Electronic Engineering: Research Guide

Digital infrastructure is not an input to the technology sector – it is the layer on which all future economic activity will be built, and the UK's position is one of genuine strength but mounting risk.

South Korea’s AI-memory boom proves that it can still lead at the technological frontier. The proposed Future Response Fund and national megaprojects will test whether South Korea can turn that lead into stronger suppliers, exportable capabilities, and allied scale before Chinese expansion narrows its industrial base.

As Europe navigates a more turbulent geopolitical landscape, this report sets out the scale of UK–EU digital and security interdependence - worth over $350 billion in bilateral digitally deliverable services trade - and the practical opportunities for closer cooperation ahead of the UK–EU Summit.

A survey among 32 think tank members of the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance (GTIPA) across 25 countries finds strong optimism about technological progress, but much less confidence in the global policy environment. Respondents are bullish on emerging technologies and skeptical of recent trade changes, and broadly favor skills and trade openness.

For policymakers to bolster the global competitiveness and innovation capacity of their regions, they must first understand their regions’ strengths and weaknesses. This report—by 11 think tanks from the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance (GTIPA)—benchmarks 213 regions of 13 transatlantic countries using 14 commonly available innovation indicators.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the general-purpose technology of this decade, and possibly even this century, with impacts predicted to be as deep and diffuse as electricity and the Internet. As with other general-purpose technologies in their nascent stages, much still remains uncertain regarding AI’s capacity and direction. This report provides GTIPA members’ perspectives the state of innovation policy on AI around the world, compiling 32 vignettes from 28 think tanks in 30 countries.

Digital technology is the UK's primary growth sector, adding over £100 billion in GVA a year and employing 1.7 million people. It is the country's most significant export engine and the foundation every other industrial strategy sector depends on. The UK has the third-largest tech ecosystem in the world by valuation, the deepest tech labour market in Europe, and in 2026 alone has raised roughly as much venture capital as the rest of Europe combined. The question is no longer whether government should intervene in technology markets. It is how to do so without weakening the firms the UK relies on for growth.

Heavy dependence on Chinese APIs creates risks to the drug supply and national security. To reduce dependence, U.S. policy should support domestic and allied production through the advanced manufacturing innovation, tax incentives, import limits, regulatory reforms, improved analysis, and targeted procurement, including strategic stockpiling.

Policymakers are rushing to regulate AI chatbots. But they should carefully weigh the best approaches to enable safe usage while meaningfully protecting children from harm.

[AI.GOV 이슈리포트 2026-1호]공공부문 AI 통제를 위한 사람 감독의 해외 사례 분석 및 시사점 Ⅰ. 배경 및 필요성 Ⅱ. 공공 AI의 진화와 사람 감독 체계 Ⅲ. 공공부문 AI 사람 감독의 해외 사례 Ⅳ. 시사점 한국지능정보사회진흥원의 사전 승인 없이 본 보고서의 무단전재나 복제를 금하며, 가공·인용할 때는 반드시 출처를 명시하여 주시기 바랍니다. 본 보고서의 내용은 한국지능정보사회진흥원의 공식 견해와 다를 수 있으며, 문의 및 제안은 아래 연락처로 문의해주시기 바랍니다. 인공지능정부본부 AI정부기획팀 박슬기 책임..

The era of free trade globalization is over. To replace it, the United States should lead a new class of binding deals with allies, with a dual objective of strengthening allied national economic power industries and weakening China’s.

The Critical Supply Group has published their 2026 report examining UK supply chains. techUK has been named a collaborator in the report due to our work connecting the CSG with tech companies as part of their research. The CSG spoke to around 180 companies about their supply chains, with most involved in the manufacturing of goods.

Canada should significantly expand commercialization-focused grant programs through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and increase Canada’s overall health science research investments to a scale commensurate with global competition.

Canada funds university research but gives universities too little reason to turn that into Canadian firms, patents, and industrial capacity. To better align their incentives with national goals, funding should flow in part on standardized commercialization outcomes, with universities left to decide how to deliver them.

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum is pleased to announce a new independent study exploring the future of lunar communications.