The UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows 2017-2019 talk about their research and developing impact. The Data Impact Fellows programme is designed to support the use of UK Data Service data and resources by new generations of scholars through the research partnerships they develop and the students they teach through out their careers. Hear more about their role as #DataImpactFellows.
Esmeralda Bon – blog posts
Esmeralda is an ESRC-funded PhD student in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL), an advisory non-departmental public body sponsored by the Cabinet Office. Esmeralda is affiliated with the Centre for British Politics and the Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP). Her research focuses on the political communication of UK public office holders and civil society actors, and the political communication of public office holders and citizens, and how this affects public opinion in general and voting behaviour more specifically.
Oliver Exton – blog posts
Oliver is an ESRC funded PhD student in Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge. Oliver’s research investigates how firms and workers respond to rapid import growth, price changes driven by fluctuations in exchange rates, and changes to EU and extra-EU trading partners’ trade policy. He investigates the magnitude and heterogeneity of firm and worker responses on the extensive and intensive margins.
Anthonia Ijeoma Onyeahialam – blog posts
Anthonia is Postdoctoral Research Associate (GIS and Geovisualisation) on the GLOBAL-RURAL Project Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. Anthonia is a research associate with interdisciplinary interests in globalisation and rural communities. Her research focuses on the way digital and visual technologies are deployed in the dissemination of evidence in ways that influence, and promote public engagement.
Matteo Sandi – blog posts
Matteo is a Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Matteo joined LSE in October 2015 and his current fields of research are the economics of crime and the economics of education. His research looks at the impact of policing on crime, the determinants of youth crime, and the effect of discipline in school on the desire and possibility to engage in youth crime.
Aishah Selamat – blog posts
Aishah is a second year PhD student with the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University. Aishah’s research is co-funded by Bournemouth University and County Coaches (UK) LLP (a company of Travelmanagement4u.com). Aishah aims to develop an Intelligent Transportation Analytical Model for SMEs. Her role involves influencing the practice of establishing a data driven decision-making culture within the SME, particularly in the area of Digital Marketing.
The Fellows join our first Fellows and are blogging throughout their fellowship and will develop case studies as they go to share the outcomes of their role as UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows. We plan to hold events about developing impact as an early career researcher and chart the Fellows’ journey as the plot their impact paths. Follow the Fellows on #DataImpactFellows and watch this space!