Dr Ross is part of the SDS Coordination Committee, headed by Dr Christopher Barrie, who are seeking to establish a dedicated Social Data Science Hub (SDS) at the University of Edinburgh. They now count among their ranks a growing number of colleagues working in the field. A dedicated hub will help them gain visibility, collaborate, attract research funding and attract students.
The concept of the hub is intended to create a space to bring together researchers from the many disciplines and schools where colleagues are working in this area, and a focal point for the SDS community as a whole. This plan has been formulated, and met the approval of over thirty colleagues across multiple schools and disciplines.
The primary purposes of the Hub are as follows:
- Establish a seminar series oriented mainly towards PGR students and staff (with occasionally invited external speakers)
- Create a web presence for the whole UoE SDS community, to facilitate recruitment of PGR students and provide a resource for existing students
- Provide a public platform for the aggregation of new publications and projects by the joint SDS community at the UoE
