‘Third parties like the British Nutrition Foundation and IGD can play an important role in enabling connections, project management and sometimes funding’ Cathy Capelin, British Nutrition Foundation. #DigitalFootprints25

Oliver Berry from Smart Data Foundry discussing using financial digital footprints data to estimate the affordability of retrofitting. ‘Further research needed on actual retrofit costs and the willingness of individuals to spend on retrofit’ #DigitalFootprints @smartdatafoundry.bsky.social

👋 And here's Evgeniya Lukinova from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, one of the early career smart data researchers delighted to be taking part in Digital Footprints 2025 #DigitalFootprints25

🎬It's lunchtime here @digital-footprints.bsky.social and a chance to chat to more of the smart data researchers - next up, Faraz Awan from the Urban Big Data Centre at @uofglasgow.bsky.social !

Listen to what some of our team have to say!🛒👣 #digitalfootprints25

Thanks to everyone at @digital-footprints.bsky.social and the Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service @uniofleeds.bsky.social for making the SDR UK team so welcome. A fantastic event - here’s to 2026! #DigitalFootprints25

Congratulations to all the prize winners @digital-footprints.bsky.social, supported by SDR UK! Firstly, the recipient of the Early Career Researcher Flash Talk Prize - Dr Elizabeth Dolan 🥇🎉

And congratulations to Dr Emma Wilkins @uniofleeds.bsky.social, who was Highly Commended in the Early Career Researcher Flash Talk Prize category. #DigitalFootprints25 🎉🎉

The winner of the @digital-footprints.bsky.social Poster Prize was Early Career Researcher Torran Semple from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social - great poster Torran 😀🧑‍🎨 #DigitalFootprints25

And now for the 'Audience Choice Award'! Congrats to Weiyao Meng @uniofnottingham.bsky.social for picking up the Best Poster Prize @digital-footprints.bsky.social - as voted for by the delegates! Fantastic result!🧑‍🎨🎉 #DigitalFootprints25

And Highly Commended for her @digital-footprints.bsky.social conference poster was Dr @romanaburgess.bsky.social from @bristoluni.bsky.social - great work Romana 🧑‍🎨😀 #DigitalFootprints25

Come and speak to our lab members at Poster Tour 2! 14:00-14:45 ☀️Romana Burgess: Using loyalty card transaction data to track seasonal laxative purchasing in the UK 🛍️Alisha Suhag: Exploring the Use of Supermarket Loyalty Card Data in Health Research #digitalfootprints25

The Nottingham smart data research community has assembled en masse!🎉 #DigitalFootprints25

And here's early career researcher Dr Roberto Mansilla from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social talking about his experience of this year's @digital-footprints.bsky.social in Leeds #DigitalFootprints25

Hannu Koivisto, biomedical engineer at Oura explains how they transform wearable data into health insights. They’re keen to collaborate with researchers, but receive 15+ per week and have limited resource so have to prioritise #DigitalFootprints25

📽️ We’re meeting some of the smart data researchers attending @digital-footprints.bsky.social. Here are @anyaskatova.bsky.social and Alice James from @digifootprintslab.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

Abigail Hill sharing an overview of the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration - ‘a unique multi-faced resource, data is free and available via one application’ Potential research areas: - Dwelling properties - Heating financial support for the elderly - Respiratory health #DigitalFootprints25

📷 It’s day two at the @digital-footprints.bsky.social. Thanks to Michael Sinclair from the Urban Big Data Centre and Cathy Capelin from @nutritionorguk.bsky.social for two great talks. Now it’s the flash talks and poster competition…plus coffee, of course!

I've really enjoyed being at #digitalfootprints25 with Bristol's Digital Footprints Lab :)

Elizabeth Dolan from the University of Nottingham ‘shopping data captures hidden health journeys: trials, delays and unmet need that don’t show up in clinical records.’ #DigitalFootprints25

Poster Tour 1 💳Laura Fryer (&Huw Day): Visualisation tool for Enhancing Public Engagement Using Loyalty Card Data 📊Neo Poon: Impact of Pain on Workplace Attendance 🌎Romana Burgess: Socioeconomic factors on attitudes and behaviours regarding shopping data donation in ALSPAC #digitalfootprints25

Cathy Capelin discussing the Tesco Fruit and Veg in Schools programme - £4m of fruit and vegetables to 400 schools. The British Nutrition Foundation helped identify the schools, using data including the Priority Place for Food Index. priorityplaces.cdrc.ac.uk #DigitalFootprints25

Michael Sinclair, University of Glasgow: Can we use mobile phone app data to understand visitation for tourist sites like the Giants Causeway? We can, but there are challenges: 1. Data Quality 2. Technical Access and Barriers 3. Measurement Bias 4. Ethics and Trust #DigitalFootprints25

