Join the upcoming meeting of AfP's Digital Peacebuilding Community of Practice on Tuesday, June 21st at 11:00am ET!
Join Helena Puig Laurrari from Build Up and Daniel Burkhardt Cerigo from datavaluepeople to see what is possible when a social media analysis tool is made by and for peacebuilders. Phoenix is an open-source, non-commercial, customisable process and tool to support peacebuilders and mediators who want to work ethically with social media data to inform programming. To date, it has been used by Build Up, the UNDP, British Council and 18 civil society organisations across the Middle East and North Africa.
The conversation will explore:
A vision for contributing to decolonizing data through accessible social media analysis tools
A demo on how to use Phoenix, including data pipelines, customisable automatic labelling models, and data dashboards to visualise engagement, sentiment and networks
Examples on how it has been used to create evidence-based initiatives that respond to social media insights
About the Speakers:
Helena Puig Laurrari: Helena is a governance and peacebuilding professional with over a decade of experience advising and supporting UN agencies, multilateral organizations, and NGOs working in conflict contexts and polarized environments. At Build Up, she focuses on the integration of digital technology and innovation to peace processes and on the analysis of digital conflict drivers. She has written and spoken extensively on this subject matter. Helena holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University and a Masters in Public Policy (Economics) from Princeton University. She is a Board Member of Public Sentiment and Digital Peace Now, as well as an Ashoka Fellow.
Daniel Burkhardt Cerigo: Daniel is a founding data scientist of datavaluepeople. Physics & Philosophy, Oxford. Consulted for UK Gov Office of Rail & Road. Chairperson for nonprofit orgs. Academically published. Kaggle ML-competition ranked. Built reinforcement-learning pricing optimisation algo operating on millions (£) of revenue.