Digital Self-determination Studios | May-June 2022
Digital Self-Determination as a Tool for Migrant Empowerment
What We Do
The BD4M seeks to accelerate the responsible and ethical use of new data sources and innovative methodologies to inform migration policies and programmes. It does so through:
Guidance Providing guidance and capacity-building support on ethical and responsible data innovation
Cross-sectoral collaboration Facilitating engagement with holders of non-traditional data, particularly in the private sector
Research and advocacy Conducting and disseminating research and analysis on priority policy issues on migration
Who we are
From the Blog
IOM-UN MIGRATION
The Future of Human Mobility: Predicting Labor Migration and Mixed Migration
Reflections from the BD4M’s workshop on leveraging data and anticipatory methods to foresee and react to migration trends and policymaking
The challenges associated with relatively large and rapidly shifting cross-border migration have created a growing demand for improved...
By Uma Kalkar
DATA MIGRATION PUBLICATION
IOM and Partners launch Handbook on Data Innovation and Foresight for Migration Policy
A new report by IOM-GMDAC
This article was originally published by the IOM here. Brussels, Belgium – Climate change, health risks, and rapidly-evolving...
By BD4M
IOM-UN MIGRATION
Innovation for Labor Migration Data: A BD4M Conference with Egyptian Public Officials and Private Stakeholders
Last month, the Big Data for Migration (BD4M), a joint initiative of GMDAC, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), and...
By BD4M
IOM-UN MIGRATION
Innovative Data for Labour Migration Policy
IOM and the Big Data for Migration Alliance (BD4M) Hold Workshop on Exploring the Use of Innovative Data for Labour Migration...
By BD4M
Data Migration Publication
Ethical Considerations in Re-Using Private Sector Data for Migration-Related Policy: A Practitioners’ Perspective
A new paper by IOM-GMDAC
The past decade has witnessed the rapid growth of non-traditional data (social media, mobile phones, satellite data, bank records, etc.) and...
By Marzia Rango, Niklas Sievers,...
Data and Migration Guest Blog
Data and displacement: Ethical and practical issues in data-driven humanitarian assistance for IDPs
A guest blog by Professor Vicki Squire
Ten years since the so-called “data revolution” (Pearn et al, 2022), the rise of “innovation” and the proliferation...
By Vicki Squire
DATA INNOVATION EVENT GUEST...
Unlocking the potential of innovative data sources, tools, and methods in Africa: Current trends and prospects for better information in migration-related policymaking
Introduction: Pioneering migration data innovation initiatives in the African context In the information age, more data are produced than...
By Niklas Sievers, Alina Menocal...
DIGITAL SELF-DETERMINATION...
How Can We Ensure the Digital Self-Determination of Migrants?
Highlights from the Second Studio on Digital Self Determination and Migration
By Hannah Chafetz, Uma Kalkar, Marine Ragnet, Stefaan Verhulst and Andrew J. Zahuranec In 2020, prior to the crisis in Ukraine, the United...
By BD4M
Digital Self-Determination...
Digital Self-Determination as a Tool for Migrant Empowerment
Takeaways from the First Studio on Digital Self Determination and Migration
In 2020, there were an estimated 281 million migrants, accounting for 3.6% of the global population. Migrants move for a variety of...
By Stefaan Verhulst, Marine...
BD4M In the News
Migration: How Can Data Help Migrants?
Delving into efforts to establish data collaboratives, Andrew Young, The GovLab’s Knowledge Director, contributed a blog post to OECD’s Development Matters.
In recent years, stakeholders have pursued data innovations to enhance the ways in which decisions are made on migration. Delving into...
By Yuki Mitsuda
Data Innovation Event Guest...
Strengthening CRVS Systems to Improve Migration Policy: A Promising Innovation
Migration is one of the most pressing issues of our time and innovation for migration policy can take on several different shapes to help...
By Tawheeda Wahabzada, Deirdre...
Data Innovation Event Guest...
Sea level rise and migration flows in Africa: what we can learn from a recent study on Bangladesh
Pietro De Lellis (Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples,...
By , Pietro De Lellis, ...
Special Collection
BD4M, in partnership with Data & Policy, Launches Data and Migration Policy Special Collection
In close collaboration with the Big Data for Migration Alliance Data & Policy, an open access journal by Cambridge University...
By BD4M
BD4M Studio Report
Designing Data Collaboratives to Better Understand Human Mobility and Migration in West Africa
READ THE REPORT Today, the Big Data for Migration Alliance (BD4M) is releasing the report, “Designing Data Collaboratives to...
By BD4M
IOM-UN Migration
Using Big Data to Understand Migration (Part 1)
Ingmar Weber, Research Director at Qatar Computing Research Institute, shares his views on the use of big data to understand migration. This...
By BD4M Team
IOM-UN Migration
Using Big Data to Understand Migration (Part 2)
Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of The Governance Lab, shares his views on the use of big data to...
By BD4M Team
IOM-UN Migration
Using Big Data to Understand Migration (Part 3)
Alessandro Sorichetta, principal Research Fellow at the WorldPop Programme, shares his views on the use of big data to understand migration....
By BD4M Team
IOM - UN Migration
Using “Big Data” to forecast migration
A tale of high expectations, promising results and a long road ahead
Reposted from the IOM - UN Migration Medium Publication Act 1 — High Expectations “Data is the new oil,” they say....
