Understanding sports activity in Scotland through data: Mapping what the system looks like for young people, and how Covid-19 impacts access to sport.

COVID-19 has impacted many aspects of children’s lives across Scotland and had detrimental effects on their health and well-being. Recreational sport has long been understood as a crucial mechanism for improved health and well-being and positively impacting social cohesion, education, and the economy.

Conversational AI to rebut COVID-19 rumours, myths, and misinformation

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, an epidemic of misinformation has been circulating through different communication channels and communities. The objectives of our project are to increase UNICEF’s ability to identify and track rumours and myths around COVID-19 through the U-Report Chatbot, and to develop more sophisticated tools for responding to and debunking rumours.

In Isolation Instead of in School (INISS): young people’s experiences of COVID-19 and effects on mental health and education

This research will provide vital national data directly from pupils, to assess impacts on mental health and education. It will contextualise pupils’ experience within data on COVID-19 prevalence, health patterns and trends and against educational achievement outcomes data, to inform interventions and policy making.

Public Health EmergenciesData for Children Collaborative with UNICEF8 September 2020INISS

Addressing socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on children in Scotland: A review of capability and available data assets

The aim of this project is to conduct a desk-based exercise that maps the sources of information (data) - and details about those sources - that are seen to relate to understanding more about the socioeconomic impacts of COVID19 for and on children, and by extension how to tackle them.