This community essay shared by the British Science Association explores the challenges of effectively engaging communities with administrative data research. Providing practical advice and examples of involving people in data research to ensure it accurately captures and reports the experiences of the people behind the data.

This resource provides accessible introductory information to administrative data, including animations, a glossary and further reading to help inform the public of what administrative data is and how it can be utilised for public good.

This article from Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland, explores how researchers and care-experienced young people worked together as equal partners to shape a data-driven research project. It aims to show what co-production looks like in practice, why it matters, and what helps or hinders success.