Social Data Science Lab
An ESRC Data Investment, part of the Big Data Network for the social sciences, the Social Data Science Lab brings together crime, social, computer, and statistical scientists to study the empirical, methodological, theoretical and technical dimensions of new and emerging forms of data in social, policy and business contexts. This empirical social data science programme is complemented by a focus on ethics and the development of new methodological tools and technical solutions for the UK academic, public and private sectors.
The lab develops and supports the COSMOS Open Data Analytics software, that provides ethical access to social media data for social science researchers.