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.…
Ben Brindle, a PhD student at the University of Brighton and one of our #DataImpactFellows, discusses what he learnt on the UK Data Service’s Safe Researcher training course recently.…
Esmeralda Bon, one of our #DataImpactFellows, considers the benefits and pitfalls for academics of measuring goodwill.…
Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, concentrating here on different views to what data are.…
Christian Reynolds, one of our #DataImpactFellows, tells us about a day in his life as a Technical Specialist at WRAP and seeing data impact in action.…
Janet Bowstead, one of our #DataImpactFellows for 2019, explores how fast and slow thinking could make a difference in creating impact.…
Neil Dymond-Green investigates an approach to mapping city trees using Google Street View data.…
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. James Cockett recalls presenting his research to the Low Pay Commission.…
Stuart Mills asks; how do we balance the societal transformations we can see as a result of digital technology and data with the political economy which persists within that same society?…