Digital Footprints: Strategic Advice Team

数字足迹数据(DFD)有可能彻底改变我们应对和解决我们世界面临的重大挑战的能力--但前提是要有意识地理解和塑造现有的DFD格局。在这一更广泛的背景下，国家研究委员会发挥着独特的作用：进行战略性投资的能力，以及围绕数据访问、集成和公用事业以及培训、基础设施、道德和能力建设设定预期的可见性。我们的目标是通过成立一个战略咨询团队来促进ESRC在DFD领域的影响，该团队的目标是(1)增加对DFD前景和参与群体的了解，并确保将这种理解有效地传达给ESRC；(2)最大限度地提高ESRC的可见性、领导力和对ESRC数字足迹(DF)投资的支持。以及相关的数据相关投资，如未来数据服务。我们通过开发和领导一个结构化和包容性的机制来完成这些任务，以向ESRC DF贡献和综合专家战略建议。我们的活动吸引了从数据提供者到研究人员，再到研究成果使用者的各种受众。为了实现我们的目标，我们组建了一个战略咨询团队(PI&Co-IS)，该团队汇集了计算社会科学、行业研究、数字文化、数据科学和空间分析等领域的专家。该团队涵盖了一系列学科、职业阶段和专业背景。此外，两所大学(纽卡斯尔和利物浦)、艾伦·图灵研究所和微软的合作确保将一系列专业知识和观点融入所有咨询活动。我们专注于数据提供商和访问、数据基础设施、能力和培训以及有影响力的应用程序。我们通过人员和网络的组合以及收集、综合和传播信息的4个活动流来实现我们的愿景，以帮助我们实现四个目标：1.通过一个国际咨询小组将分散的DFD环境连接起来，该小组汇集了整个DFD社区的专业知识2.通过以咨询组专家为基础的问卷调查和结构化的德尔福访谈，对DFD前景进行清点和绘制地图。通过当前和未来的DFD受赠人、咨询小组成员和更广泛的社区之间的知识共享和网络，放大ESRC投资的价值4。支持和突出ESRC数据基础设施投资，包括DF和未来数据服务活动，通过战略咨询团队、研讨会和数字数据潜水活动以及各种项目结果的可见性。简而言之，四种活动流是：访谈和清点：对14名咨询组成员的问卷调查和访谈，以及关于成功的数字足迹投资的选择和要求的潜在“滚雪球样本”。参与和咨询研讨会：9项活动，将咨询组、用户社区和利益相关者聚集在一起，探索并提供对一系列与DFD相关的特定主题的意见。数字数据潜水：4个动手会议，将用户和数据提供商聚集在一起，进行为期一天的访问探索，分析，输出特定主题的管道，产生突出DFD应用于重要研究和社会挑战的潜力的“用例”。结果、冠军和影响：持续向ESRC提供专家和知情的战略建议，以及6份报告，这些报告有助于推动与DF战略顾问组、未来数据服务团队和DFD利益相关者的讨论。通过正式和非正式的网络、研讨会、数据潜水以及与顾问组的沟通，支持ESTC DF计划。

Digital Footprints Data (DFD) have the potential to revolutionise our capacity to engage with and solve the grand challenges that face our world--but only with intentional efforts to understand and shape the existing DFD landscape. In this broader context, national research councils play a unique role: the capacity to strategically invest and the visibility to set expectations around data access, integration, and utility, as well as training, infrastructure, ethics and capacity building.We aim to contribute to the ESRC's impact in the DFD arena through the formation of a Strategic Advice Team, which aims to (1) increase understanding of the DFD landscape and participating constituencies and ensure this understanding is communicated effectively to the ESRC and (2) maximise visibility, leadership and 'buy-in' to the ESRC's DigitalFootprints (DF) investment, as well as related data-related investments such as Future Data Services.We accomplish these tasks by developing and leading a structured and inclusive mechanism for contributing and synthesizing expert strategic advice to ESRC DF. Our activities engage with a variety of constituencies, from data providers to researchers, to users of research outputs. We simultaneously coordinate and provide "signal boost" for DF that builds excitement, interest and awareness of its suite of offerings.To accomplish our goals, we assemble a Strategic Advice Team (PI & Co-Is) that brings together experts in computational social science, industry research, digital culture, data science and spatial analytics. Together, the Team covers a range of disciplines, career stages and professional contexts. In addition, the collaboration across two universities (Newcastle and Liverpool), the Alan Turing Institute and Microsoft ensures a range of expertise and perspectives are woven into all advisory activities.We focus on data providers and access, data infrastructure, capacity and training, and impactful applications. We operationalise our vision through a combination of people and networks and 4 streams of activities that collect, synthesize and disseminate information to help us meet our four objectives:1. Connect a fragmented DFD landscape through an international Advisory Group that assembles expertise from across the entire DFD community2. Inventory and Map the DFD landscape through questionnaires and structured Delphi interviews that are anchored in Advisory Group expertise3. Amplify value of ESRC investments through knowledge sharing and networking among current and future DFD grantees, Advisory Group members, and the wider community4. Champion and highlight ESRC Data Infrastructure investments, including DF and Future Data Services activities, through visibility of Strategic Advice Team, workshop and Digital Data Dive activities and a diverse range of project outputsThe 4 streams of activity are, in brief: Interviews and Inventory: questionnaires and interviews with 14 Advisory Group members and a potential 'snowball sample' regarding options and requirements for a successful DigitalFootprints investment.Engagement and Consultation Workshops: 9 events that bring together Advisory Group, user community and stakeholders to explore and offer input on a set of specific topics related to DFD.Digital Data Dives: 4 hands-on meetings that bring users and data providers together for day-long explorations of the access, analysis, outputs pipeline for specific topics, producing "use cases" that highlight the potential of DFD, as applied to important research and societal challenges.Outcomes, Championship and Impact: expert and informed strategic advice provided on an ongoing basis to the ESRC and 6 reports that serve to drive discussion with the DF strategic advisory group, the Future Data Services team, and DFD stakeholders. Championing ESTC DF initiatives through formal and informal networking, workshops, Data Dives and in communications with Advisory Group.