Misurare il non misurabile: considerazioni ed esempi

In the social sciences there are many concepts such as people trafficking, the migratory movements of humans, has been a much debated “object” of measurement for different reasons (for example because of the lack of homogeneity in official sources, the growing differentiation and fragmentation of the migratory routes, etc.). In particular, the paper underlines an epistemological perspective, in other words the relationship existing between the conceptual instruments available to the observer and the social phenomenon under examination. Thus the data on a phenomenon such as people trafficking in view of the close relationship which extends the consideration to immigration in general, are, as the author tries to demonstrate, often the result of the administrative practices of various national and international bodies, which, when dealing with particular migratory policies, define and limit the knowable statistical part of the phenomenon

Misurare il non misurabile: considerazioni ed esempi

In the social sciences there are many concepts such as people trafficking, the migratory movements of humans, has been a much debated “object” of measurement for different reasons (for example because of the lack of homogeneity in official sources, the growing differentiation and fragmentation of the migratory routes, etc.). In particular, the paper underlines an epistemological perspective, in other words the relationship existing between the conceptual instruments available to the observer and the social phenomenon under examination. Thus the data on a phenomenon such as people trafficking in view of the close relationship which extends the consideration to immigration in general, are, as the author tries to demonstrate, often the result of the administrative practices of various national and international bodies, which, when dealing with particular migratory policies, define and limit the knowable statistical part of the phenomenon

Introduzione al Focus big data, big challenges

The Introduction presents the key themes addressed in this edition\u2019s Focus, dedicated to the main epistemological and methodological issues connected to the use of Big Data in social research. This area of study was inspired by a Conference on \uabBig Data, Big Challenges\ubb organized at the University of Milano-Bicocca by the Methodology Section of the Italian Sociological Association. The focus explores six main subject areas: the predictive power of Big Data; their relation with social theories; the ethical problems connected with their use; the quality of the Data; the integration with other research techniques; issues regarding Big Data processing and analysis

FOSSR First General Conference: project presentations

<p>The first yearly FOSSR General Conference intended to <strong>share with the diverse stakeholders and publics of the project the results and advancements of each package of research</strong>, as well as <strong>offer a discussion space for researchers to fine-tune the work plan</strong>, adapting to the development of the project.  The folder contains all presentations following the list below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Data Collection</strong>  </p><p>"Automated data collection and Network Analysis: latest updates from FOSSR", Antonio Zinilli  </p><p>"Probabilistic panel for research", Mario Paolucci  </p><p> </p><p><strong>An open cloud for Social Studies  </strong></p><p>"Giving value to research data: data curation in the FOSSR project", Sonia Stefanizzi  </p><p>"Open cloud: Network of Data Center and Cloud Computing Infrastructure", Mario Ciampi, Mario Sicuranza  </p><p> </p><p><strong> Data Analysis  </strong></p><p>"Policy Learning Platform': state of the art and critical issues", Giovanni Cerulli  </p><p>"Ontologies, patterns and modelling solutions for enhancing data to knowledge graphs in FOSSR", Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese  </p><p> </p><p><strong>Governance  </strong></p><p>"The first steps of the Strategic Management Committee and the role of the FOSSR Stakeholder Advisory Board", Marco Sprocati  </p><p> "Ethics@FOSSR, preliminary remarks", Cinzia Caporale  </p><p>"The first steps of the Governing Board and the role of the Scientific Advisory Board, Massimiliano Saccone  </p><p> </p><p><strong>Training and communication  </strong></p><p>"Enhancing Skills, Building Communities: The FOSSR Training Initiatives", Andrea Orazio Spinello  </p><p>"Communication, Dissemination & Outreach", Alessandra M. Stilo </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Link to the General Conference video recording (in italian): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzlBHdkc_yc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzlBHdkc_yc</a></p&gt

CESSDA SaW D3.2: Country report on development potentials

The report identifies gaps for further development of data archives services (DAS) in each country by exploring the wider ecosystem of data sharing culture, organisational setting and service operational profile. Where now the research data infrastructure is only emerging, it identifies promising candidate services