Have a read about what our small but mighty team get up to on a day-to-day basis and what they’re most excited about for the Collaborative this year.

For Safer Internet Day 2021, we’ve joined the conversation about how to build an Internet we trust. The internet has an amazing range of information and opportunities online, but how do we separate fact from fiction?

We are delighted to celebrate the inclusion of our director Alex Hutchison as part of the dataIQ 100 most influential people in data.

We’re excited to celebrate the nomination of our Programme Administrator, Alessandra Fassio, as a Women in AI Hero! #WAIROE

Watch a recording of lunch and learn webinar session inviting academics to learn more about the Collaborative and our ways of working.

Read our Director Alex Hutchison’s interview with PrivSec global where she discusses the Collaborative and how we are improving outcomes for children through ethical data use.

We attended UNICEF Innocenti’s Leading Minds Webinar to discover more about the current infodemic and how this puts children at risk.

We recently commissioned a piece of work to The GovLab at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering to complete a topic mapping exercise on youth and climate change.

A review of the recent UNICEF report: ‘Worlds of Influence: Understanding what shapes child well-being in rich countries.’

We are delighted to publish our ethical assessment which captures the unique challenges posed by working on data projects for children.

As part of DataFest20, we attended the Turing’s Testers Women in Data Science event- encouraging school girls to get involved and close the gender gap in data, technology and computing.

The Data Lab held an event at the Scottish Government, showcasing The Data Lab’s work in Scotland and how their various transformative projects are helping to address complex global issues through the use of data.

Having signed our collaboration agreement in September, we are launching in the academic space to encourage those with relevant research interests and experience to get involved in our projects.

We took part in NTT Data’s 10th annual Open Innovation Contest on the 2nd December.

Listen to our Delivery Director Alex Hutchison and Jude McCorry from The Data Lab talk about the Data for Children Collaborative in an interview with Brian Hills.

This Collaborative will deliver a portfolio of projects across a range of topics with a priority focus initially on Obesity, Poverty and Population Dynamics.