Digital Footprints: Strategic Advice Team

数字足迹数据（DFD）有可能彻底改变我们参与和解决世界面临的重大挑战的能力，但前提是要有意识地努力理解和塑造现有的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：战略投资的能力和围绕数据访问、整合和效用以及培训、基础设施、道德和能力建设设定期望的可见性。我们的目标是通过成立一个战略咨询团队，为ESRC在DFD领域的影响做出贡献，该团队旨在(1)增加对DFD景观和参与选区的理解，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“购买”ESRC的数字足迹（DF）投资，以及相关的数据相关投资，如未来数据服务。为了完成这些任务，我们制定并领导了一个结构化的、包容性的机制，为ESRC DF提供和综合专家战略咨询。我们的活动涉及各种各样的选区，从数据提供者到研究人员，再到研究成果的用户。我们同时协调并为DF提供“信号提升”，以建立其产品套件的兴奋，兴趣和意识。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），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方面的专家。总之，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之间的合作，确保了所有咨询活动中都融入了一系列的专业知识和观点。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。我们通过人员和网络的结合以及收集、综合和传播信息的四种活动流来实现我们的愿景，以帮助我们实现我们的四个目标：通过一个汇集了整个DFD社区专业知识的国际咨询小组，将碎片化的DFD景观连接起来。通过问卷调查和结构化德尔菲访谈（以咨询小组的专业知识为基础），盘点和绘制DFD格局。通过当前和未来DFD受助人、咨询小组成员和更广泛的社区之间的知识共享和网络，扩大ESRC投资的价值。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成果，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。简要地说，四种活动流是：访谈和清单：对14名咨询小组成员的问卷调查和访谈，以及关于数字足迹成功投资的选项和要求的潜在“雪球样本”。参与和咨询研讨会：9个活动，将咨询小组、用户社区和利益相关者聚集在一起，就与DFD相关的一系列具体主题进行探讨和提供意见。数字数据潜水：4次实际操作会议，将用户和数据提供者聚集在一起，对特定主题的访问，分析，输出管道进行为期一天的探索，产生“用例”，突出DFD的潜力，应用于重要的研究和社会挑战。结果、冠军和影响：持续向ESRC提供专家和知情的战略建议，并提供6份报告，用于推动与DF战略咨询小组、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、数据挖掘以及与咨询小组的沟通，支持科技发展基金的倡议。

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.