Projects

Module 2: Societal and regulatory challenges

Digital data can lead to new results and forecasts in the areas of trade, human resources, marketing and transport. However, this data may also intrude into people’s privacy, thereby raising numerous ethical, sociological and legal questions.

Ongoing research projects

An ethical framework for the use of health-related Big Data	An ethical framework for the use of health-related Big Data	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-vayena	Prof. Effy (Eftychia) Vayena
Can a combination of theory and Big Data better predict extreme weather impacts?	Can a combination of theory and Big Data better predict extreme weather impacts?	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-knutti	Prof. Reto Knutti
Confronting Big Data: Methods and skills for a 21st-century sociology	Confronting Big Data: Methods and skills for a 21st-century sociology	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-muetzel	Prof. Sophie Mützel
Regulating Big Data in trade agreements	Regulating Big Data in trade agreements	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-burri	PD, Dr. Mira Burri
Regulating Big Data research: A new frontier	Regulating Big Data research: A new frontier	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-elger	Prof. Bernice Simone Elger
The legal challenges posed by Big Data: questions of exploitation and protection	The legal challenges posed by Big Data: questions of exploitation and protection	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-gless	Prof. Sabine Gless
“Big Brother” in Swiss companies? Trust, data and personal privacy of employees	“Big Brother” in Swiss companies? Trust, data and personal privacy of employees	http://www.nfp75.ch/en/projects/module-2-societal-and-regulatory-challenges/project-weibel	Prof. Antoinette Weibel