The University of Lincoln has opened a new innovation lab designed to accelerate the development of advanced decision-support technologies for Defence and other high-stakes sectors. The initiative, named DecisionWorks, brings together academic researchers and industry partners to address the growing demand for faster, more reliable decision processes across complex operational environments.
The lab aims to support organisations facing rising data volumes and increasingly intricate risk profiles. Many Defence programmes now depend on rapid assessment of dynamic information, and the University’s partners are working to create tools that can improve accuracy, reduce delays and enhance situational understanding. The programme is positioned to help organisations manage mission-critical decisions where errors can disrupt operations or increase costs.
Professor Neal Juster, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lincoln, explained: “DecisionWorks places Lincoln at the heart of the UK’s future mission of defence and security in the age of AI. We are bringing together world-class researchers, industry innovators and government partners to tackle some of the hardest problems in complex, high-risk decision-making. This is about ensuring that the UK can make faster, better and more informed decisions than its adversaries – ethically, transparently and responsibly.”
DecisionWorks will operate as a collaborative hub based in Lincoln, with its initial work focused on Defence use cases. It will connect specialist teams with real-world challenges to speed up development cycles and raise the readiness of emerging technologies for operational deployment.
The launch event brought together senior figures from the Defence community who outlined current capability gaps and priority areas for innovation. DecisionWorks sits within the University’s wider research activity in artificial intelligence, digital systems, and applied solutions for national security.
