Linking survey data with smart data: A taster
23 Jun 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online
Training
Surveys
Webinar
This free event continues the series of UK Data Service webinars that explore data integration (also known as data linkage).
The webinar will provide:
- A general overview of the UK Data Service and Financial Data Service and the kind of data they curate.
- A detailed case study of data integration involving survey data as well as bank account data and energy-use.
- An overview of how to access the survey data presented in the case study.
- Opportunities to ask questions to presenters.
Programme:
- Introduction to the UK Data Service – Pierre Walthéry, UK Data Service
- Introduction to the Financial Data Service – Magdalena Getler, Smart Data Foundry
- Small area consumption estimates combining survey and financial footprints data - Peter Levell, Institute for Fiscal Studies
- How to access UKDS data for linkage
- Q&A
Presenters:
- Magdalena Getler, Smart Data Foundry. Magdalena is Head of Research Growth at SDF. She works closely with senior stakeholders across UK universities, government funding councils, data partners, and NGOs to transform how accredited researchers access private-sector financial data, driving evidence-based policymaking and decision-making.
- Dr Peter Levell, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Peter is a Deputy Research Director at the IFS. He works on topics related to consumption and labour economics.
- Dr Pierre Walthéry, UK Data Service. Pierre is a research associate at UKDS. He has published research about gender, flexible working and working time and currently leads on data linkage training at UKDS.
This event will be livestreamed on our UK Data Service YouTube channel but the chat will be disabled. By registering and attending the Zoom event you will be able to ask questions and interact.
Recordings of UK Data Service events are made available on our YouTube channel and, together with the slides, on our past events pages soon after the event has taken place.