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Why does the Open Government Data agenda face such barriers?

Jan 26, 2015

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in Politics & Government

Reflect upon the barriers preventing the OGD agenda from making a breakthrough into the mainstream.
Gender gaps in virtual economies: are there virtual ‘pink’ and ‘blue’ collar occupations?

Jan 15, 2015

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in Economics, Social Data Science

Men and women tend to be rewarded differently for the same amount of work. Since…
Can drones, data and digital technology provide answers to nature conservation challenges?

Dec 8, 2014

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in Environment

Drone technology for conservation purposes is new, and its cost effectiveness—when compared with other kinds…
Finnish decision to allow same-sex marriage “shows the power of citizen initiatives”

Nov 28, 2014

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in Politics & Government

It is the first piece of “crowdsourced” legislation on its way to becoming law in…
The Future of Europe is Science and ethical foresight should be a priority

Nov 20, 2014

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in Ethics

How will we keep healthy? How will we live, learn, work and interact in the…
Broadband may be East Africa’s 21st century railway to the world

Nov 17, 2014

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in Development, Economics

The excitement over the potentially transformative effects of the internet in low-income countries is nowhere…
Two years after the NYT’s ‘Year of the MOOC’: how much do we actually know about them?

Nov 13, 2014

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in Education, Social Data Science

Despite the hype around MOOCs to date, there are many similarities between MOOC research and…
What does the recent LA School District “iPads-for-all” debacle tell us about the structural changes gripping the US K-12 educational system?

Nov 7, 2014

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in Education

Why are there such vast amounts of resources invested in education technology without substantial evidence…
Investigating virtual production networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia

Nov 3, 2014

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in Development, Economics

This mass connectivity has been one crucial ingredient for some significant changes in how work…
What are the limitations of learning at scale? Investigating information diffusion and network vulnerability in MOOCs

Oct 21, 2014

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in Education, Social Data Science

while a lot is known about the mechanics of group learning in smaller and traditionally…
Outside the cities and towns, rural Britain’s internet is firmly stuck in the 20th century

Oct 20, 2014

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in Development, Economics

The quality of rural internet access in the UK, or lack of it, has long…
Designing Internet technologies for the public good

Oct 8, 2014

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in Ethics, Governance & Security

People are very often unaware of how much data is gathered about them—let alone the…