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Context-Conditioned Generative Models Enable Subnational Refinement of Sparse Humanitarian Surveys
Federica Sibilla, Vasiliki Voukelatou, Duccio Piovani +4
Data scarcity limits inference in many scientific and policy domains. Survey data are essential for decision-making, but sparse samples often fail to capture fine spatial granulari…
Non-traditional data in pandemic preparedness and response: identifying and addressing first and last-mile challenges
Mattia Mazzoli, Irma Varela-Lasheras, Sonia Namorado +10
The pandemic served as an important test case of complementing traditional public health data with non-traditional data (NTD) such as mobility traces, social media activity, and we…
Behavioral response to mobile phone evacuation alerts
Erick Elejalde, Timur Naushirvanov, Kyriaki Kalimeri +4
This study examines behavioral responses to mobile phone evacuation alerts during the February 2024 wildfires in Valparaíso, Chile. Using anonymized mobile network data from 580,00…
The Role of Science in the Climate Change Discussions on Reddit
Paolo Cornale, Michele Tizzani, Fabio Ciulla +4
Collective and individual action necessary to address climate change hinges on the public's understanding of the relevant scientific findings. In this study, we examine the use of…
Automatic Detection of Moral Values in Music Lyrics
Vjosa Preniqi, Iacopo Ghinassi, Julia Ive +2
Moral values play a fundamental role in how we evaluate information, make decisions, and form judgements around important social issues. The possibility to extract morality rapidly…
Beyond the Headlines: Understanding Sentiments and Morals Impacting Female Employment in Spain
Oscar Araque, Luca Barbaglia, Francesco Berlingieri +5
After decades of improvements in the employment conditions of females in Spain, this process came to a sudden stop with the Great Spanish Recession of 2008. In this contribution, w…
From Ukraine to the World: Using LinkedIn Data to Monitor Professional Migration from Ukraine
Margherita Bertè, Daniela Paolotti, Kyriaki Kalimeri
Highly skilled professionals' forced migration from Ukraine was triggered by the conflict in Ukraine in 2014 and amplified by the Russian invasion in 2022. Here, we utilize LinkedI…
Monitoring Gender Gaps via LinkedIn Advertising Estimates: the case study of Italy
Margherita Bertè, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Daniela Paolotti
Women remain underrepresented in the labour market. Although significant advancements are being made to increase female participation in the workforce, the gender gap is still far…
"More Than Words": Linking Music Preferences and Moral Values Through Lyrics
Vjosa Preniqi, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Charalampos Saitis
This study explores the association between music preferences and moral values by applying text analysis techniques to lyrics. Harvesting data from a Facebook-hosted application, w…
Moral Narratives Around the Vaccination Debate on Facebook
Mariano Gastón Beiró, Jacopo D'Ignazi, Maria Florencia Prado +2
Vaccine hesitancy is a complex issue with psychological, cultural, and even societal factors entangled in the decision-making process. The narrative around this process is captured…
Modelling Moral Traits with Music Listening Preferences and Demographics
Vjosa Preniqi, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Charalampos Saitis
Music is an essential component in our everyday lives and experiences, as it is a way that we use to express our feelings, emotions and cultures. In this study, we explore the asso…
Young Adult Unemployment Through the Lens of Social Media: Italy as a case study
Alessandra Urbinati, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Andrea Bonanomi +3
Youth unemployment rates are still in alerting levels for many countries, among which Italy. Direct consequences include poverty, social exclusion, and criminal behaviours, while n…
Falling into the Echo Chamber: the Italian Vaccination Debate on Twitter
Alessandro Cossard, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Kyriaki Kalimeri +3
The reappearance of measles in the US and Europe, a disease considered eliminated in early 2000s, has been accompanied by a growing debate on the merits of vaccination on social me…
Facebook Ads as a Demographic Tool to Measure the Urban-Rural Divide
Daniele Rama, Yelena Mejova, Michele Tizzoni +2
In the global move toward urbanization, making sure the people remaining in rural areas are not left behind in terms of development and policy considerations is a priority for gove…
Human Values and Attitudes towards Vaccination in Social Media
Kyriaki Kalimeri, Mariano Beiro, Alessandra Urbinati +3
Psychological, political, cultural, and even societal factors are entangled in the reasoning and decision-making process towards vaccination, rendering vaccine hesitancy a complex…
Evaluation of Biases in Self-reported Demographic and Psychometric Information: Traditional versus Facebook-based Surveys
Kyriaki Kalimeri, Mariano G. Beiro, Andrea Bonanomi +2
Social media in scientific research offer a unique digital observatory of human behaviours and hence great opportunities to conduct research at large scale answering complex sociod…
Multimodal Classification of Stressful Environments in Visually Impaired Mobility Using EEG and Peripheral Biosignals
Charalampos Saitis, Kyriaki Kalimeri
In this study, we aim to better understand the cognitive-emotional experience of visually impaired people when navigating in unfamiliar urban environments, both outdoor and indoor.…
Predicting Demographics, Moral Foundations, and Human Values from Digital Behaviors
Kyriaki Kalimeri, Mariano G. Beiro, Matteo Delfino +2
Personal electronic devices including smartphones give access to behavioural signals that can be used to learn about the characteristics and preferences of individuals. In this stu…