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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ADR Wales themed projects: Social Justice
22 September 2023
This ADR Wales research agenda will cover inequalities in health outcomes, treatment, accessibility to services, opportunities, and education for the population of Wales. It will utilise linked anonymised, individual-level, population-scale data that is routinely collected. This includes demographic, health, environmental, administrative and social data.
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ADR Wales themed projects: Mental Health
22 September 2023
The ADR Wales Mental Health research programme will focus on the matters of anxiety, depression and suicide and self-harm prevention. This is in line with the Welsh Government’s commitment to invest in mental health by redesigning services to “improve prevention, tackle stigma and promote a no-wrong door approach to mental health support”.
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ADR Wales themed projects: Skills and Employability
22 September 2023
This innovative programme will continue to work with education partners in Wales to better understand the barriers individuals face in finding meaningful work and accessing the skills and training needed to compete. The programme will address questions of low skills levels in Wales, and the progression from education and training to meaningful jobs against a backdrop of Brexit and the pandemic.
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ADR Wales news
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The Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection project powers on
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Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading SAIL Databank
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Welsh Minister commends ADR Wales for informing decision making and calls for data sharing
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ADR Wales and Welsh Government report on Welsh language ability is first publication to use analysis in the Integrated Data Service
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Are farming households different to other rural households in Wales? A view from the AD|ARC project
Publications
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Differences between estimates of Welsh language ability in Census 2021 and household surveys
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Data Insight: Clinical coding and capture of Long COVID: a cohort study in Wales using linked health and demographic data
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Data Insight: European Union Settled Status (EUSS) Data Linkage Project (Wales): Preliminary findings for education
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Supporting People data linking project: Update
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Data Insight: Exploring the complex relationship between legislation, policies and research: Built Environments And Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia (BEACHES)