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Lawrence Ning Lu, LIDA PhD Student and founder of the Leeds Data Science Society, is leading a team in the Hiscox University Data Challenge. The ‘Hiscox University Data Challenge’ sees three teams from LSE, York and Leeds Universities compete to solve real world problems, giving Hiscox the opportunity to tap into creative and analytical minds with a...
Janet Cade, University of Leeds We all know that most people could improve the quality of their diet. Most of us do not eat the recommended five-a-day portions of fruit and vegetables – let alone seven or even ten, as some have suggested. Nor do we consume adequate amounts of oily fish. Instead, intakes are...
This ESRC White Rose DTP studentship presents the opportunity to work in collaboration with the House of Commons. Discussions of contemporary politics have focussed recently on the so-called “crisis of disengagement” bemoaning the increasing disconnection between the public and holders of political authority. On the other hand, political debate takes place increasingly on the Internet...
We are looking to expand our LIDA team with two three year Research Fellow positions currently available. The first post is attached to the PIGSustain project, a multi-disciplinary, cross-institution collaborative project investigating the future of the UK’s pig industry. The role focuses on understanding consumption patterns and forecasting consumer trends. The second post is attached...
Each year in the UK around 41,000 people are diagnosed with the disease and 16,000 die from it. It is estimated that detecting and managing the illness costs the NHS in excess of £1.1 billion annually and, in parallel, the research community puts significant resource and effort into understanding, detecting and managing the disease. Despite...
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CDRC PhD Student Rachel Oldroyd is one of the UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows. Rachel is a quantitative human geographer based at the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC)at the University of Leeds, and here discusses how novel types of data are used to detect illness caused by contaminated food or drink. Affecting an estimated 1 million...
The ‘digital skills shortage’ is a term that’s been around for a while and is often used to describe the challenge faced by employers when trying to recruit staff with specialist IT skills, such as Data Analysts and Data Scientists. Here at LIDA, we believe the best way to address this shortage is to build...
LIDA researcher Dr Robin Lovelace is lead author on a recently published paper detailing the design, features and potential applications of The Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT). The PCT was designed to assist transport planners and policy makers to prioritise investments and interventions to promote cycling. The tool answers the question: ‘where is cycling currently common...
This paper reports on a landmark study to field-test the influence of a large retailer to change the behaviour of its millions of customers. Previous studies have suggested that social media interaction can influence behaviour. This study implemented three interventions with messages to encourage reductions in food waste. The first was a social influence intervention...