Frontiers of Social Data Science
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Details:
Compulsory foundation course for MSc, Hilary Term
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Assessment:
Essays
- Reading list: Frontiers of Social Data Science
In this course, we take a look into the future, and focus on the emerging role of data by looking at specific contexts and issues. Each of these helps us to better grasp the multi-faceted nature of the evolving data age.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course students will…
- Have obtained an overview of the important cutting-edge and emerging topics in the context of social data science
- Better understand the potentialities and pitfalls for society and individuals of social data science
- Be informed about policy measures being considered in relation to social data science
Topics
- Data and decision-making
- Data and time
- Data and the economy
- Data and innovation
- Data and ownership
- Data and control
- Data and equity
- Beyond data – the essence of humanness
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