Public sector

Public sector bodies and services collect, produce, and process a huge range of data across many areas of activity. Crises such as Covid19 highlight the value of improved sharing of data between public bodies to deliver faster responses to regional challenges and better services. Our experts can help organisations deliver more public benefits from data sets.

A global light

Childlight is exploring how data can be used to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse. Professor Deborah Fry, Director of Data and Chair of International Child Protection Research, explains how data is used to create change, from prevention to building better responses and strengthening law enforcement, social welfare and education.

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Using data to improve children’s lives

From assessing children’s access to health centres in Uganda to understanding adolescents’ use of social media in Kazakhstan, the Data for Children Collaborative employs data for all sorts of purposes. However, the ultimate goal is always the same - to improve children’s lives.

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Data for schools-based intervention

Research fellow, Sarah Galey worked with Intensive Family Support Services to understand the network effect of school-based support systems. Sarah detailed a social network analysis of a geographically dispersed programme where services worked together, supporting professional development.

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Edinburgh Futures Institute

Edinburgh Futures Institute offers data-rich learning, teaching, research and innovation – and does so in an open environment that fosters collaborations with communities, public, private and third sector organisations. EFI’s mission is to harnesses academic expertise to make a step change in society’s ability to respond to the world’s greatest challenges and deliver benefits locally and around the world. EFI’s ethos is that the development and use of new technologies is too often seen as a purely technical challenge. EFI sees human and social needs as an equally important part of the challenge and brings expertise in ethics, law, policy, philosophy and creativity in conversation with technical expertise to create a better future.

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