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The research aims to establish governance recommendations for using synthetic data in sensitive research environments.

March 22, 2026Open Access

Developing Governance, Standards and Open-Source Tools for Synthetic Data in Trusted Research Environments

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The research aims to establish governance recommendations for using synthetic data in sensitive research environments.
Conducted stakeholder workshops to gather input on governance recommendations.
Developed the VSTAR Framework for trusted research environments.
Implemented the framework through data management processes at Dementias Platform UK Data Portal.
Created governance recommendations for synthetic data sharing.
VSTAR Framework adopted for supporting various use cases of synthetic data.
Tools developed to enhance data management processes for synthetic datasets.

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The UK Synthetic Data Community Group, funded by DARE UK, was established to develop a set of governance recommendations, co-developed through a series of stakeholder workshops. From this work, we created the VSTAR Framework - recommendations for Trusted Research Environments to create and share synthetic datasets in sensitive data research. Additionally, Dementias Platform UK Data Portal has been implementing this framework and developing tools and their data management processes to be able to support synthetic data for a range of use cases.

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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69bf89a9f665edcd009e97aa — DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19135356

Developing Governance, Standards and Open-Source Tools for Synthetic Data in Trusted Research Environments

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