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 multistakeholder 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:
Disruption resilient manufacturing is becoming increasingly important, with the current COVID-19 pandemic bringing this to the fore. Whilst COVID-19 was a natural disaster, the increasing digitisation of supply chains an...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Warwick
The project specifically focuses on assessing and mitigating vulnerabilities in manufacturing supply chains, which aligns with the question's focus on semiconductor supply chain vulnerabilities.
Nettitude and Lancaster University are developing an ICS framework and network based appliance that will provide end users within complex supply chains the relevant knowledge and visibility of their key areas of risk. ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: NETTITUDE LTD
While the project focuses on ICS/SCADA risk framework, it only partially addresses the broader question of semiconductor supply chain vulnerabilities.
Over the past two decades, managers have made major improvements in the efficiency of supply chains, driving out costs by sourcing goods and services from low cost locations, using new technologies to create greater inte...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bath
The project examines how supply chain design affects vulnerability, which is related to the broader question of assessing and mitigating semiconductor supply chain vulnerabilities.