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Toth-Szollos, Evi (2015)

Big data in international relations

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

With the abundance of data and more sophisticated analytical capabilities, big data is receiving increasing attention in international relations research. This thesis intends to explore the relevance of real-time big data analysis in violent conflict prediction and prevention by examining the state of the art of big-data based social science research, assessing the value of open data and elaborating on the question of access and the interests of stakeholders in data-sharing across sectors. Finally, three data sharing models will be visualised and the privacy vs. security dichotomy will be addressed.

international relations

big data

conflict prediction

Author

Toth-Szollos, Evi

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Gerrits, A.W.M.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en