Digital Data and Society
Class:
Call for Applications (NON-EU students) - A.Y. 2025/26
7 January - 7 March 2025
Please check the relevant Call for admissions (TBD)
OVERVIEW
The Master's in Digital Data and Society equips students with skills in collecting, processing, and interpreting digital data across various sectors. It focuses on critical analysis of the political, economic, ethical, and societal impacts of digital data and the digital transition. The interdisciplinary curriculum spans digital sociology, computer science, philosophy, and more, covering topics like digital capitalism and surveillance. It is ideal for those pursuing careers in digital media, data analysis, or academic research on socio-technical impacts of digitalization.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Statistic and computer science: Text as Data; Statistics for Social and Digital Data; Basic Computer Science; Data Analysis with R; Queries and Prompting; Introduction to Phyton; Introduction to Machine Learning; Introduction to AI.
Digital Methods for Social Research: Digital Sociology; Digital Methods for a Datafied Society; Social Media.
Critical Perspectives on Digitalized Societies: Technology and Culture; Epistemology of Data: new horizons of AI; Logic and Foundations of Computability; Ethics and Artificial Intelligence; Environment and Digital; Data Artificial Intelligence and Human Knowledge; Digital Labour; Science and Technology Studies; Social Psychology in the Digital Age; Digital Politics; Sustainability and Digital Data; Building Fair Data Cultures; Health and Digital Data ; Digital Culture, Gender and Sexuality; Digital Governance and Policies.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
The Master's in Digital Data and Society prepares professionals to critically analyze the digital society and conduct research using AI methodologies such as machine learning. Key roles include Quality Data Manager, AI Mediator, Digital Data Strategist, Digital Prompter, and Digital Social Scientist, who will ensure quality in data collection, analyze trends, and guide digital strategies.
