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ADR UK and OSR publish research report on public perceptions of public good use of data for research and statistics

Our news items and blogs share information, opinions and updates on our work. Find items ordered by date below, or use the filters on the right to select a type (topic or format), partner or research theme. 

23 June 2026

Funding opportunities from UKRI: Policy Fellowships 2026

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has launched the 2026 funding call for Policy Fellowships, offering 50 embedded fellowship positions across 26 host partners spanning UK government departments, devolved governments, arm’s length bodies, and What Works Centres.

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19 June 2026

Building a community for crime and justice administrative data

Administrative data is transforming understanding of crime and justice, helping researchers uncover patterns, evaluate interventions, and generate evidence that can improve outcomes across the justice system. Yet unlocking the full potential of this data requires collaboration across academia, government, policy, and practice. In this blog, Dr Bogusia Wojciechowska, Senior Research Manager at ADR UK, reflects on the launch of the Criminal Justice Administrative Data Network.

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10 June 2026

ESRC funding opportunity: Future Data Services sandpit – transforming discovery and access

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is inviting expressions of interest to attend a sandpit aimed at developing projects to transform discovery and access to data provided by ESRC’s social science data service infrastructures. The projects will deliver a step change in how researchers discover, access and use social science data, and will support the transition to technology-enabled data pipelines for data management, curation, discovery and access.

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2 June 2026

Next step for ADR UK: Websites for each UK nation go live

The new websites cover our work across ADR England, ADR Northern Ireland and ADR Scotland, joining the established ADR Wales website. Alongside these new, more targeted digital spaces, the ADR UK website will remain as our one-stop-shop for what’s happening across the ADR UK partnership.

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29 May 2026

Funding opportunity from UK Parliament: Thematic Research Leads

Applications are open to become a Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead for 2027 to 2029. The UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is collaborating with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to place a cohort of Thematic Research Leads focused on a range of topics, including some relevant to ADR UK data and research.

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