Tag: PhD

Rediscovering the ‘local’ in knowledge infrastructures, PhD Scholarship, apply by 15-11-2021

Major societal challenges such as climate change, land degradation or loss of biodiversity have been formulated through large-scale and centralized systems for global data. But recent calls for disaggregation and localisation of data point to the need to produce, handle and use data differently.… Continue Reading “Rediscovering the ‘local’ in knowledge infrastructures, PhD Scholarship, apply by 15-11-2021”

How do we value big data?

A nice question to sink your teeth into, thought Xiaoyao Han. Recently graduated from the Masters in Information Science from the Humboldt University in Berlin, Xiaoyao has joined Campus Fryslan and the Data Research Centre on 1 November. She will be working on a… Continue Reading “How do we value big data?”

PhD opportunity: Knowledge Infrastructures for Climate Adaptation

We have a PhD position on the topic of Knowledge Infrastructures for Climate Adaptation. In the framework of unprecedented global environmental change, it is crucial to map and increase environmental resilience. In this project, we aim to acquire insights into ongoing environmental changes in… Continue Reading “PhD opportunity: Knowledge Infrastructures for Climate Adaptation”