About us

UBDC is a national research centre and data service providing expertise, training, data collections and data tools.

Meet the team

We are a multidisciplinary research group of social scientists, data scientists, and engineers, supported by our administrative team.

Alison Heppenstall

Professor of Geocomputation

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Directors

Alison Robertson

Project Administrative Assistant

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Professional Services

Andrew Clarke

Data Scientist (Digital Storytelling Engineer)

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Data Services

Annette Hastings

Professor of Urban Studies (Urban Studies)

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Researchers

Barbara A. Solanilla

Senior Research Engineering Manager

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Data Services

Catherine Lido

Lead - Education and Labour Markets

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Directors

David McArthur

Associate Director – Training and Capacity Building

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Diego Pajarito Grajales

Research Associate

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Researchers

Fiona Crawford

Lecturer in Transport Planning

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Strategic partners

Sharing your data in partnership with UBDC can reveal and validate its value as a key source of evidence for policy development or as a means of generating economic impact.

We currently have close partnerships with Glasgow City Council, Huq, Adzuna, Zoopla, GALLANT, and North Lanarkshire Council. With regular contact, we are able to maintain and develop our relationships so that our academic research is of mutual benefit to the data owners and wider society.

Share your data

Sharing data can provide valuable insights and intelligence for data owners as well as wider policymakers. UBDC helps organisations curate and analyse their data and offers a single point of access for data, unlocking its potential as a valuable public resource.