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COVID-19: Social surveys are now more important than ever

  • 14 May 2020

Patty Doran and Vanessa Higgins highlight how the range of survey and longitudinal data in the UK Data Service collection can give context for the current inequalities being experienced due to the coronavirus lockdown. 

Changing how we think about administrative data

  • 7 May 2020

We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Janet Bowstead explores how administrative data can support research and how a new approach to them may be needed.

Change… a word more relevant now than ever

  • 29 April 2020

We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’.  Anne Alarilla shares an open and personal reflection of change in a time of pandemic.

Revised deadline and the full judging panel: update on the UK Data Service 2020 Dissertation Award

  • 23 April 2020

Jen Buckley introduces the judging panel for the UK Data Service 2020 Dissertation Award and updates us on a revised deadline for applying.

British Red Cross Covid-19 Vulnerability Index Map

  • 21 April 2020

Finn Dymond-Green investigates the British Red Cross’ work on producing a Covid-19 Vulnerability Index and associated mapping.

How web-scraping for Covid-19 data could inform policy

  • 16 April 2020

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.

A researcher’s guide to making the world a better place

  • 6 April 2020

We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Here, Bozena Wielgoszewska shares her guide to making the world a better place.

Transacting with data? Laissez-faire ownership and a political theory of data (part 2)

  • 2 April 2020

Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, exploring data as a resource and how it is shared or traded.

What I have gained from being a Data Impact Fellow: Sarah Knight

  • 31 March 2020

We asked Sarah Knight, one of our original #DataImpactFellows, to share her thoughts on what being a Fellow meant for her.

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