COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely disrupted the lives of children and their families. It is vitally important that we work to protect children from the health risks of the virus as well as its lasting impacts across many other areas.
Where and how has COVID-19 impacted children’s access to recreational sports across Scotland?
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.
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.