2022 Project Case Studies
The following projects were undertaken between September 2022 and August 2023.
Leeds Best City Planning: Harnessing 2021 Census
The census provides an extensive snapshot of society, and it is utilised by the government and local authorities to inform policy and resource allocation. However, it is difficult to utilise this resource without prior experience in data manipulation and analysis.
Owen Hibbert
Non-household water use benchmarking
Water stress in the UK requires greater efficiency in water use. In the non-household sector, a water use dashboard can help customers understand their consumption and enables water companies to target conservation guidance on atypically high users. Working towards this dashboard vision this project analysed water use by business type and explored methods of identifying high users within sectors.
Tamara Garcia del Toro
The effects of psychological threats on consumer behaviour
The effects of psychological threats resulting from hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and mass shootings on the spending behaviour of consumers have been investigated in New Orleans, Houston, Orlando, Charleston, San Diego and Las Vegas.
Michael Baidu
Exploring inequalities in mobility behaviour with synthetic data
This project proposes a novel approach to analysing synthetic mobility data generated from an agent-based model.
Abigail Brake
Exploring mechanisms for Omega-3 anti-colorectal cancer effect
Omega-3 fatty acids (O3FAs) are known to have an anti-colorectal cancer (CRC) effect, although the mechanism(s) behind this anti-CRC activity are unclear. One potential mechanism is the increased production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) by resident gut bacteria in response to O3FA concentration.
Alex Davie