The International directorate is interested in understanding how the UK’s standing in the world in the digital and tech sectors might look in the future. Horizon scanning and the trends of internet fragmentation, technology security, and the economic opportunities in digital change are of great interest. We are interested in understanding how businesses and other countries are responding to the changing geopolitical environment, particularly around the steps they are taking to safeguard critical technologies and promote growth in these key sectors. How can the UK remain economically competitive, technologically resilient and technologically secure? This is of particular interest in the context of semiconductors, where we are seeking to understand the right balance between supporting economic growth and protecting our national security. The impact of global digital standards and regulation and protecting the multi stakeholder global internet is a priority for our international teams and research in this field would be of interest. One of the UK’s three priorities in digital standards is better incorporation into UK research and innovation. Research to support delivery of this objective is of interest.
Net Zero and global aims to reduce carbon emissions is important to DSIT and fully understanding and measuring the impact of new digital technologies would be of interest.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Delays in availability of silicon-based products in the past four years has been driven by the world shortage of semiconductors and has raised awareness of semiconductors in a way not previously witnessed. It has led the...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast
The project focuses on the UK semiconductor industry, its strategy, research base, and collaboration efforts, fully addressing the question.
Semiconductors are everywhere! As UK Government's minister Michelle Donelan put it "We rely on semiconductors - they are in everything from our smartphones, kitchen appliances, and cars all the way through to the su...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
The project focuses on developing skills and talent pipeline in the semiconductor industry, addressing the need for incentives to ensure competitiveness.
Electech, covering areas such as sensors, power electronics, embedded computing, wireless communication technology, autonomous systems and large-area electronics, is predicted to play a foundational role in the future de...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast
The project discusses electronic systems technology, which is related to semiconductor industry competitiveness, but does not fully address the question.