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Shaping our services

Discover how we're working with a range of stakeholders to shape our services.

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How we're engaging diverse voices

As our services and projects rapidly evolve at Research Data Scotland (RDS), we want to ensure we're engaging a range of voices to help shape our work. Not only are we working with members of the public but we're also bringing together diverse stakeholders to inform our projects and data access services.

Public engagement

Curious about how we're involving members of the public? Discover how we're engaging the public to raise the profile of data for research.

Help RDS shape our services

We're looking to engage researchers and data professionals to help shape our work. Join our engagement contact list to be notified of opportunities to share your insights.

Explore more of our work

Discover our data explainers and current project through the links below.

Data explainers

Confused about data? Explore our handy data explainers to learn what public sector data is, how it's kept safe and how it’s used in research.

Current projects

Want to know what we're working on? Find out more about our current projects and stay updated on our key workstreams.

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