Conference Proceedings

Digital Footprints 2025

At the 2025 conference, we had an exciting line-up of invited speakers, who addressed topics such as building public trust, the power of partnerships, and navigating bias. We also heard a variety of case studies showcasing the practical application of digital footprints data for public good, both from research and industry, as well as successful collaborations across research and industry. See the proceedings here.

Digital Footprints 2024

The 2024 conference focused on advancing the understanding of digital footprints data for social impact, inviting innovative research that harnesses the potential of these novel datasets to address pressing societal challenges and drive positive change. See the proceedings here.

Digital Footprints 2023

The 2023 conference topics were: leveraging shopping loyalty card data to understand dietary transitions and nutrient deficiency, using social media data to measure mental health and wellbeing, exploring spatial patterns of vulnerability using linked health data, using mobile phone traces to examine transport and mobility segregation in urban spaces, and investigating customer trends in take-away purchasing using geospatial data from food delivery platforms. See the proceedings here.

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