The UK Data Service welcomes the UK Government’s National Data Strategy. We introduce some of the key points and encourage people to contribute to the consultation.
Category: Policy Impact
Stuart Mills concludes his series on data policy theory, exploring simulcara, doppelgangers and how much we really exist in a virtual world.
Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, focusing on the opportunities and problems of nudging.
Diarmuid McDonnell discusses how social scientists can access real-time datasets on the Covid-19 outbreak, and how this data might be used to inform policy relating to the crisis.
Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, exploring data as a resource and how it is shared or traded.
Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, exploring data as a resource and how it is shared or traded.
Rhys Davies explores how he uncovered problems with official UK government figures on trade union presence and coverage – and how the government recognised and corrected the error.
Emily Harris and Matthew Oakley from the Social Metrics Commission’s Secretariat introduce the release of the code underlying the Commission’s new poverty measure.
Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, concentrating here on different views to what data are.