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AI, Colonialism & Feminism: How KMi Research Informs Global Gender Equality Efforts
Thursday 27 Mar 2025
Last week the Shifting Power team, represented by Senior Research Fellow in KMi, Dr. Tracie Farrell, spoke at the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). First established in 1946, the CSW is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to promote gender equality and the rights of women globally. The commission has spent the...
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CORE Successfully Completes the USRN Discovery Pilot Project, Enhancing Repository Discoverability in the United States
Thursday 20 Mar 2025
A significant milestone has been reached: CORE’s pilot project with the USRN has concluded, delivering impressive outcomes, our pilot project with the United States Repository Network (USRN), a collaborative initiative between CORE, SPARC, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and AntLeaf. This pilot, which commenced in 2023, focused on assessing and increasing the discoverability and...
Food and Drinks Misinformation
Thursday 13 Mar 2025
No industry is immune to misinformation, including food and drinks. KMi’s director, Harith Alani, was interviewed by Food Manufacture; the leading online resource for the UK’s food and drink manufacturing industry, to highlight the threat of misinformation in this sector. Recently, false claims about the feed additive Bovaer, for instance, caused unnecessary consumer panic and...
OU Analyse team wins MK STEM Award 2025 for Early Alert Indicators Dashboard
Friday 7 Mar 2025
KMi is delighted to announce that the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard, led by KMi’s Prof. Miriam Fernandez and powered by the OU Analyse team, has won the prestigious MK STEM Award 2025 in the AI Impact category. This accolade celebrates the team’s innovative use of artificial intelligence to transform education and promote equitable learning opportunities. The MK STEM Awards recognise excellence and innovation...
CORE presents SoFAIR project at UNESCO
Thursday 13 Feb 2025
Last week saw CORE founder Professor Petr Knoth at UNESCO in Paris for the 2025 Software Heritage Symposium and summit. Professor Knoth was presenting the work undertaken in the first year of the SoFAIR project, a two-year multinational CHIST-ERA project. The Open University is working in conjunction with multiple partners including INRIA, Brno University of...
We are thrilled to announce that the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard, an Open University project led by KMi’s Prof. Miriam Fernandez, driven by the AI expertise and dedication of the OU Analyse team, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious MK STEM Awards 2025 in the AI Impact category. This recognition celebrates the...
New KMi project to expand bibliotherapy for mental wellbeing across Northern IrelandKMi is delighted to announce a new project, “Immersive Online Reading for Mental Wellbeing,” funded in partnership with the OU in Northern Ireland, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Verbal Arts Centre, and Belfast Metropolitan College. Led by researchers Alessio Antonini and Imelda Haran, the project will run until October 2025. Building on a...
KMi at Dagstuhl: Shaping the Future of Knowledge Graph-Based AI
Celebrating Ángel Pavón Pérez’s Success: A Milestone in Fair and Responsible AI Research
KMi-led robotics project receives major funding to enhance hospital efficiency and safety
Climate misinformation surveillance project secures €1 million grant
How Generative AI is transforming Teaching and Learning: Insights from KMi’s Prof John Domingue