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Do the arts help defend against cognitive decline and dementia in older people?
Daisy Fancourt explores whether arts and cultural activities can protect against cognitive decline and dementia.
Hacking data on nutrition and greenhouse gas emissions
What happened at the GGDOT Hacknight in Manchester, when people explored the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and a dataset looking at greenhouse gas emissions associated with food?
The income satisfaction paradox among pensioners in Europe
Liisa-Maria Palomäki explores the paradox between higher financial satisfaction and lower income for pensioners in Europe, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditi...
The impact of Brexit uncertainty on UK exports
Oliver Exton, one of our Data Impact Fellows, explores how uncertainty over Brexit is affecting firms which export.
Working with a long-term illness – does employment status make a difference?
Across the developed world, a growing share of the population suffers from chronic disease such as diabetes, arthritis or heart problems and that affects their ability to work. But how do the self-...
Social media use and young people’s mental health: ‘chicken and egg’ – or something else?
The connections between social media and young people’s mental health are very much in the news. Professor Liz Twigg from the University of Portsmouth discusses some questions about this phen...