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Data from fitness trackers, smartwatches, store loyalty cards, purchase records and in-car smart technology 
Access to smart data that has historically been beyond reach for researchers
Study health and mobility patterns
New data products and tools, available within a user-friendly platform 

Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service

Addressing some of the most persistent and pressing challenges affecting health and sustainability in the UK by building access to data that has historically been beyond the reach of the research community and policymakers.

The Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service (HASP) represents a groundbreaking approach to understanding and improving our communities.

HASP will produce new ways of using smart data to understand food, lifestyle and mobility patterns and behaviours.

The team will build upon ten years of expertise gained via the Consumer Data Research Centre.

Data focus

  • Store loyalty cards and purchase records
  • Health tracking data from fitness devices and wearable technology
  • Transportation patterns from in-car technology and mobility service providers
  • Local infrastructure and service accessibility information

What’s coming?

  • Research-ready data products capturing lifestyle, food, and mobility behaviour
  • Integrated open data resources complementing curated datasets
  • Interactive visualisations and dashboards highlighting community health patterns
  • Analytical tools for identifying sustainability challenges and intervention opportunities

Targeting support where it’s most needed

The Priority Places for Food Index combines multiple data sources, including smart data and more traditional data to identify neighbourhoods across the UK that are vulnerable to increases in the cost of living and are most likely to need support to access affordable, healthy, and sustainable sources of food.

Developed in 2022 as a collaboration between the Consumer Data Research Centre and consumer group Which?, the interactive tool makes it easy for policymakers and the food industry to identify neighbourhoods most in need of support with food and understand the factors driving the need in that area.

The team

The Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service is led by Professor Nik Lomax, Professor Michelle Morris, Professor Ed Manley and Professor Mark Birkin. The team has more than a decade of experience creating relationships with data owners and collaborating with policymakers.

Please follow the team on LinkedIn.

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