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Call for Participants | UDS Summer School 2018: ‘Studying Culture Through Data’
As of 2017 we at UDS host a Summer School in preparation of the commencing academic year. This summer we are opening up our 5-day crash course in data practices…
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Onderzoek naar de Nederlandse Twittersfeer
Door: Maranke Wieringa, Ludo Gorzeman, Daniela van Geenen, Mirko Tobias Schäfer In een team van onderzoekers verbonden aan de Utrecht Data School (Universiteit Utrecht) en de Hogeschool Utrecht, voornamelijk het lectoraat…
Lees meerWhy data need ethics / The more data affect people, the more ethics matter
Tracing ethical issues in data projects with the Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) Data, algorithms and models are not simply neutral. On the contrary, they can constitute significant social impact…
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Future Directions of Critical Data Studies
From the beginning, the panel had a shared understanding that Critical Data Studies would include or touch upon the inquiry of platforms, algorithms, and data. Informed by software studies, media…
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Workshop: Research Ethics for Data & Digital Methods
Why New data resources and novel tools for analysis provide opportunities and challenges for researchers. The use of social media in research practices, or the disputed Facebook study, the leaked…
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Challenging Citizenship: Social Media and Big Data
Editorial Notes Information technology affords that almost all aspects of our lives can be translated into data, data that are used for forecasting, assessment, real-time tracking, targeted advertising and polling….
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Studying the Use of Social Media in Public Management and Police in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Social Media Use in Public Management and Police Social media are increasingly popular means for social interaction, sharing information and point of views. Among their users are also politicians, public…
Lees meerPublicatie: “Between two Hypes”: Big Data and Landgrab
Met een interdisplinaire inspanning hebben Alex Gekker en Mirko Tobia Schäfer van de Utrecht Data School en professor Annelies Zoomers van International Development Studies onderzocht hoe digitale methodes onderzoek informeert…
Lees meerIrene Westra wint Peter G. Swanborn prijs
Irene Westra, executive secretary van de Utrecht Data School, heeft de prestigieuze Peter G. Swanborn prijs gewonnen voor haar bachelor scriptie in sociologie. Samen met co-auteur Elmira van den Broek heeft Irene…
Lees meerPresentatie: Revisiting Standards of Research Integrity
Gerwin van Schie, Irene Westra en Mirko Tobias Schäfer hebben hun onderzoek over de etische uitdagingen in data gedreven onderzoek gepresenteerd op de workshop “Standards, Disruptions and Values in Digital Culture and…
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