Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) Newsletter: April 2016

This issue features the latest news about UBDC activities and opportunities:

Newsletter
April 2016

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Hello,

Welcome to your spring update from the UBDC.
We provide data services, guidance and support for urban research that makes a difference.

This issue features the latest news about UBDC activities and opportunities, including:

SASNet Fellowships [2] for Academics or Professionals in Social Analytics, based in Glasgow, Essex, or remotely, and open to both UK and international applicants
Summary of our Urban Living Workshop [3], which explored recent methodological challenges and innovations in urban data and introduced new iMCD project [4] data
Prof. Vonu Thakuriah's recent keynote on the promises and challenges of Smart Cities at the US National Academies Mapping Science Committee [5] Workshop
The recent Future Cities: Do Cities Have Limits? [6] Workshop, which provided a platform for blue sky thinking
UBDC Vacancy in Glasgow, UK: D [7]ata Services Officer [7]
UK urban data available for researchers: What's New [8]
Upcoming events [9] and recent blog articles [10]

Please read on to learn more, or visit the UBDC website [11].

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SASNet Fellowships

SASNet is a research-based strategic network focused on capacity-building for social analytics. We are now accepting applications for visiting Academic or Professional Fellows to join our research communities in Glasgow or Essex, from 1 week up to 2 months. Alternatively, Fellows have the option of working remotely from their home organisation in the UK or abroad.
Learn more and apply > [2]

Upcoming events

Pathways through Care: Using administrative and survey data to understand care in older age

3 May 2016 - Glasgow, Scotland

Dr. Alasdair Rutherford, University of Stirling, discusses two current projects making use of the emerging potential for greater use of administrative data on service use.

More info > [12]

SICSA Future Cities Workshop - Mobility in the Future City

4 May 2016 - Edinburgh, Scotland

This workshop aims to define a problem-centred research agenda that integrates the potential contribution of computer science to developing better mobility infrastructure in future cities.

More info > [13]

Evolving Mobility Patterns of Young Adults

11 May 2016 - Glasgow, Scotland

Prof. Noreen McDonald, Fulbright Distinguished Chair 2015-16, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, will provide a free talk at the UBDC in Glasgow.

More info > [14]

The broader political implications of citizens' perceptions about disaster response policy

12 May 2016 - Glasgow, Scotland

As part of the University of Glasgow's Q-Step Centre's first-year celebration, Prof. Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University, presents this lecture to demonstrate the use of quantitative methods in examining real world issues.

More info > [15]

Research with administrative data: Opportunities and legal framework

17 May 2016 - Glasgow, Scotland

In collaboration with the University of Glasgow Department of Data Protection and Freedom of Information, the UBDC is hosting this training seminar for researchers who are thinking of using administrative data in the future.

More info > [16]

PASCAL Conference: Learning Cities 2040

3-5 June 2016 - Glasgow, Scotland

The next PASCAL International Conference will be held at the University of Glasgow this June. It will focus on future directions for Learning Cities at a time of considerable challenge and opportunity for cities.

More info > [17]

Latest from our blog

Event Report: UBDC Urban Living Workshop

By Keith Maynard
On April 4th and 5th, nearly 50 workshop participants explored the methodological challenges and innovations in urban data, and learned about data available from the UBDC’s exciting iMCD project.

Read this article > [3]

iMCD Project Webinar: Linking multimedia city data (VIDEO)

By Hana Ros
On 12th April, Dr. Mark Livingston and Research Associate Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka, presented to over 30 participants about the opportunity to link multimedia city data collected through the UBDC's iMCD project. You can watch the full webinar and view their slides at this link.

Read this article > [18]

We're hiring!
Come join the UBDC in Glasgow.

Data Services Officer

Deadline: 1st May, 2016

The post-holder will be responsible for providing UBDC data collections management services.

Apply now > [7]

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Access UBDC data: What's New

We are steadily growing our data collections [19] on UK urban areas.

We encourage you to use these in your research. Currently, these include:

Click on the links above to learn more about these data or download this PDF Summary [25] (8.5 MB). If you'd like to access these data, please submit your interest via the Research Enquiry Form.

Submit an enquiry > [26]

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