#MadeAtUCL Season 3 - Data Moves

Welcome back to series three of Made at UCL! Cerys Bradley is our producer-turned-host this year alongside six new UCL student hosts.

Join Cerys, Taqwa Sadiq, Chanju Mwanza and Katie Davies for this months episode: Data Moves. We’re looking at the impact of data, the absence of data and how data can be utilised across three of our incredible REF case studies.

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Dr Elizabeth Shepherd is a Professor of Archives and Records Management and Head of Department for the Department of Information Studies. She joined DIS in 1992 to update and revise the MA in Archives and Records Management of which she was programme director until 2002. Her research interests are in the development of the archive profession in 20th Century England and she is researching the life and work of pioneering women archivists in England. Her research into rights in records, links between records management and information policy compliance, and government administrative data includes AHRC and ESRC-funded projects. She has published numerous articles and (with Geoffrey Yeo) the best selling book Managing Records: a handbook of principles and practice (Facet Publishing, 2003) and is author of the monograph, Archives and archivists in 20th century England (Ashgate, 2009).

Act 2

Alison Rodger is Professor of Infectious Diseases at University College London and a consultant in infectious diseases and HIV at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Her research interests include reducing rates of new HIV infections, HIV self-testing, assessing the cost effectiveness of HIV prevention, and improving the long-term health of people with HIV. She was lead author on the PARTNER HIV transmission study.

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Jennifer Hudson is Professor of Political Behaviour and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences at UCL. She is the Director of the Development Engagement Lab (DEL), a multi-country research programme working in partnership with over 30 international development NGOs and government ministries to analyze and understand public support for aid and sustainable development. Jennifer has published widely on elite and mass political behaviour, including public opinion and engagement with development, support for foreign aid, and campaigns and elections. Professor Hudson’s research has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Danish Council for Independent Research, Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme Trust.

For more information on each case study check out the REF hub: www.ucl.ac.uk/impact/research-excellence-framework-2021