Big Data

The (mis)use of Chinese aid in Africa
Associate Professor Paul Raschky and team find African political leaders' birth regions receive a disproportionate amount of Chinese aid.

Will poverty survive the age of big data?
Dr Simon Angus recently explored big data’s potential to end the knowledge scarcity that poverty thrives on in a TED-style talk for the Monash Studio Series.

Mapping Hurricane Irma’s impact using real-time internet activity
Dr Simon Angus and Associate Professor Paul Raschky used internet activity data to map the impact of Hurricane Irma on ICT infrastructure in the Caribbean and Florida.

Observing the Russian election
Associate Professors Paul Raschky and Simon Angus have extended their unique global research project to monitoring internet quality during the 2018 Russian Presidential elections.