Blogs

On May 19th to 21st, the Lab attended the fourth annual Digital Footprints Conference, this year held in York. For the first time, the conference took place over three days, incorporating a full day organised and… Read more: DF Lab attends Digital Footprints Conference 2026

Neo has recently published a paper that investigated the prevalence of chronic pain in the UK with shopping data and its impact on workplace attendance. In Study 1, we used loyalty card data of more than… Read more: Neo published paper studying chronic pain and workplace attendance in the UK

On April 2nd, Romana returned to the University of Exeter to celebrate the naming of the Tony Allen seminar room. Since 2010, Tony’s scholarship programme has provided financial support to over 40 students at the university,… Read more: Romana attends Tony Allen naming ceremony at University of Exeter

We are pleased that our new paper using shopping data to understand trends in laxative purchasing has been published in PLOS Digital Health. In this work led by Romana, we analyse loyalty card data from 750,000+… Read more: New paper published: Using loyalty card data to understand seasonal laxative use

On Thursday March 26th, Romana attended the Women in Data Flagship in London! The event welcomed 3500+ women and allies, coming together to empower women working in data, science, and analytics. Romana particularly enjoyed attending the… Read more: Romana attends Women in Data Flagship