Access Research and Development spatial data
The research and development (R&D) spatial data tool allows users to access, visualise and compare indicators that show the scale of R&D systems at a subregional level.
This tool is an open data repository, giving access to research and development (R&D) related indicators broken down by place and time, with associated easy-to-use visualisation options (such as line charts and choropleths). The tool shows the scale of each UK subregion’s performance in critical factors needed to produce public and private R&D. It is designed to make R&D data more accessible and more useful to decision makers.
The indicators are wide-ranging and capture various dimensions of R&D ecosystems including:
- public and private R&D
- knowledge exchange and unviersity commercialisation
- the ability for places to attract R&D firms and workers
With this tool users can access, visualise and explore the indicators, using it as a foundation for further analysis.
Examples of application to policy analysis
This resource is designed to inform local and national policies to drive research, innovation and economic growth across the UK. It allows for rigorous comparison across subregions and the establishment of objective baselines – against which variation can be assessed over time.
Local decision makers can use it to understand the respective strengths and weaknesses of their R&D ecosystem, thus informing the development and implementation of local growth strategies, and to evidence funding bids with robust comparable data.
The tool can also be used to support national policymaking on R&D and the government’s wider objectives of increasing R&D and innovation activity across the UK. The trend data from this tool can be extracted and used as part of policy monitoring and evaluation research projects.
Project partners
The R&D spatial data tool is a collaborative project between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Nesta.
Contact
If you have any comments or questions, please contact enquiries@beis.gov.uk.