Finn Dymond-Green, Director of Impact at the UK Data Service, reviews 2025 in impact: a year that included the 10th anniversary of the Data Impact blog, a fifth cohort of Data Impact Fellows and new impact colleagues.
Anastasia Fadeeva, one of our current cohort of Data Impact Fellows, reflects on her short-term placement at Chiba University and Kyoto University in Japan.
Camilla Philpot Thomsen reflects on the learning, collaboration and ideas that have made up her first year as the Associate Director for Data Operations at the UK Data Service.
John Kenny, from the Tyndall Centre, introduces a new impact case study exploring his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of European public opinion surveys.
The UK Data Service introduces Perspectives on Engagement and Impact – an exciting event for Early Career Researchers.
Tania MBE, Chief Executive of 360Giving, explores the importance of considering power dynamics in data. Tania also outlines some approaches for reflecting on these power dynamics and inequity in data itself.
Rebecca Goldman explores how the Fatherhood Institute champions ‘dad-data’ – from shaping data collection to analysis and knowledge mobilisation – to ensure fathers are visible in both research and decision-making.
Michaela Pawley, a UK Data Service Data Impact Fellow, reflects on the emotional challenges of working with sensitive secondary data and shares practical steps for researcher wellbeing.
Andrea Serna-Castaño, from the University of Bath, discusses the advantages of using synthetic populations to evaluate the impacts of a changing climate and the interventions put in place to mitigate them.