UK Data Service
The UK Data Service is the principal repository for economic, population, and social research data in the UK. As hosts of the largest trusted digital archive of its kind, our expertise in the collection, preservation, and dissemination of quality data is the culmination of nearly sixty years of sustained investment by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK’s research data infrastructure. See below for links to upcoming and recent training workshops.
Upcoming Events
Computational social science drop in
July 15 2025, 13:00
Past Events
Please note that although these events have already taken place, pages linked to below have resources attached, including presentation slides and event materials.
Best practices for documenting social sciences research data
Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data
Getting started with secondary analysis
Introduction to effective and practical research data management
How to become a computational social scientist
Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data
Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service
Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks
Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data
Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies