📷 This time last week…we’re still feeling energised from our visit to Leeds for the @digital-footprints.bsky.social. An opportunity to meet smart data researchers from across the UK. If you’d like to know more about the work of Smart Data Research UK, please join our mailing list: bit.ly/43ugIgQ.

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

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

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

🎬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 !

📽️ 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

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

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

📷 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!

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

Connor Gaughan from the University of Manchester discussing the value and challenges of making survey and digital trace datasets available for open access. #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

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

‘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

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

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 😀

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

‘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

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

We’re so delighted to be @digital-footprints.bsky.social for their third annual conference - loads of chat going on - come and see us at our stand! #DigitalFootprints25

Be sure to say hello to our conference sponsors at lunch time. Teams from Smart Data Research UK, Consumer Lab and the Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service in the atrium. #DigitalFootprints25 @sdruk.bsky.social

🚀 Report launch day for the @sdruk.bsky.social and @sciencewise.bsky.social public dialogue findings! 🗣️ I’m looking forward to moderating a panel on the findings this afternoon at the Digital Footprints Conference #DF25 exploring smart data for public good

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

The team from University of Glasgow discussing the opportunities and challenges of mobile phone app data for public good in their workshop this morning #DigitalFootprints25

Anya Skatova explained how shopping data can be used to help us understand women’s health - shopping habits can provide insights in to the physical health, mental health and everyday behaviours of women. #DigitalFootprints25

First up this morning we have Michelle Morris talking about the FRESH programme with retailers and IGD. The FRESH programme explores what works to shift people towards healthier and more sustainable diets. #DigitalFootprints25

Digital Footprints 2025 is go here @universityofleeds.bsky.social #DigitalFootprints25 #research

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

Two more days to go! Meet another early career researcher taking part in @digital-footprints.bsky.social in Leeds. Dr Roberto Mansilla is Assistant Professor in Social Data Science @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Business School, affiliated with N/Lab, University of Nottingham. See you there Roberto!

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