Introduction to the Special Issue on Big Data and Social Policy in Australia
Abstract This Special Issue addresses the use of linked data for research purposes and to carry out government functions such as child protection, allocation of resources, and debt recovery. Government investment in big data has the potential to change citizens' experience of the welfare state...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajs4.169 2024-06-02T08:06:45+00:00 Introduction to the Special Issue on Big Data and Social Policy in Australia Curchin, Katherine Edwards, Ben 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.169 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajs4.169 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ajs4.169 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Australian Journal of Social Issues volume 56, issue 2, page 132-142 ISSN 0157-6321 1839-4655 journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.169 2024-05-03T11:50:14Z Abstract This Special Issue addresses the use of linked data for research purposes and to carry out government functions such as child protection, allocation of resources, and debt recovery. Government investment in big data has the potential to change citizens' experience of the welfare state in a broad range of areas in both positive and negative ways. It is therefore important that the Australian social policy community understands and engages with the potential benefits and risks involved in the linkage and analysis of government datasets. Papers in this Special Issue discuss the technical challenges and institutional barriers involved in the construction and governance of linked government data assets and showcase the promise of big data for generating policy relevant insights. This Special Issue also features papers critically interrogating the potential for big data to produce social harms. We contextualise this collection of papers with a brief history of recent policy developments in regards to access to government held data. We also discuss ways of improving public trust and social licence for the use of big data and argue that the voices of First Nations and disadvantaged Australians must be given greater weight in discussions of how their data will be used. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Wiley Online Library Australian Journal of Social Issues 56 2 132 142 |
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Abstract This Special Issue addresses the use of linked data for research purposes and to carry out government functions such as child protection, allocation of resources, and debt recovery. Government investment in big data has the potential to change citizens' experience of the welfare state in a broad range of areas in both positive and negative ways. It is therefore important that the Australian social policy community understands and engages with the potential benefits and risks involved in the linkage and analysis of government datasets. Papers in this Special Issue discuss the technical challenges and institutional barriers involved in the construction and governance of linked government data assets and showcase the promise of big data for generating policy relevant insights. This Special Issue also features papers critically interrogating the potential for big data to produce social harms. We contextualise this collection of papers with a brief history of recent policy developments in regards to access to government held data. We also discuss ways of improving public trust and social licence for the use of big data and argue that the voices of First Nations and disadvantaged Australians must be given greater weight in discussions of how their data will be used. |
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