Longley, Paul;
Chen, Min;
(2025)
Smart data, information geographies and intelligent data services.
Information Geography
, 1
(1)
, Article 100013. 10.1016/j.infgeo.2025.100013.
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Abstract
We review the supplementation and partial replacement of survey-driven investigations to today's dynamic, geographically-enabled data ecosystems and the role of smart data within them. This raises critical challenges in the smart data paradigm, arising from data ownership, fragmented digital personas, coverage biases and algorithmic risks. In response, we propose a work-flow model for “smart data services”, prioritizing academic sector-wide licensing agreements, cross-source data linkage and assessment of data provenance. This also requires use of trusted research environments and standardized preprocessing procedures, culminating in the production and delivery of “research-ready data”. We describe how such data can mitigate ecological fallacies, bridging theoretical and practical advances in information geography and leveraging smart data to enhance social science's relevance and inclusivity in the digital age.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Smart data, information geographies and intelligent data services |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.infgeo.2025.100013 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infgeo.2025.100013 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Nanjing Normal University. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Smart data, Research ready data, Data services |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216464 |
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