By Jasper Tjaden, Andres Arau, ...
BD4M In the News
Data innovation for migration: why now and how?
Now more than ever we need to invest in responsible data innovation for the analysis of mobility and migration
By Marzia Rango, Data Innovation and Capacity-Building Coordinator at the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), IOM – UN...
By Marzia Rango, Michele Vespe ...
STATAFRIC and IOM GMDAC...
Migration data in times of COVID-19: Trends and policy implications in Africa
The African Union Institute for Statistics (STATAFRIC) and IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) organized a webinar on...
By BD4M Team
BD4M Webinar Series
Estimating Migrant Stocks and Flows Using Social Media Data
The first Big Data for Migration (BD4M) webinar titled "Estimating migrant stocks and flows using social media data" took place on 3...
By BD4M Team
Immigration & emigration...
The Data Innovation Directory: Unlocking the potential of big data for migration policy
Reposted from Migration Data Portal Whether we love it or loathe it, technology affects almost every aspect of our lives and it is likely to...
By Niklas Sievers, Emma Borgnäs,...
Immigration & emigration...
Are migrants left behind? How COVID-19 hinders better migration data
Reposted from Migration Data Portal Migrants worldwide play an important role in sectors vital to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic but are...
By Julia Black, Niklas Sievers ...
Initiatives
BD4M Studio Report
Designing Data Collaboratives to Better Understand Human Mobility and Migration in West Africa
The first BD4M Studio convened over 40 stakeholders in government, international organizations, research, civil society, and the public...
By BD4M TeamThe 100 Questions
The 100 Questions Migration Data Agenda
To make sense of the disparate issues related to a domain such as migration, The GovLab’s 100 Questions methodology (detailed in full in...
By BD4M TeamBD4M
The Big Data for Migration Alliance Joint Concept Note
In November 2017, the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) and IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis...
By BD4M TeamPLOS ONE Peer - Reviewed...
Monitoring of the Venezuelan exodus through Facebook’s advertising platform
Abstract: "Venezuela is going through the worst economical, political and social crisis in its modern history. Basic products like food or...
By Joao Palotti, Natalia Adler, ...BD4M
Big Data and alternative sources on migration: From case-studies to policy support
Over the past few years, migration has risen as one of the most challenging issues confronting policymakers around the world. This has been...
By Marzia Rango, Michele Vespe ...Migration Policy Practice
Can Big Data help us achieve a "migration data revolution"?
"Big Data" is generated every time we send a text message, make a mobile phone call, run an Internet search, transfer money online or...
By Marzia RangoBig Data and Migration
Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration
What is the potential of new data sources, such as mobile phones, social media and satellite imagery, to improve understanding of...
By BD4M TeamIOM Migration Data Strategy
Informing Policy and Action on Migration, Mobility and Displacement 2020 | 2025
IOM has developed a comprehensive strategy – the Migration Data Strategy – to frame, focus and further amplify its existing robust...
By BD4M TeamPLOS ONE Peer-Reviewed...
Quantifying international human mobility patterns using Facebook Network data
Quantifying global international mobility patterns can improve migration governance. Despite decades of calls by the international community...
By Spyridon Spyratos, Marzia...EPJ Data Science Journal...
Dissecting global air traffic data to discern different types and trends of transnational human mobility
Human mobility across national borders is a key phenomenon of our time. At the global scale, however, we still know relatively little about...
By Lorenzo Gabrielli, Emanuel...JRC Science for Policy Report
Towards an EU Policy on Migration Data
Improvements to the EU migration data landscape
Adequate data is key for evidence-informed policymaking. This report describes the initiative coordinated by the KCMD that has brought...
By Michele Vespe, Carlos...Safety Science Journal Article
Estimating and projecting air passenger traffic during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and its socio-economic impact
Due to the coronavirus global crisis, most countries have put in place restrictive measures in order to confine the pandemia and contain the...
By Michele Vespe, Spyridon...Safety Science Journal Article
Measuring the impact of COVID-19 confinement measures on human mobility using mobile positioning data. A European regional analysis
This work presents a mobility indicator derived from fully anonymised and aggregated mobile positioning data. Even though the indicator does...
By Michele Vespe, Spyridon...Nonlinear Dynamics Journal...
Human mobility and COVID-19 initial dynamics
Countries in Europe took different mobility containment measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. The European Commission asked mobile...
By Michele Vespe, Spyridon...JRC Technical Report
Mapping Mobility Functional Areas (MFA) by using Mobile Positioning Data to Inform COVID-19 Policies
A European Regional Analysis
This work introduces the concept of data-driven Mobility Functional Areas (MFAs) as geographic zones with high degree of intra-mobility...
By Michele Vespe, Spyridon...Migration Data Portal
Data Innovation Directory
By BD4M Team
Migration Data Portal:...
Big data, migration and human mobility
By BD4M TeamThe 100 Questions
Migration
Mapping the most pressing, high-impact migrationquestions that could be answered if relevant datasets were leveraged in a responsible...
By BD4M TeamKnowledge Centre on Migration...
Dynamic Data Hub
The Dynamic Data Hub gives direct access to single datasets to visualise migration and demography data and trends.
By BD4M TeamMigration Data Portal
The Portal aims to serve as a unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about migration data globally.
The Portal aims to serve as a unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about migration...
By BD4M Team