Thematic Focus: ICTs & Data

5 Social Media and Digital Trends in Development to Watch for in 2018 (Voices Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

Big Data and Alternative Data Sources on Migration: From Case Studies to Policy Support, Ispra, Italy, 30 Nov. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for summary report and videos.

A Call to Action: Protecting Children on the Move Starts with Better Data (Unicef et al., Feb. 2018) [text]
- See also related joint press release.

How Tech Can Help When Children are Forced to Flee (World Economic Forum Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Improving Refugee Integration through Data-driven Algorithmic Assignment," Science Magazine, vol. 359, no. 6373 (Jan. 2018) [abstract]
- See also related Stanford Univ. news story, Thomson Reuters Foundation news report, and blog post.

"'Migrant TripAdvisor' App Helps New Arrivals Navigate Italy and Escape Abuse," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 15 Feb. 2018 [text]

Millions of Refugees Could Benefit from Big Data – but We’re Not Using It (The Conversation, Jan. 2018) [text]

"Sentiment Analysis on Twitter: A Text Mining Approach to the Syrian Refugee Crisis," Telematics and Informatics, vol. 35, no. 1 (April 2018) [free full-text]

Sources Shared on Twitter: A Case Study on Immigration (Pew Research Center, Jan. 2018) [text]

When Refugees Lead, Tech Solutions Can Go Beyond the Hype (Refugees Deeply, Jan. 2018) [text]

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- Thematic Focus: ICTs and Information-related Items (18 Jan. 2018)

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