Daniel MuirWe are delighted to announce Daniel Muir as one of our Data Impact Fellows for 2023. In this post Daniel shares a bit about his background, his current work and research and what he hopes to get out of the Fellows scheme.
About me and my background
I am a Research Economist (Fellow) at the Institute romania rcs data for Employment Studies, an independent, apolitical, international centre of research and consultancy in public employment policy and HR management. I joined the institute in September 2021 after studying Economics at Durham University and the University of Bristol. For my masters at the latter, I chose to specialise in public policy evaluation, taking courses on experimental and quasi-experimental design methods. I also elected to study modules on labour economics and the economics of education, as these are the fields I find most interesting and where I believe well designed and evidenced policies can offer the most benefit to people in need in our society.
My research
In my professional career, I have worked across a wide range of research projects that look directly at poverty, deprivation and the cost of living/ working crisis, several of which used/ use data from the UK Data Service collection.