The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, which is backed with £5m from the Nuffield Foundation charity, is expected to open in spring 2019.
The observatory will gather, summarise and share evidence about child welfare and other topics relevant to professionals involved with the family justice system in England and Wales.
"Research evidence and administrative data have great potential to support decision-making in family justice, but as the Family Justice Review identified in 2011, this is an underused resource," said Nuffield Foundation trustee Sir Ernest Ryder.
"The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory will address this unfulfilled potential. Its aim is to support the use of data and research evidence in the family justice system in England and Wales."
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