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David Eaves
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Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
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🆕 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure Report

The latest report by IIPP Policy Fellow @jordynfetter.bsky.social, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @eaves.ca provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI

🔗 Read the report: buff.ly/bS4HkI4

🗺️ Discover the dpimap.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues old and new at the #DPIsummit! Also laying down that hashtag.
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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📲 The DigiLocker Story

The latest IIPP case study explores how India used a new digital public infrastructure (DPI) solution to address document management by leveraging the India Stack and the digital ID system Aadhaar.

🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/TcprfyK

@eaves.ca
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Come study with us!
📣 Are you ready to lead change in a complex, interconnected world? Join our Virtual Open Day on 6 November, 13:00-14:00, to discover the Innovation, Public Policy & Public Value MPA at UCL.

🔗 Book your place today: buff.ly/Qf97Xhb

#PostgraduateStudy #Innovation #TheBartlett #UCL #VirtualOpenDay
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🎉Another week... ANOTHER new case study🎉

The DigiLocker Story: How India is digitising its documents

600 million users and growing. Miles ahead of most other governments.

www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
The DigiLocker Story: How India is digitising its documents
Authored by Ritul Gaur and David Eaves
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎉 CASE STUDY ON GOVERNMENT PLATFORMS! 🎉
Scaling Digital Infrastructure in a Siloed State: How the UK government designed & financed GOV.UK Notify
Notify saves the UK gov millions but creating & financing gov platforms is challenging!
Big TY to Hannah White & @jordynfetter.bsky.social.
bit.ly/42FkBQr
Scaling Digital Infrastructure in a Siloed State
Authored by Hannah White and David Eaves
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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🤝 Building Trust in Sharing Data

The latest IIPP case study by Jordyn Fetter and @eaves.ca explores how the United States Department of Transportation addressed a congestion crisis by identifying and building state capacity on data custodianship and governance.

🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/7HZztBU
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Batteries Dominate Zero-Emission Truck Sales:

"The prospects for hydrogen in road transport look dim. Cost for both vehicles and fuel remain high, infrastructure is challenging, buyers seem uninterested and generous government subsidies won’t last forever."
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#alwaysbecharging
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New case study!!!
🤝 Building Trust in Sharing Data

The latest IIPP case study by Jordyn Fetter and @eaves.ca explores how the United States Department of Transportation addressed a congestion crisis by identifying and building state capacity on data custodianship and governance.

🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/AgO3hJP
September 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Join us for this year's Reynolds Lecture with @mazzucatom.bsky.social on Mission-Oriented Government: Building State Capacity for the 21st Century

📅23 Oct 2025
🕠17:30-18:45
📍Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Book your place: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/2025-...

@iipp-ucl.bsky.social @eaves.ca
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
My feed right night:

Yeah, sure Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid was great but Sneakers is where it is at.
September 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s what I wanted to be growing up. :)
This was Robert Redford trying to play a nerdy uncool policy analyst.
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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In this talk for Futuroscope 2025 (with French subtitles) I say that populism happens midway along each technological revolution. The way out are policies creating new dynamic demand. Last time it was suburbanisation; this time it's reglobalisation for a North-South win-win game. urls.fr/xo9QKg
Carlota PEREZ au Forum du Futuroscope 2025 (4/15)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
urls.fr
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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‪@johnthornhill.bsky.social‬ published an article in the Financial Times wrote about a potential crash of the AI investment hype referring to my work on technological revolutions, financial bubbles and golden ages.
"Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI" on.ft.com/45thsoG
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Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI
[FREE TO READ] History teaches that tech revolutions follow a predictable cycle of installation followed by creative destruction
on.ft.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.
STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support
STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.
issues.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you’re in Vancouver this summer definitely check out “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

I’m no art critic but this @bardonthebeach.bsky.social production was delightfully redone with 80s vibes and the cast just wanted to have fun. It was fantastic.
August 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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As AI advances, more policymakers have been considering the benefits of a public AI compute reserve for startups and research. Sarosh Nagar and @eaves.ca explore what "access to compute" would mean in practice and the importance of these measures for the creation of public goods.
Building Public Compute for the Age of AI
Governments around the world have been developing ways for public-goods-creating entities to access compute.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Whoa! 2 Billion... I remember when we were excited to hit 1 million on what we then called our "Dashboard of Vanity."

So many good people helped make this landmark possible...

Routeware Sends 2 Billion Recycling Reminders—Thanks to You routeware.com/blog/routewa...
Routeware Sends 2 Billion Recycling Reminders—Thanks to You - Routeware
We’ve just hit a major milestone—and it’s all thanks to the cities, towns, and waste haulers who’ve partnered with us on the journey.
routeware.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Back to the online world. And just noticed this big job posting here in the UK...

Director Service Transformation

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
Quick Check Needed
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I'm insanely excited about the launch of the new DPI Map website.(dpimap.org)

It looks beautiful, easier access country data and has a bunch of new features.

Huge thank you to Michelle Wronski, Ole Evans and @krisstinar.bsky.social for making this update happen!
Digital Public Infrastructure Map - UCL IIPP
The first global investigation of digital public infrastructure.
dpimap.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I couldn't imagine a starker piece outlining how America lost the future. Literally driving into a deadend from a economic, sustainability and climate perspective.
One day a future Jared Diamond will write about this period of US politics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🧩 The Service Gap

IIPP Profs @eaves.ca and Mike Braken, with Researcher Michelle Wronski, reflect on Europe's new International Digital Strategy & argue that services should be at the centre of Europe's digital future in their article for @thelisboncouncil.bsky.social

✍️ Read more: buff.ly/c0eocfp
June 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
So many good things going on in this photo.

Can you name them all? :)
June 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM