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Welcome to our Knowledge Zone!

Please note this page won’t be updated from August 2023 - for all out new outputs, please click on the button below.

Actionable Insights

Here you can find a collection of the different outputs across our projects that are helping others to make a difference to children’s lives.

Actionable Insights
Report: Is physical access to basic services a determinant of multidimensional childhood poverty?
Poverty
Access to Services
Report: Is physical access to basic services a determinant of multidimensional childhood poverty?
Poverty
Access to Services

This report is an output from our Poverty team, and it describes the work conducted for the Child Poverty and Access to Services (CPAS) project. The project's ultimate aim was to determine if geographic access to health centres correlated with multidimensional child poverty.

Poverty
Access to Services
Summary: Focus Group Discussions with young People in Jamaica
Mental Health
Summary: Focus Group Discussions with young People in Jamaica
Mental Health

The objective of the focus group discussions was to evaluate the ways that adolescents and young people interact with technology.

Mental Health
Report: Prevention of Adolescent Mental Health Conditions - Is Technology a Possible Source for Good?
Mental Health
Report: Prevention of Adolescent Mental Health Conditions - Is Technology a Possible Source for Good?
Mental Health

This report is an output from our Mental Health project feasibility phase, aiming to establish foundational knowledge, requirements and frameworks, which will lead to developing replicable research methodologies.

Mental Health
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index Systematic Review of the Literature - Findings, Outcomes & Policy Recommendations
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index Systematic Review of the Literature - Findings, Outcomes & Policy Recommendations
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index

This report has been compiled as part of the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) Project for UNICEF based on the work undertaken for the systematic literature review.

Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Case Studies: Young People Advisors INSPIRE Case Studies
Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab
Case Studies: Young People Advisors INSPIRE Case Studies
Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab

Youth volunteers from five countries – Brazil, China, Colombia, Cote d’Ivore, and Uganda – looked into the implementation and outcomes of specific INSPIRE interventions. As a result of their participation, five case studies were produced – each of which assessed the successes and challenges of interventions.

Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab
Report and Guide: INSPIRE Accelerator Young People Advisors Report And Guide
Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab
Report and Guide: INSPIRE Accelerator Young People Advisors Report And Guide
Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab

Based on the youth-centred activities carried out for Young People Advisors, the Inspire Accelerator: Young People Advisors Report And Guide was created. The guide provides tangible examples for involving youth in research and assessment of interventions that directly impact their well-being.

Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab
Report: A Scoping Study on Data and Information that Describes Poverty and Educational Attainment
Poverty
Northern Alliance
Report: A Scoping Study on Data and Information that Describes Poverty and Educational Attainment
Poverty
Northern Alliance

As part of our Northern Alliance project, this report by the Fraser of Allander Institute looks across a wide range of data, some of which are rural specific, to scope out alternative evidence that could be used by schools and local authorities to identify issues that may be impacting attainment.

Poverty
Northern Alliance
Report: Democratising Action for Attainment
Poverty
Northern Alliance
Report: Democratising Action for Attainment
Poverty
Northern Alliance

This report by CivicDataLab captures the work undertaken with stakeholders to identify the shared knowledge gap across local authorities, identify the most appropriate indicators and map the suitable data sources that can be used at the school catchment aggregation.

Poverty
Northern Alliance
Policy Brief: Children's Climate Risk Index
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Policy Brief: Children's Climate Risk Index
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index

As part of our climate change project, helping UNICEF to develop their Children’s Climate Risk Index, we have produced a policy brief that highlights just how vulnerable children are to the risks of climate change.

Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index

UNICEF have generated a new report, supported by our climate change project team, to highlight the real risk that climate change poses on children and young people, now and in the future.

Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index

Responsible Innovation

These outputs all relate to our Responsible Innovation framework, which helps us use data to improve outcomes for children in a safe, trusted and transparent way.

Responsible Innovation
Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion. Recording and a Summary of a Panel Discussion.
Climate Change
CCRI, Children's Climate Risk Index
Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion. Recording and a Summary of a Panel Discussion.
Climate Change
CCRI, Children's Climate Risk Index

A summary and a recording from the event we ran in November 2022: Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion.

Climate Change
CCRI, Children's Climate Risk Index
Blog: Putting Ethics Into Practice
Responsible Innovation
Ethics
Blog: Putting Ethics Into Practice
Responsible Innovation
Ethics

A blog detailing our involvement with the creation of the Scottish Government’s Data and Intelligence Network Ethical Workbook.

Responsible Innovation
Ethics
Impact Statement: In Isolation, Instead of in School
COVID-19
In Isolation, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: In Isolation, Instead of in School
COVID-19
In Isolation, Impact Statement

An Impact Statement for our project examining how isolation, school closure and exam cancellation caused by Covid-19 affected the mental health of young people.

COVID-19
In Isolation, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Impact Collaborations Process
Responsible Innovation
How we work, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Impact Collaborations Process
Responsible Innovation
How we work, Impact Statement

An Impact Statement for our Impact Collaboration process.

Responsible Innovation
How we work, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 on Children in Scotland
COVID-19
Socioeconomic Impacts, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 on Children in Scotland
COVID-19
Socioeconomic Impacts, Impact Statement

An Impact Statement for our project addressing the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on children.

