From the Public Sector to the Private Sector and Back
Our Design Researcher in Pulse Lab Jakarta, Lia Purnamasari, joined Pulse Lab Jakarta in 2018 as part of the Social Systems team. Here, she reflects on her journey.
4 October 2021
Data Innovation
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Data Innovation"
Applying Service Design to Support Data Analytics for Decision-making
As a joint data innovation facility of the Government of Indonesia and the United Nations, our work over the years has included developing information systems to map population movements after a
22 September 2021
Expanding the Definition of Scaling Up
The “pilot to scale-up model” is a widely used approach when introducing social interventions or new policies. The premise of the model is very logical — considering there is an
25 January 2021
Alternative Use of Traditional Data in Times of COVID-19
Now nearing the end of September 2020, Indonesia has reported almost 275,000 COVID-19 cases since the first confirmed case in early March. Just in terms of the number of detected
29 September 2020
Extending the Art of the Possible with Big Data to Better Inform COVID-19 Responses
Faizal, our humanitarian data advisor and one of the co-authors of this piece, often recounts what one of his supervisors said to him from his days as an information management
2 July 2020
New decade, renewed priorities for UN Global Pulse
It’s been a decade since UN Global Pulse was set up inside the office of the UN Secretary-General to unearth the power of big data and analytics to protect vulnerable
16 January 2020
How Might Non-Conventional Data Fill Data-Gaps and Contribute to Monitoring our Agri-Food Systems at Higher Resolutions
Some time ago, we published a blog, on the need for non-conventional data and data analytics to help fill data gaps, and contribute to the understanding of our complex agri-food
13 November 2019
UN Global Pulse’s 2018 Annual Report
Demand for UN Global Pulse’s expertise increased in 2018 with partners wanting to collaborate on innovation projects and tools, policy exploration, data protection and privacy frameworks, and public awareness raising.
27 March 2019
Strengthening Humanitarian Action with Insights from Mobile Network Data
The volcanic eruptions over the past couple of years on the island of Ambae in Vanuatu have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. Through its partnership with Digicel (one of the local mobile
29 January 2019
