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…
Estimating and Projecting Air Passenger Traffic during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak and its Socio-Economic Impact
Due to the coronavirus global crisis, most countries have put in place restrictive measures in order to confine the pandemia and contain the number of casualties. Among the restrictive measures…
Quantifying international human mobility patterns using Facebook Network data
Quantifying global international mobility patterns can improve migration governance. Despite decades of calls by the international community to improve international migration statistics, the availability of timely…
Measuring the impact of COVID-19 confinement measures on human mobility using mobile positioning data. A European regional analysis
This work presents a mobility indicator derived from fully anonymised and aggregated mobile positioning data. Even though the indicator does not provide information about the behaviour…
Dissecting global air traffic data to discern different types and trends of transnational human mobility
Human mobility across national borders is a key phenomenon of our time. At the global scale, however, we still know relatively little about the structure and nature…
Human mobility and COVID-19 initial dynamics
Countries in Europe took different mobility containment measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. The European Commission asked mobile network operators to share on a voluntarily basis anonymised…
Explaining the travelling behaviour of migrants using Facebook audience estimates
The paper explores the travelling behaviour of migrant groups using Facebook audience estimates. Reduced geographical mobility is associated with increased risk of social exclusion and reduced socio-economic…
Mapping Mobility Functional Areas (MFA) using Mobile Positioning Data to Inform COVID-19 Policies
This work introduces the concept of data-driven Mobility Functional Areas (MFAs) as geographic zones with high degree of intra-mobility exchanges. Such information, calculated at European regional scale…
Migration Data using Social Media: a European Perspective
Migration is a top political priority for the European Union (EU). Data on international migrant stocks and flows are essential for effective migration management. In this report, we estimated…
Big Data and Alternative Data Sources on Migration
Top Big Data and Alternative Data Sources on Migration: from Case Studies to Policy Support 30 November 2017, Ispra (Italy) On 30 November 2017, the European…
Harnessing data innovation for migration policy in Europe and Africa - State of the art and future directions
Place: Robert Bosch Foundation in Berlin in a hybrid format (online and in-person) Due to current COVID-19-regulations, in-person participation will mostly be limited to speakers and…
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