Data to Impact Challenge
Surrey Business School’s Data to Impact Challenge is a competition designed for SBS students to showcase their data analytics skills and innovative thinking. Participants will utilise publicly available data to generate actionable insights and develop impactful innovation ideas addressing specific United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Why "Data to Impact Challenge"?
The Data to Impact Challenge aims to empower Surrey Business School students to leverage data analytics for meaningful contributions toward a sustainable and equitable future. The challenge not only hones students' analytical and innovative capabilities but also instils a sense of responsibility towards global issues. By participating, students become part of a larger movement striving to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, embodying the role of socially conscious future business leaders.
Key objectives
- Encourage students to apply data analysis techniques to real-world problems
- Inspire solutions that contribute to achieving the UN SDGs
- Increase understanding of pressing global issues among future business leaders
- Provide a platform for students to collaborate and connect with peers and professionals
Alignment with the 17 UN SDGs
Participants are encouraged to focus on one or more of The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Are you passionate about making a difference through data?
Join the Data to Impact Challenge, a competition for Surrey Business School students to apply data analytics skills and innovative thinking towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
The social and environmental challenges that the UN SDGs seek to counter require skills in innovation, collaboration and analytical thinking. Competitions such as the Surrey Business School’s Data to Impact Challenge are an ideal way for students to exercise these skills and to generate insights on how we can accelerate the pace of achieving a better and fairer world.Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Chair PRME UK and Ireland Chapter
Win Prizes
Win up to £1000 in cash prizes* and other awards
*This Challenge is made possible through the support of the Dean's Priorities Fund. We invite other sponsors to join us in driving meaningful change [contact us].
Webinar: Understanding the UN SDGs
First webinar on 'Understanding the UN SDGs' by Nathalie Hinds (Surrey Institute for Sustainability), Dr Stelvia Matos (Centre for Social Innovation Management) and Dr Anke Winchenbach (Centre for Sustainability & Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy)
Support panel
Dr Ann Parchment
UN PRME Lead
Dr Anke Winchenbach
Co-Director of Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy (SWELL)
Dr Stelvia Matos
Director of Centre for Social Innovation Management Research
Professor Iis Tussyadiah
Dean, Surrey Business School
Nathalie Hinds
Director of Operations, Innovation and Partnerships, Institute for Sustainability
Dr Ekaterina Murzacheva
Head of Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dr Pablo Pereira Doel
Co-Director of Human Insight Lab
Dr Andrew Hill
Co-Director of Human Insight Lab
Dr Athina Ioannou
Lecturer in Business Analytics
Dr Tamsin Woodward-Smith
ESRC IAA Manager
Antonia Voigt
Lecturer in Business and Management
Publicly available data sources
Participants are encouraged to utilise publicly available data, such as:
- UN Data Portal: [data.un.org]
- World Bank Open Data: [data.worldbank.org]
- OECD Data: [data.oecd.org]
- World Health Organization Statistics: [who.int/data]
- Environmental Data: [data.undp.org]
- UN Tourism Data: [UN Tourism eLibrary]
- Open Data on gov.uk [data.gov.uk]
- Other relevant and rigorous data available through the University Library [surrey.ac.uk/library]
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