We are proud to celebrate and share the exceptional projects that not only won this year’s prizes but also highlight the diverse methods and approaches our researchers are taking to advance knowledge across a variety of fields. Find out more about the 2025 Digital Research Prizes projects that captured our judges' attention with their creative approaches and impactful insights.
CDCS Digital Research Prizes 2025
Winner
Measuring the energy poverty premium in Great Britain and identifying its main drivers based on longitudinal household survey data
"This project's findings make a strong contribution to better understanding fuel poverty in the UK, which will hopefully positively impact policy decisions in the future."
Highly Commended
Highly Commended
Winner
Paths in Education
"This visualisation effectively and accessibly provides a compelling snapshot of the difficulties young people in Uruguay face in completing their education. The visualisation itself is not only creative, but it also contributes to shaping the narrative."
Winner
National Security and Defence Documents Dataset (1987-2024)
"A high-quality, well-documented dataset that will be of interest to many researchers and teachers at the University and beyond."
Winner
Equally Safe Online (ESO)
"This project is poised to make a significant contribution in addressing gender-based harassment and violence online, and the approach could also more generally intervene in addressing many negative phenomena on social media such as the spread of misinformation."
Highly Commended
Winner
Do or Do Not: LLM Understandings of Collective vs Individual Action
"This exploratory study not only tests the method itself, but does so through a 'no-code' pipeline that makes computational research more accessible to those with various levels of digital literacy."