DDI Economic Development Opportunities: The Lothians

Abstract

This study aims to identify key areas where Data Driven Innovation (DDI) could drive socio-economic growth across the three Lothian Councils (East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian) as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal (ESES-CRD), against the background of recent development of a Regional Prosperity Framework (RPF) and Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET). This study is the first step in enhancing regional collaborative approaches to realise the potential these DDI opportunities represent, and achieve the regional prosperity and inclusive growth objectives by increasing the wider economic and social resilience across the Lothians.