Shopping data and cancer research
Category: Health and wellbeingHealth researchers from Imperial College London, UCL and the University of Birmingham examine loyalty card data.
Case studies
We bring together case studies and other examples of smart data research in action. Stories of researchers analysing data from companies for social and economic good.
Latest Case Studies ordered by publication date
Pop goes data: the economics of Eurovision
Category: Productivity and prosperityHow University of Liverpool researchers used Mastercard data to assess the economic impact of a major music event.
Mapping the modern economy
Category: Productivity and prosperityA team from the University of Bristol, supported by SDR UK, is developing new tools to track modern businesses.
Beyond the census with smart data
Category: Digital societyAn SDR UK accelerator project at the University of Liverpool is developing a new approach to studying human mobility data.
Why activity data is good for cities
Category: SustainabilityA study from UBDC at the University of Glasgow uses Strava data to reveal new insights for policymakers.
Banking data: new insights on society
Category: Productivity and prosperityResearch from Smart Data Foundry using NatWest data pinpoints financial vulnerability for those in their 50s and 60s.
Smart use of supermarket data
Category: Health and wellbeingSmart data research on food shopping from the Consumer Data Research Centre benefits health and well-being.
Zoopla data shapes housing policy
Category: Productivity and prosperityHow analysis of Zoopla data by the Urban Big Data Centre informs research on the social impact of housing.