Data-driven approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic range from entirely automated, AI-powered processing to “mundane” uses of digital information and statistics to inform decision-making. The pandemic has accelerated the consideration of […]
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Young People, Covid-19 and Data-Driven Decision-Making
Key findings Young people believe they have not been considered enough during the pandemic; They suggest the Government could do more to ensure young people can access information, particularly information […]
Survey 2: Wastewater Health Surveillance
Key Findings Wastewater sampling is an innovative health surveillance approach that has been trialled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our survey asked people for their preferences for when and how their wastewater should be sampled for monitoring COVID-19 For one section of the survey, […]
Snapshot Report 4: Public perceptions survey
As a part of data-driven responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK public have been asked to share data in ways that have never been seen before. But the urgency […]
Part 2: Public willingness to share data – Data Detail Initial Insights
Executive Summary The survey data that we have analysed so far indicates that there is a difference between people’s willingness to share Mobility data and Medical data when the data will be used to monitor the appropriateness […]
NEW PUBLICATION: ‘Observing Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19: Reflections from a Distributed, Remote, Interdisciplinary Research Project’
Like many others during the pandemic, OMDDAC researchers have been working for many months in a fully distributed and remote manner, with some team members never having met in person. […]
Part 1: Public willingness to share data – OMDDAC’s initial findings
Key Findings We deployed a survey asking about people’s willingness to share data so that the appropriateness of the UK COVID-19 Alert level could be monitored For one section of the survey, our headline initial findings are that people are more […]
‘Initial Lessons from the Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic’ – OMDDAC Submits Evidence to Public Accounts Committee Inquiry
OMDDAC has responded to a call for evidence from the Public Accounts Committee, which is conducting an inquiry to examine the key themes that have emerged from the National Audit Office’s Covid-19 […]
Data-Driven Pandemic Policy, Public Health and Policing: Snapshot Report Launch
On Tuesday 18 May 2021, OMDDAC held a webinar to launch our three Snapshot Reports, detailing our latest findings, on: Data-driven pandemic public policy; Tech-driven approaches to public health; and […]
OMDDAC Snapshot Reports
Data-driven solutions have been central across the spectrum of pandemic responses in the UK. OMDDAC’s research has examined a broad range of responses, focusing on three areas of interest: data-driven […]
