Research 4.0: Research in the Age of Automation

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class="t-guides-and-cribsheets t-report"> <div class="inner l-pull-left featured"> <article class="content-longform article-full"> <div class="inner l-pull-left v-light top-bar"> <div class="l-centre-offset"> <a href="/web/20221001233919/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides" class="marker marker--page">Report</a> <header class="content-longform__header"> <div class="l-main-panel"> <h1 class="page-title">Research 4.0: Research in the Age of Automation</h1> <p class="field field-type-text-long article-full__strapline">An independent view of the impact of advanced technologies on the researcher and the research environment.</p> <div class="notice notice--archived l-gutter--top"> <div class="duo duo--stacked duo--columnar duo--has-marker"> <div class="duo__side"> <span class="marker marker--archived"> <span class="field-content">Archived</span> </span> </div> <div class="duo__body"> <strong class="notice__title">This content was archived in September 2022</strong> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-side-panel"> <div class="boxout"> <div class="linklist"> <p class="linklist__title">About this report</p> <p class="linklist__subtitle">Authors</p> <ul> <li class="linklist__item"><p class="field field-type-text">Professor Rob Procter</p> University of Warwick </li><li class="linklist__item"><p class="field field-type-text">Ben Glover</p> Demos </li><li class="linklist__item"><p class="field field-type-text">Elliot Jones</p> Ada Lovelace Institute </li>  <li class="linklist__item"> Published: <time property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-09-15T00:00:00+01:00" datetime="2020-09-15T00:00:00+01:00">15 September 2020</time> </li> <li class="linklist__item"> Updated: <time>15 September 2020</time> </li> </ul> </div>  </div>  </div>  </header> </div> </div> <div class="l-centre-offset"> <section class="content-longform__main localnav__wrapper"> <div class="book-menu span-9"> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col span-2"> </div> <div class="col span-12"> <div class="l-gutter--right"> <div class=" article-full__body"> <h2>Introduction</h2><p>Jisc has supported thinktank聽<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221001233919/http://demos.co.uk/">Demos</a>聽in the production of this report, to enable an independent view of the impact of advanced technologies on the researcher and the research environment.聽聽</p><p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221001233919/https://demos.co.uk/project/research-4-0-research-in-the-age-of-automation-2"> <figure class="media media-element media--right file-default"> <div class="media__inner"> <img alt="Demos research 4.0 report cover" style="width: 250px; height: 330px;" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20221001233919im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/demos-research-40-report-cover-300.jpg" title=""/> </div> </figure> </a></p><p>Demos undertook a series of interviews with leading researchers and academics to inform their findings, as well as a sector roundtable and extensive desk research.聽</p><p>A decade ago, Demos, supported by Jisc,聽published <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221001233919/https://www.demos.co.uk/files/Edgeless_University_-_web.pdf">The Edgeless University</a>.聽Then, they looked at how the internet, social networks and聽online collaborative tools were set to transform聽the creation of, and access to, knowledge.</p><p>Today,聽Demos is again looking at how technology is聽transforming academia, this time examining how聽the fourth industrial revolution and AI, in particular,聽are reshaping the research landscape.</p><p><a href="/web/20221001233919/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-response-to-demos-report-15-sep-2020">Read Jisc's response to the report recommendations.</a></p><p><a class="custom-btn custom-btn--default" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221001233919/https://demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Research-4.0-Report.pdf">Download the full report (pdf)</a></p> </div> <footer class="article-full__footer"> <section 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