DATA SCIENCE

Decision-making 2.0 for Development and Humanitarianism
 

Modern governance architecture was in part built around statistical thinking. Our 'Data Science in Humanitarianism: Confronting Novel Law and Policy Challenges' project with UNSW confronts equality and legitimacy challenges that may arise from the digitisation of humanitarian work. 

BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Predicting the Evolution of Indonesia’s Port Network 
 

Building on an exploratory port analysis research using shipping vessels data, we looked into predicting the evolution of Indonesia’s maritime network. Here we discuss the evolution in twofold - both with and without the Indonesian Government's Tol Laut maritime development master plan.

MOBILE NETWORK DATA

Modelling Internal Migration in Vanuatu with Mobile Network Data
 

Understanding the movements of individuals at a national scale is important given its potential to support planning and decision making. This blog examines how mobile network data can help the Government of Vanuatu to understand migration patterns, such as after a natural disaster. 

HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Improving Disaster Response Through Community Engagement
 

Suara Komunitas is a bulletin that presents feedback from communities affected by the Palu Earthquake and Tsunami to help humanitarians make decisions and adapt programming. This is a discussion of its genesis and the convergence of many factors that contributed to its success. 

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Celebrating Women in Innovation with #OneWordofAdvice
 

Ahead of International Women’s Day, we kicked off a campaign called #OneWordOfAdvice to celebrate the achievements of women in innovation and highlight their journeys and lessons they’ve learnt along the way. These are four diverse stories from women at the Lab.

What we're reading

JAKARTA POST

Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change

Celebrating progress and innovation that create opportunities for women, and also reflecting on where more needs to be done including shifting traditional gender roles and strengthening gender-sensitive policies that will expand women and girls’ opportunities. 

INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL

The Winners of the World Data Visualisation Prize

Complex datasets can be difficult to interpret, but thanks to snazzy visualisations, data can be presented in a beautiful and actionable manner. From scores of entries submitted related to how governments are improving citizens’ lives, these are the data visualisations that won big time! 

MIT MEDIA LAB

Atlas of Inequality

Apart from the kinds of neighbourhoods people live in, how else can we measure economic inequality? Looking at the incomes of individuals in the Boston metro area and where they spend their time, this visualisation shows how the places they visit may all be unequal in their own way. 

NEXT BILLION

Is Financial Inclusion Really Impacting the SDGs?

Financial services have enabled a range of opportunities, but with many accounts remaining dormant and many of the transactions being person-to-person transfers or cash-outs: how effective is financial inclusion as a tool for development, particularly for the SDGs? 

MICROSOFT

Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction Design

Microsoft has analysed more than 150 AI-design recommendations to develop guidelines and design principles for technology extending human capabilities. This article sheds some light on how the interaction between humans and computers is shaping the future of human-AI design. 

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