It’s day two of @digital-footprints.bsky.social @uniofleeds.bsky.social and we’re meeting some of the smart data researchers attending from across the UK. Say hi to @mcuanti.bsky.social, who's part of the SDR UK accelerator team @uniofmanchester.bsky.social 😀

14:00-14:45, Poster Tour 2 ☀️Romana Burgess: Using loyalty card transaction data to track seasonal laxative purchasing in the UK 🛍️Alisha Suhag: Exploring the Use of Supermarket Loyalty Card Data in Health Research 14:45-15:45 💼Neo Poon: ECR Panel #digitalfootprints25

Day 2 underway here at Nexus. Looking forward to plenary presentations from Michael Sinclair from the University of Glasgow, Cathy Capelin from the British Nutrition Foundation and Hannu Koivisto from Oura. #DigitalFootprints25

Keep and eye out today! 11:00-11:45, Poster Talks 💳Laura Fryer: Visualisation tool for Enhancing Public Engagement Using Loyalty Card Data 📊Neo Poon: Impact of Pain on Workplace Attendance 🌎Romana Burgess: Socioeconomic factors on attitudes and behaviours regarding shopping data donation in ALSPAC

The sun shone for a lovely evening of data chat. #DigitalFootprints25

👋 Catching up with another of our SDR UK accelerator teams led by @anyaskatova.bsky.social @digifootprintslab.bsky.social - talking smart data research #DigitalFootprints2025

…Fay Skevington from the Dept for Education and our own @sammibmcg.bsky.social, plus our excellent moderator Carly Walker-Dawson from Public Dialogue partners @sciencewise.bsky.social #DigitalFootprints2025

Great session by @thegovlab.org at #DigitalFootprints25 on using social data for health and well-being research in population and public health, social sciences, and humanities @digital-footprints.bsky.social

Earlier in this workshop the govlab team provided an overview of the social data 4 health initiative and key findings from this research

Two workshops this afternoon, in this one Romana is discussing how social data (particularly shopping data) can be used to gain insights into individual and population health. #DigitalFootprints25

Marking the publication of our Public Dialogue 2025 report with an expert panel and the voices of the public #DigitalFootprints2025

Smart Data Research UK workshop underway discussing their new Public Dialogue 2025 report which launched today 👇 #DigitalFootprints25

Joe Cuddeford from Smart Data Research UK explaining their vision for a thriving, trusted research culture where smart data is routinely used to drive discovery, inform policy and improve lives. #DigitalFootprints25 @sdruk.bsky.social

As we launch our public dialogue report @joecuddeford.bsky.social talks about Smart data for public good - UK as a world leader #DigitalFootprints2025

Jose Rafael Verduzco-Torres from the University of Glasgow discusses how he’s exploring the potential of a national bus GPS archive for transport planning applications in England.

Lovely to meet Alexa Spence, one of our SDR UK accelerator leads and her fellow @uniofnottingham.bsky.social smart data researchers! #DigitalFootprints25

Alice shared recommendations for future engagement: 1. Co-creation from outset 2. Creative multi-sensory methods 3. Close feedback loops 4. Accessibility - everyday spaces 5. Researcher training

Really interesting presentation from Alice James from the University of Bristol on how they combined playful exploration with critical discussion at their public engagement events ‘Shopping Trolley Secrets’ @digifootprintslab.bsky.social #DigitalFootprints25

‘Nine million people in the UK feel lonely always or often.’ Gregor Milligan from the University of Nottingham highlighting the importance of research into loneliness. #DigitalFootprints25

Fantastic flash talk by Dr Emma Wilkins at #DigitalFootprints25 on using supermarket data to explore the interplay between environmental sustainability, health and the cost of food and drink purchases 📢🎉 @digital-footprints.bsky.social

We’re excited for a day of Digital Footprints - follow along at #DigitalFootprints25

Emma Wilkins covers some of the challenges when using supermarket data to explore the interplay between environmental sustainability, health & cost of food & drink purchases. ‘It matters which lens we look through and we might need multiple lenses to get a full understanding’ #digitalfootprints25

In our workshop on data donation we are viewing tesco club card data, from the data portability function, in a dashboard created by the Digital Footprint Lab at Bristol. Pic shows feedback on the dashboard collected via mentimeter #DigitalFootprints25 @digitalfootball.bsky.social

11:45-12:45 📈Neo Poon & Laura Fryer - Workshop 1B: Data Donation 13:30-14:30 🛒 Alice James - Flash talk: Reflections on Shopping Trolley secrets. 15:30-17:00 🫀Romana Burgess - Workshop 2B: Unlocking Social Data for Discovery Research

The Digital Footprints Lab have arrived in Leeds for the Digital Footprints Conference! @digital-footprints.bsky.social Catch the lab in action tomorrow - 14th May #DigitalFootprints25

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