Please join us at 5:15pm on Wednesday, 4th February for a seminar with Dr Alasdair Rae [1], Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, whose work focuses on the current vogue for big data visualisation and its potential usefulness as a tool to guide, inform and promote public policy.
In his talk "From data to wisdom? Spatial data visualisation as a policy tool [2]" Dr Rae will focus on the much-cited links between data, knowledge, information and wisdom as a way to frame the debate around the usefulness of big data visualisation. The objective is to provoke critical thinking on the ways in which big data visualisation is currently used in an urban context and how we might do it better. The seminar is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended via Eventbrite [3]. A drinks reception will directly follow the seminar and Q&A session. Please distribute widely to anyone interested in spatial analysis, big data, urban studies or public policy.
Sincerely,
Professor Vonu Thakuriah, Urban Big Data Centre
Professor Marian Scott, Glasgow Sustainable Development Network