Understanding Society Through Data: A Cross-Infrastructure Showcase - In-person event
16 September 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
Registration:
10 August 2026–16 September 2026
What do conversations recorded in regional Australia, government administrative data on household income and a torrent of social media posts have in common?
They're all data about how Australians live, speak and connect. Three national research infrastructure projects are building the tools to make sense of it all.
This session shows what it might look like when they work together.
Speakers
- Professor Michael Haugh, Project Director and Lead Chief Investigator, Language Data Commons of Australia
- Professor Nicholas Carah, Director of the Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies and Deputy Director, Australian Internet Observatory
- Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski, Director, Social Science Research Infrastructure Network
- Betsy Alpert, Research Data Scientist, Reusable and Accessible Public Interest Documents (RAPID) Projec
Who should attend
UQ staff or researchers, UQ students (including HDRs), Industry or government partners, Alumni, Staff or researchers at another university.
Location
Room 273, Global Change Institute (20), St Lucia campus.
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