Welcome to Smart Oxford

Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Smart Oxford is the strategic programme of a wide range of city partners working together to develop and promote Oxford as a smart city.

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Culham Science Community

A hub for autonomous and connected vehicle testing, exploring the opportunities for smart cities and intelligent mobility across Oxfordshire and beyond.

Man driving car with no hands. Credit: Oxford Robotics Institute website.

Driverless cars

At the forefront of driverless technology for over a decade, Oxford’s Robotics Institute is developing affordable, simple to install driverless-car systems.

Sensor under bridge. Credit - Flood Network website.

Flood Network

An innovative citizen-based approach to creating an open network of sensors for flood warning and measurement.

Oxford Internet Institute

Undertaking Smart City projects for urban decision-making, estimating population movement and forecasting transport patterns.

Orange reflective architecture. Credit - Photo by Alex wong on Unsplash

Urban Design Research Group

The Urban Design Group is one of the largest UK providers of research expertise in urban design and conservation matters.

Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities

Rethinking the city in theory and practice to better respond to contemporary urban challenges.

MobOx: Mobility Oxford

Understanding the main challenges that the city faces, by analysing local data on transport and the movement of people in and around the city.

Aerial view of Oxford High

Being There

Addressing the challenges of having robot proxies in public spaces, and issues of privacy and trust in human-robot communication.

Cognitive robotics. Credit - Oxford Brookes University Cognitive Robots Group website.

Cognitive Robots Group

Human-robot interaction, autonomous vehicles and bio-inspired robotics, with a focus on more natural ways of interacting with robots.

Low Carbon Oxford

Launched in 2010, Low Carbon Oxford is a pioneering programme of collaboration for a sustainable & low carbon city.

OxFutures

A large-scale investment to develop renewable energy & energy efficiency projects. Kick-started by a grant from Intelligent Energy Europe to leverage investment of £20 million into local energy projects by 2015.

Super Connected Oxford

Our superfast broadband initiative offers faster broadband to businesses, backed by £5M from Dept of Culture, Media and Sport.

Better Broadband for Oxfordshire

Bringing digital infrastructure to the whole of Oxfordshire.

Colourful train

Transport Studies Unit

An established international reputation in transport policy analysis, the development of new methodologies and behavioural studies.

Digital Oxford

Digital Oxford aims to promote Oxford’s world-class status as digital destination to attract jobs, funding, talent, and investment for digital industry in Oxfordshire.