OCN for researchers
Council meetings as a structured research corpus
We provide structured, machine-readable access to council meeting documents for academic researchers, policy research organisations, planning and public administration departments, and advocacy research teams.
Use council meetings as a corpus for text analysis, policy research, and longitudinal study of local government decision-making. Document availability typically runs from around 2010 to present, varying by council.
Data Export of Council Meetings
A purchasable, one-off bulk export of meeting documents for specified councils and time ranges, typically reaching back to around 2010 where councils still publish historic material.
- Machine-readable format (JSONL + Parquet)
- Page-level text extraction with source attribution
- Citable dataset with BibTeX reference
- Reproducible delivery and stable document IDs
Custom Research Support
A separate research support product for teams who want help shaping questions, exploring topics, producing bespoke extracts, or joining OCN data with other public-sector datasets.
- Expertise on local government data and decision making
- Topic and theme discovery across council material from around 2010 onward
- Bespoke extracts, reports, and integration support
- Optional audio and video transcript add-ons where media is available
Questions about research data access?
We're happy to discuss your research project and how OCN data can support your work.