COVID-19
Socioeconomic Impacts, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Building Footprint Identification
Population
Building Footprint Identification, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Building Footprint Identification
Population
Building Footprint Identification, Impact Statement

An Impact Statement for our Building Footprint Identification project.

Population
Building Footprint Identification, Impact Statement
Case Study: Data Driven Innovation Programme
Responsible Innovation
How we work
Case Study: Data Driven Innovation Programme
Responsible Innovation
How we work

A case study feature for the Collaborative by the University of Edinburgh’s Data Driven Innovation programme.

Responsible Innovation
How we work
Interview: Ethical Intelligence
Responsible Innovation
Ethics
Interview: Ethical Intelligence
Responsible Innovation
Ethics

An interview with Ethical Intelligence to discuss both the journey of creating the Ethical Assessment as well as now implementing it over the past year of its existence.

Responsible Innovation
Ethics
Blog: Building a Collaborative Team
Ad-Hoc
HIV
Blog: Building a Collaborative Team
Ad-Hoc
HIV

A blog taking stock of what it has been like to set up a (large!) global collaborative team to work on such an important project.

Ad-Hoc
HIV
Impact Statement: Ethical Assessment
Responsible Innovation
Ethics, Impact Statement
Impact Statement: Ethical Assessment
Responsible Innovation
Ethics, Impact Statement

An Impact Statement for our ethical assessment.

Responsible Innovation
Ethics, Impact Statement

Knowledge Exchange

We want to share our learnings with you - and that’s why we encourage you to scroll through this collection of useful resources spanning a variety of topics.

Knowledge Exchange
Guide: Step-by-Step Guide: Running Global Systematic Reviews
Knowledge Exchange, Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab
Guide: Step-by-Step Guide: Running Global Systematic Reviews
Knowledge Exchange, Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab

A guide on how to conduct a systematic review on a global scale. Each section will show the steps taken, recommendations, and reflections on each part of the process. The four steps this guide will discuss are recruitment, designing the study, training & engagement of the reviewers, and creating outputs.

Knowledge Exchange, Ad-Hoc
End Violence Lab
Paper: Toward a Demand-Driven, Collaborative Data Agenda for Adolescent Mental Health
Knowledge Exchange, Mental Health
Mental Health
Paper: Toward a Demand-Driven, Collaborative Data Agenda for Adolescent Mental Health
Knowledge Exchange, Mental Health
Mental Health

A paper introducing a collaborative, demand-driven methodology for the development of a strategic adolescent mental health research agenda.

Knowledge Exchange, Mental Health
Mental Health
Report: An investigation into how to collect and map data on 'what matters' to Children and Families in Scotland
Knowledge Exchange, Poverty
Poverty, The Promise Scotland
Report: An investigation into how to collect and map data on 'what matters' to Children and Families in Scotland
Knowledge Exchange, Poverty
Poverty, The Promise Scotland

A report conducting an investigation into how to collect and map data on 'what matters' to Children and Families in Scotland.

Knowledge Exchange, Poverty
Poverty, The Promise Scotland
Paper: Validity of Scottish predictors of child obesity (age 12) for risk screening in mid-childhood
Nutrition, Knowledge Exchange
Nutrition, Obesity GUS
Paper: Validity of Scottish predictors of child obesity (age 12) for risk screening in mid-childhood
Nutrition, Knowledge Exchange
Nutrition, Obesity GUS

A paper outlining a secondary analysis of data from the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) cohort for predictors of obesity at the age of 12, present at school entry (age 5-6).

Nutrition, Knowledge Exchange
Nutrition, Obesity GUS
Paper: Using open-source data to construct 20 metre resolution maps of children’s travel time to the nearest health facility
Poverty
Access to Services
Paper: Using open-source data to construct 20 metre resolution maps of children’s travel time to the nearest health facility
Poverty
Access to Services

A paper presenting the data and methods used to create more realistic estimates of travel times to health facilities in Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Poverty
Access to Services
Paper: Census-independent population estimation using representation learning
Population
Population Estimation
Paper: Census-independent population estimation using representation learning
Population
Population Estimation

A published journal paper from our Population Estimation project exploring how census-independent population estimation approaches have shown promise in providing frequent and reliable population estimates locally.

Population
Population Estimation
Paper: Statistical Analysis of the Educational Mobility of Primary Schools Across Scotland
Poverty
Northern Alliance
Paper: Statistical Analysis of the Educational Mobility of Primary Schools Across Scotland
Poverty
Northern Alliance

As part of our project: Understanding Poverty and Attainment Across the Northern Alliance Region, The University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute completed a statistical analysis paper of the educational mobility of primary schools across Scotland.

Poverty
Northern Alliance
Paper: Census-Independent Population Estimation using Representation Learning
Population
Population Estimation
Paper: Census-Independent Population Estimation using Representation Learning
Population
Population Estimation

A paper exploring recent representation learning approaches, and assessing the transferability of representations to population estimation in Mozambique.

Population
Population Estimation
Atlas: Children's Climate Risk Index
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Atlas: Children's Climate Risk Index
Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index

This interactive atlas allows users to visualize the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) and its key components on a map.

Climate Change
Children's Climate Risk Index
Travel Time Maps: Child Poverty Access to Services
Poverty
Access to Services
Travel Time Maps: Child Poverty Access to Services
Poverty
Access to Services

A collection of travel time maps to various health services produced as part of our Child Poverty Access to Services project.

Poverty
Access to Services