Social Data Science
From AI to social data and GIS, we have expertise that can help your organisation develop solutions for understanding fast and complex social challenges.
There is no doubt AI and the era of ‘Big Data’ are changing the workplace and society. Our experts are leaders in the field of social data science and its use to explain and understand how complex information intersects with society and social understanding. We have years of experience researching and teaching in areas such as AI, GIS, and various analytical techniques.
Case studies
Data After Dark
The UCL Social Data Institute is partnering with the Greater London Authority to deliver a better data and evidence base for night workers in London.
Mapping the People of Scotland
Big Data from sources like social media and mobile phones overwhelms traditional tools. A UCL project has demonstrated how digital mapping is playing an important role in this process.
UCL Consultants help Nike promote new Nike+ FuelBand
UCL Geography researchers worked with Nike to produce a 'walkable London tube map' as part of Nike's promotion for their FuelBand personal movement tracker.
Work with one of our experts
We are keen to hear from you and to work together to use social science to help you solve your unique requirements. Find a relevant expert below and send them an email to get started.
Led by the UCL Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences.
The new Social Data Institute amplifies UCL’s advanced research and teaching in social data and methods.
Associate Professor of Political Science and Quantitative Research Methods, UCL Political Science
Consulting experience: A member of the UK Cabinet Office’s Trial Advice Panel. Previously a Data Science Advisor to YouGov.
Teaching: Programme Director for the Data Science and Public Policy MSc.
Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, UCL Geography
Specific expertise: quantitative geography, mappable Big Data
Teaching: Data Analysis; Cartography of Visualization
Professor of Geographical Information Science, UCL Geography
Specific expertise: participatory mapping and GIS, Citizen Science, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) and usability aspects of GIS, and public access to environmental information.
Teaching: Introduction to citizen science and scientific crowdsourcing
Professor of Geographic Information Science, UCL Geography
Specific expertise: The development of neighbourhood geodemographic classifications, extending to historical classifications and characterisation of workplaces and wider population activity patterns; Modelling geodemographic and urban land use change using microsimulation and associated methods; Family name geographies and onomastics; Retail geography and consumer behaviour; and the delivery of public services, specifically education, health and policing.
Teaching: Thinking Geographically
Lecturer in Citizen Science, UCL Geography
Specific expertise: Socio-technical and design perspectives in the implementation of geographic interfaces and technologies; The trust-building potential of bottom-up participatory approaches in science and environmental sustainability; usability and trust design
Teaching: Geography in the field, Digital Geographies; Technology for Nature; Foundations of Citizen Science; Designing and Managing Citizen Science; Introduction to Citizen Science and Scientific Crowdsourcing; Data Politics and Society
Get in touch to discuss your needs
For any general consultancy questions, contract issues, or to enquire about the possibility of setting up a programme of internships and placements with us, reach out to Mark Altaweel:
Professor Mark Altaweel
Vice-Dean (Innovation, Enterprise & Knowledge Exchange)
Click to email. shs.consultancy@ucl.ac.uk