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“Big Data for Peace Summer School” at Leiden University
15 August, 2016 at 12:00 AM - 19 August, 2016 at 12:00 AM EDT
(The Hague, Netherlands) The Centre for Innovation has invited innovators who create digital solutions promoting the development of peace and justice to talk about their work and visions. This 5-day course will give an in-depth overview of how Big Data is increasingly being used in the peace and justice sector. The curriculum covers 1) state of the art insights on data-driven innovation 2) examples & methodologies on how organisations can implement innovation trajectories, and 3) best practices in finding the right balance between doing good and potential harms.
The programme includes pioneers and experts working on data-driven innovation in the peace and justice sector, with contributions from Leiden University, UN Global Pulse, the UN World Food Programme, New York University (GovLab), the Data-pop Alliance and Standford University.
Read more: http://www.peaceinformaticslab.org/summer-school.html
Date: 15-19 August, 2016