COVID19 – New Normal
New Normal: Insights and solutions from Imperial College London
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the talent at Imperial College London have provided insights and solutions to help alleviate the crisis and save lives. They’re also here to help your organisation adapt to a life after lockdown and succeed in the ‘new normal’.
Select a topic below to get a taste of our experts’ latest thinking and technology solutions – then, simply contact us to discuss your specific need.
How our experts can help address your challenges…
- Project or strategy development
- Product and process design and development advice
- Lab-based testing and assessment of products or processes
- Review of existing, new or emerging technology
- Expert witness and advisory services
- Collaboration on research and development
- Off-the-shelf technology plus staff and student ‘start-ups’ already delivering solution
Life after lockdown: Work and wellbeing
Businesses are under huge strains, from managing the bottom line to understanding ways in which they can continue to operate. Taking care of your staff will be a hugely important factor that is under your influence, so check out how Imperial's ecosystem can help you support your employees' wellbeing 'at work'. read more
Life after lockdown: Research and development
With lockdown and limited access to labs in-house R&D is proving difficult and costly right now. Imperial's experts can undertake testing, review tech or offer their tech under licence. read more
Life after lockdown: Infrastructure
By making our infrastructure smarter, more resilient and more sustainable we will be better-placed to emerge as a stronger society. It's just requires brave, data-based decisions - and riding the current political and social challenges. read more
Life after lockdown: Business as unusual
How can you adapt to the 'new normal' without access to facilities, a full workforce or face to face meetings – and with consumers shifting spending even further online? How can you flourish? read more
Life after lockdown: Health and healthcare
As the first volunteer receives Imperial’s COVID-19 vaccine – academics from across Imperial are working on solutions to take us past the pandemic into life after lockdown. read more
Life after lockdown: Energy
Build a more resilient, more sustainable and greener future, whether you’re part of the energy sector, a policy-maker or looking to cut your energy costs to make your business more efficient. read more
Life after lockdown: Leadership
As your business adapts to novel demands on its operations, communications and HR management, ethical leadership could help your company be more agile and productive. read more
New Normal: Environment
Lockdown during the COVID-19 crisis meant less unnecessary air travel and fewer vehicles on the road, thanks to more home-working. How can we apply what we learnt to the longer-term fight against climate change?. read more
Life after lockdown: Food security
Food security, like energy, is a universal issue. Famine has affected large parts of the developing world for generations and the COVID-19 crisis highlighted shortcomings in more developed countries’ reliance on long chains or big, international suppliers. What's next? read more
Life after lockdown: COVID-19 response
Imperial's experts, from a wide range of disciplines, have and continue to keep us informed about COVID-19 and the coronavirus response, save lives through vaccines and testing - and provide solutions to protect the NHS. read more
Life after lockdown: Economy and recovery
COVID-19 has bought parts of the economy to a standstill and the costs of furloughing great swathes of the UK workforce must be met. Imperial’s academics look at how we can re-boot business – and whether the economy can be re-built with cleaner and greener investment read more
Life after lockdown: Transport
COVID-19 has changed everything. Or has it? How can transport companies, commuters and consumers adjust? Planes, trains and automobiles - best practice, e-mobility and air quality discussed. read more
Insights
Design Psychology
As human-facing technologies change the way we interact, Dr Nejra van Zalk considers how mental health can be put at the forefront of digital platform design. read more
The future of urban air
How could future technologies and social interventions change urban air for city dwellers? Hover over the map created by Imperial's researchers, futurists and our Tech Foresight team. read more
Pandemics and privacy
Contact tracing apps will take and keep some data from users. This insight discusses ways of minimising privacy implications. read more
Case studies
Spotlight on Dogger Bank HVDC system
Imperial researchers review the rollout of High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology on the world's largest offshore wind farm - Dogger Bank Wind Farm - with SSE Renewables and Hitachi Energy, read more
Bio-Inspired Aerial Robotics
Dr Mirko Kovac is Director of the Aerial Robotics Laboratory at Imperial College London, and Senior Lecturer in Aero-structures. His research focuses on the development of biologically inspired flying robots for distributed sensing of air and water, search and rescue plus autonomous repair and construction. read more
Freshwater control system
Expertise in hydrological modelling helped PyTerra demonstrate the potential of new smart technology to reduce downstream flooding. read more