Research Networks
There is growing interest in Australia and internationally in developing new methods and tools for studying digital platforms and collecting social data or digital trace data. Below are some of the projects and organisations in a growing network of internet observatories around the world.
The UK’s national programme for smart data research. Our mission is to unlock the power of data to improve lives.
The Netherlands data donation infrastructure, maintained by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, engineers, and legal experts.
The Data Donation Lab is an initiative at the Zurich higher education institutions that promotes data donation as a methodological approach to collect digital trace data for academic research.
The US National Internet Observatory aims to help researchers understand how people behave online and how platforms structure what people see. The Observatory is hosted at Northeastern University.
The Social Media Observatory (SMO) enables the systematic and continuous observation of the journalistic and social media public. It provides a monitoring and data infrastructure that can be used to capture, analyse and visualise debates in social media.
Germany’s GESIS Institute provides fundamental research-based services for the social sciences of supra-regional and international importance.
