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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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 themed projects: Social Care
15 January 2024
The ADR Wales Social Care programme is led by Social Care Wales, a Welsh Government-sponsored body which registers and sets standards for social workers and social care workers in Wales. This programme will promote the benefits of linked data research and demonstrate its potential for understanding social care in Wales and beyond.
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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 news
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This year's highlights: ADR Wales - exploring active travel and informing interventions to prevent youth homelessness
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New initiatives will support researchers in adult social care
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ADR Wales presents research on equality within the Welsh tertiary education system
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Report investigates children missing from state education in Wales
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PhD placement opportunity with Social Care Wales
Publications
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Estimating numbers of children not in state education using linked administrative data
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Data Insight: BMI and immunisation uptake by different levels of engagement with Flying Start in Swansea
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Data Insight: Inequalities in severe COVID-19 outcomes in Wales, 2020 to 2022
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Data Insight: European Union Settled Status Data Linkage Project (Wales) - Preliminary findings for mental health
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Data Insight: Risk factors associated with primary care-reported domestic violence for women involved in Family Law care proceedings