ADR Wales
ADR Wales brings together world-renowned data science experts, leading academics and specialist teams within Welsh Government to produce evidence that shapes future policy decisions in Wales. The partnership is ideally placed to maximise the utility of anonymous and secure data to shape public service delivery, which will ultimately improve the lives of people in Wales.
ADR Wales unites specialists in each field from Population Data Science at Swansea University and the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) at Cardiff University with statisticians, economists and social researchers from Welsh Government. The cutting-edge data analysis techniques and research excellence developed, along with the world-renowned SAIL Databank, allow the delivery of robust, secure and informative research.
The data linked and analysed by ADR Wales aims to address the priority areas for action in Wales, as identified in the Welsh Government’s Programme for Government. Early years, education, housing, social care, social justice, mental health, health and wellbeing, climate change, skills and employment and major societal challenges are at the centre of the partnership’s work.
For more information on ADR Wales projects, visit the ADR Wales website or browse the ADR Wales project list.
The Strategy
ADR Wales’ 2022 – 2026 Strategy recognises the team’s expertise, builds on existing relationships and imparts lessons learned to best support policy and practice in Wales and across the UK.
How is it funded?
ADR Wales is funded directly by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) with a dedicated portion of the total investment in ADR UK, currently until March 2026. To find out more about how ADR UK is funded, see About Us. Further details of the grants awarded to Welsh Government and Swansea University can be seen on UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)’s Gateway to Research platform.
ADR Wales projects
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Cancer Data Driven Detection: Exploring cancer inequalities in Wales
22 January 2025
ADR UK is providing in-kind support to Cancer Research UK's Cancer Data Driven Detection initiative, by funding a project using linked administrative and health data to understand the incidence of breast and bowel cancer in Wales.
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ADR UK Research Fellows: Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection
9 January 2025
ADR UK is funding two Research Fellows to use the newly available Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection (AD|ARC) dataset to explore the socioeconomic characteristics and economic resilience of farming households. The successful Research Fellows, and the projects they carry out, are part of the ADR UK Fellowship programme, which promotes research using ADR UK flagship datasets.
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Healthy Households
12 March 2024
This project will create a new research-ready dataset by linking housing data with other administrative and health data for England, Scotland and Wales. The project team will also develop tools to support researchers in using this data. This will enable new, policy-relevant insights into the make-up of households and the circumstances they experience.
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ADR Wales news
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ADR UK Conference 2025 Awards: Introducing the winners
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A week on: reflecting on the ADR UK Conference 2025
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Fuelling the engine: MetadataWorks at the ADR UK Conference 2025
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Why the ADR UK Conference 2025 matters: A public perspective
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Bringing linked data on cohorts to the ADR UK community: Why the Centre for Longitudinal Studies is supporting the ADR UK Conference 2025
Publications
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Data Insight: Supporting the Migrant Integration Framework for Wales - examining GP registrations and activity by migrant status
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Data Insight: Active travel to school in Wales: A data linkage project and exploratory analysis
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Data Insight: Disengagement from school among pupils experiencing homelessness in Wales
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Exploring cancer inequalities in Wales through linked administrative data
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The impact of co-occurring homelessness and substance misuse on secondary healthcare in Wales
