Data
Environment
Communication and education to mobilise global climate action
Evidence-informed strategies for promoting global climate literacy and action are essential for addressing the climate crisis
Arts & Culture
Translating data into soft power
Understanding the power of raw data for cultural institutions to create compelling stories has become easier with a new data mapping app
Arts & Culture
The sound of your internet history
Humans are increasingly connected through a technological frenzy of social media. Exhibitions at Science Gallery’s SWARM explore the legacy we leave behind online
Health & Medicine
Medibank’s hack tells us privacy laws need to change
Medibank’s data breach exposes how Australia’s most vulnerable have the most to lose when private information is made public
Business & Economics
Using evidence to design Australia’s economic policy
The new Federal Government has no shortage of challenges, but how can we develop evidence-based policies that help to bring the whole community forward?
Health & Medicine
Indigenous data governance for the 21st century
There is power in Indigenous data sovereignty and a new project aims to create an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Data Commons to empower communities
Health & Medicine
Data protection is a mental health issue for young people
Australia’s leading use of digital technologies in youth mental health services could help inform Australia’s Privacy Act review, with lessons for mental health services along the way
Health & Medicine
Why social conditions need to guide our COVID-19 policies
A new demographic index of Australian cities identifies vulnerable population areas and can drive better policy making to control COVID-19 outbreaks
Sciences & Technology
TikTok captures your face
TikTok is hugely popular. But its latest decision to capture unique digital copies of your face and voice is a cybersecurity threat to your identity and privacy
Health & Medicine
The power of Indigenous data
Government has recognised the importance of Indigenous Data to Closing the Gap, but datasets need to be community-driven and owned if they are to be most effective