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GESIS Blog
Mon 6 Apr 2020 - GESIS Blog

Interaction and Infection

Simulating non-pharmaceutical inventions against the spread of a viral disease from a social science perspective. The spreading of viruses depends not only on its biological properties or the avail...

GESIS Blog
Mon 6 Apr 2020 - GESIS Blog

It’s not easy to spot disinformation on Twitter

Here’s what we learned from 8 political ‘astroturfing’ campaigns. Dr. Sebastian Stier and his co-authors Franziska Keller, David Schoch, and JungHwan Yang examine so called “astroturfing” campaigns...

GESIS Blog
Mon 6 Apr 2020 - GESIS Blog

It’s Not Such ‘A Fair Way Off’ to Process Open Data: Facing Requirements on Open Access and the FAIR Data Principles.

Dr. Sebastian Netscher clarifies the difference between Open Data and FAIR Data, and explains why even access-restricted data can conform to FAIR principles. He recommends that researchers focus on...

Data Impact Blog
Mon 6 Apr 2020 - Data Impact Blog

A researcher’s guide to making the world a better place

We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Here, Bozena Wielgoszewska shares her guide to making the world a better place.

Data Impact Blog
Thu 2 Apr 2020 - Data Impact Blog

Transacting with data? Laissez-faire ownership and a political theory of data (part 2)

Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, exploring data as a resource and how it is shared or traded.

Data Impact Blog
Tue 31 Mar 2020 - Data Impact Blog

What I have gained from being a Data Impact Fellow: Sarah Knight

We asked Sarah Knight, one of our original #DataImpactFellows, to share her thoughts on what being a Fellow meant for her.