Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is proud to celebrate Data Scientist, Chenrui Xiao, who was awarded the GoFundGeo grant during the GISRUK 2026 Conference at the University of Birmingham in April. The prize, co-funded by GISRUK and OSGeo:UK, is awarded to just one presenter and is only in its third year. It is awarded...
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is recruiting for a new Director of Research and Innovation - this is an internal role open only to University of Leeds employees. The role is 0.2 FTE buy out, for two years in the first instance, with the option to extend by mutual agreement at the end of...
Global data science and AI research collaboration is accelerating, and international partnerships are generating insight at an unprecedented scale. As data needs grow and security expectations evolve, Trusted Research Environments (TRE’s) are playing an increasingly central role in enabling secure, cross-border collaboration. At the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA), that capability continues to expand....
International Women’s Day on 8 March has a theme this year with particular relevance to data science, AI and our focus in Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA): “Give to Gain”. The theme has given cause for some reflection. Our experience is that to maximise the quality of our research, education and data governance activity,...
Organisations across the public, private and third sectors are invited to explore how their data could deliver real-world impact through the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) Data Insights Programme. LIDA is currently welcoming enquiries from external organisations interested in scoping six-month, collaborative data insights projects, delivered in partnership with academic experts and data scientists...
At a time of significant uncertainty across the National Health Service, the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) Academic Fellowship is demonstrating clear value, strategic alignment and real-world impact. One year into the first LIDA Academic Fellowship, the programme is already positioning Leeds as a national leader in process mining for healthcare and AI-enabled health...
Dr Richard Hodgett, Associate Professor in Business Analytics and Decision Science and MBA Director at the Leeds University Business School, is the programme’s new Academic Chair from January 2026. The Academic Chair is a key member of the Data Scientist Development Programme (DSDP) leadership team, responsible for driving forward its strategic aims and ensuring academic...
We're delighted to share with you our LIDA Annual Showcase 2025, in it you’ll find a series of data science and AI case studies, videos and commentaries from across our Research and Innovation, Education and Training and Research Technology portfolios. LIDA’s overarching vision, strongly aligned to the University’s academic strategy for the period 2020-2030: Universal...
A year on from announcing LIDA: Health’s success in securing MRC Biomedical Data Science Leadership funding, the project - now officially named PROMOTE: Progressing Routes and Opportunities through Mentoring, Openness, Training, and Equity for biomedical data scientists - has entered an exciting new phase of delivery. PROMOTE aims to improve career progression pathways and leadership opportunities for biomedical data scientists, with...
Dr Marlous Hall, Associate Professor and Lead of the Health Community at the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA), has been awarded a prestigious £2 million Career Development Award from the Wellcome Trust. The fellowship, part of Wellcome’s flagship scheme supporting exceptional mid-career researchers with the potential to become international leaders, will fund Dr Hall’s...