A collection of data on different aspects of society for the use of researchers and data analysts (in Russian).

State policy is more effective when it is based on scientific data analysis. Research Data Infrastructure (RDI) is a project created with the aim to optimize data exchange between data holders and government bodies, as well as researchers and representatives of the academic community.

Problem:

Researchers often do not have access to detailed data (micro-data) kept by government bodies. This data is not processed by the state, nor is it published even for restricted use by the research community. Open government data is often published in formats that are inconvenient to work with: researchers cannot simply gather the data and start examining it. The data needs to be carefully processed by each user individually. Researchers spend up to 60% of the allocated research time on data processing.

Solution:

The creation of a data and research exchange infrastructure will help increase the number of quality research articles on policy-making approaches. Meanwhile, data holders will receive the tools and the algorithms that will help them assess and model data, thus improving their day-to-day work.

RDI's database in Russian

Today, RDI's database includes 50 datasets (in Russian) on government funding, economy, the labor market, education and science, income and inequality, healthcare, environment, infrastructure, lawmaking, geodata, and international relations.

Research data infrastructure