between the military, space […]
Part of the Deep Tech and Society online seminar series. Free and open to all; register through Microsoft Teams. Environmental degradation and global wealth inequality are critical challenges today. Many promote high-tech solutions as silver bullets—yet these technologies often rely on scarce resources, precarious labour, and questionable extraction practices. Can technologies that may worsen these […]