Humans of Data

“In my previous life as an academic, I always liked interdisciplinary work: to come at things from a slightly sideways perspective. But...

"I’m not a data scientist but I know how to read and fiddle with code. This is what drives me – I want to understand and know something...

"I’m inspired by the fact that the [digital preservation] field is cross-disciplinary. To be able to talk about digital preservation in...

"Digital preservation is a perfect field because it unites two things I’m passionate about: humanities and IT. I can work on a framework...

“I work in a university library but was trained as an engineer. When I was doing my PhD, my advisor claimed engineering was a liberal...

“Brené Brown, the social scientist, said that stories are data with a soul. I think about that a lot in the work I do. I’m passionate...

“I wonder whether any ethics are applied in collection of samples of Ebola and HIV/AIDS in emergency situations. When I talk to doctors...

“I’m very passionate about open science. From where I stand in the context of Africa, there’s so much data we create in government,...

“My background is in the political and social sciences, and I can connect with a lot of the ethical issues, the equality issues, making...

“Science is about discovering that things aren’t as you expected. The more I learn, the more I realise I don’t know. One of the fun...