Explore our reports, podcasts and regular insights from the Hub
Frontier Data Study: Releasing the power of digital data for development (Copy)
Data-driven technologies have enormous potential to support the work of UK Aid. The FT Hub commissioned a then-DFID wide survey that highlighted big data analysis and applications as holding the greatest potential of any frontier technology to impact its work.
Scaling Distributed Manufacturing in the Global South
Through four pilots at the FT Hub, we’ve been surfacing learning about the potential to scale distributed manufacturing in different contexts. This deep dive aims to collate the learning from our pilot portfolio, and extend it with six additional case studies.
Blockchain for Social Impact
The Frontier Technologies Hub is currently in the process of conducting a review, along with Impact Plus, to reflect on what we’ve learned about blockchain, it’s application in the international development and humanitarian contexts, and what this means for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and other actors, when it comes to implementing blockchain for impact.
Report: What’s ethics got to do with it?
A nuanced look at safety and security in drone-enabled healthcare logistics in Africa
UAV Portfolio Review
A review of pilot documentation and interviews with pilot implementers from across 7 UAV pilots, with some key lessons learned and recommendations.
Top Ten Frontier Technologies for Climate Action
The study, commissioned by the FCDO and the Frontier Technologies Hub, identifies the 10 most promising technologies for climate action.