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    • Frontiers of Social Data Science

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    Course details
    Compulsory foundation course for MSc, Hilary Term
    Assessment
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    Tutor
    Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

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    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

    1. Data and decision-making
    2. Data and time
    3. Data and the economy
    4. Data and innovation
    5. Data and ownership
    6. Data and control
    7. Data and equity
    8. Beyond data – the essence of humanness

     

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