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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.