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Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography

Deepening our understanding of opportunities and challenges related to demographic change and migration.

Topic / Tool | Last updated: 20 Jun 2021

Innovative data and modelling

To develop methodologies for the responsible and ethical use of innovative data sources to inform migration and demographic policies.

Migration and Demography

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Innovative data refers to new forms of data generated from non-traditional sources, such as internet, Mobile Network Operators, social media platforms.

They can offer timely information complementing official statistics and can be used in forecasting, now-casting and scenario-building activities.

 

Subtopics:

  • Use of timely Big data to complement official statistics
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  • Ethics and privacy issues on the use of big data containing personal data
  • Human mobility
  • Public-private partnership, data 4 good
  • Migration now-casting and forecasting

 

To develop methodologies for the responsible and ethical use of innovative data sources to inform migration and demographic policies.

  • Research and development of state-of-the-art methods for improving migration and demographic data using innovative data sources.
  • Development of Visualization platforms to facilitate discovery and access and analysis of migration and demographic data.
  • International collaborations to foster the responsible and ethical use of innovative data sources to inform migration and demographic policies.

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PUBLICATION | 26 Mar 2024
Data Innovation in Demography, Migration and Human Mobility
With the consolidation of the culture of evidence-based policymaking, the availability of data has become central for policymakers. Nowadays, innovative data sources have offered opportunity to describe more accurately...