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On 3 March 2026, ADR Northern Ireland hosted an event at Parliament Buildings, Stormont - Children’s Social Care and Homelessness in Northern Ireland: Connecting Data, Changing Futures. The event brought together experts by experience, policymakers, data owners, service providers and researchers to explore how using linked administrative data and lived experience can better inform policy and practice to prevent homelessness among social care experienced young people.
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Connecting Society is back! ADR UK’s podcast, which explores how everyday data can shape our lives, has returned with a new series for 2026. Connecting Society brings together speakers from a wide range of backgrounds to tackle some of the big questions around data, public life and beyond.
This blog by ADR UK Research Fellow Dr Hannah Dickson explores the challenges of violent reoffending in England and Wales, and how a risk assessment tool developed in Sweden – OxRec - might help improve decision making in the criminal justice system. The blog outlines why better risk assessment matters, how current tools could be improved, and what her study hopes to uncover.
This blog offers a preview of the keynote by Helena Benes Matos da Silva at the ADR UK Conference 2025. She will share insights from the work of the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Cidacs), focusing on how linked administrative data in Brazil is transforming public health research, particularly for populations at risk of poor outcomes.
This blog by Evie Parmenter, Senior Research Portfolio Manager at the Economic and Social Research Council, explores the powerful connection between our environment and our health. Drawing on insights from research funded by ADR UK, it highlights how factors like pollution, green space access, and housing conditions shape wellbeing, and how linked administrative data can help drive better decisions and healthier outcomes.
A new Data Insight by ADR UK Research Fellow Dr Angela Sorsby highlights significant differences in how community orders are imposed and completed across ethnic and sex groups in England and Wales.
Dr Ian Thomas and Prof Peter Mackie from the ADR Wales Housing and Homelessness team share insights on their collaboration with youth homelessness charities across Great Britain. By enhancing how charities use data from the 'Upstream' prevention initiative, they aim to drive more effective, evidence-based interventions.
New research from the Better Outcomes from Linked Data (BOLD) team in Wales reveals that people in substance misuse treatment who experience homelessness face severe health inequalities, including higher hospital admissions, longer stays, and increased mental health diagnoses.
A new report by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), produced in collaboration with ADR UK, explores the experiences of children and young people in social care across the four UK nations.
