Big Data Research for Social Science and Social Impact

Miltiadis D. Lytras and Anna Visvizi
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Miltiadis D. Lytras: School of Business and Economics, Deree College—The American College of Greece, 153-42 Athens, Greece
Anna Visvizi: School of Business and Economics, Deree College—The American College of Greece, 153-42 Athens, Greece

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: This Special Issue of Sustainability devoted to the topic of “Big Data Research for Social Sciences and Social Impact” attracted significant attention of scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers from all over the world. Locating themselves at the cross-section of advanced information systems and computer science research and insights from social science and engineering, all papers included in this Special Issue contribute to the debate on the use of big data in social sciences and big data social impact. By promoting a debate on the multifaceted challenges that our societies are exposed to today, this Special Issue offers an in-depth, integrative, well-organized, comparative study into the most recent developments shaping the future directions of interdisciplinary research and policymaking.

Keywords: big data research; social and humanistic computing; social sciences; social good; social impact; machine learning; knowledge management; web science; data science; social inclusive economic growth; sustainability; innovation; innovation networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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