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The “Call Me Sexist But” Dataset
Have you ever wondered if a message you sent may be received as sexist? Did you ask yourself how could you have made it better? To take concrete steps towards understanding what, really, is sexist,...

Using GIS and spatial data to tackle real-world challenges
Nadia Kennar, Research Associate from the UK Data Service, explains the benefits of creating rich spatial data, and how GIS analysis can improve understanding of location-based problems and feed in...

Celebrating 10 years of secure remote access in the UK
As part of our celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the UK Data Service SecureLab, Richard Welpton (Head of Data Services Infrastructure at the ESRC) looks back at the birth of secure remote a...

Family and international migration: Arranging the family life across borders
The standard definition of ‘family’ as a social unit living under one roof might be challenged in the context of international migration. Families are scattered across different countries or even c...

The missing link? Linking surveys with geospatial and digital behavioral data
Survey data are the most widely used type of data in the quantitative social sciences. They have been used to investigate a huge range of societally relevant topics. However, they also have specifi...

SND is granted continued funding from the Swedish Research Council
SND has been granted continued funding from the Swedish Research Council for the time period 2023–2026. The exact amount that has been approved has not yet been announced. At the end of September,...