Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the European Commission’s flagship pan-Europe research and innovation funding programme with a budget of €79 billion over seven years. UKCDS is the National...

Report: How technology can drive development

Two recent reports from development-minded institutions demonstrate how research and innovation can help achieve global development outcomes. The Shell...

Bioenergy: Economic Growth in the Global South?

n collaboration with the SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub and the Low Carbon Energy Development Network, UKCDS hosted an event on 28 January to explore how bioenergy technologies can...

Future opportunities in engineering Roundtable

On 29 May UKCDS partnered with the Royal Academy of Engineering to host a roundtable for UK funders and research leaders to discuss the future opportunities in engineering...

The engineering for development research base

As described in the last engineering update, the UKCDS Secretariat has been working with DFID to map the engineering for development research base. This mapping analysed who...

Engineering research for sustainable development

The Katse Dam in South Africa, Image: Damien du Toit This report has now been published and you can download it here. Infrastructure is recognised as a key driver...

EU Horizon 2020

The ‘Societal Challenges’ subset of the Horizon 2020 programme has a number of calls where international collaboration is actively sought, and to make it easier to navigate...

Engineering research and international development