OVERVIEW
Pillars of Work
The pillars of work represent a theory of change, and ways of addressing development problems using data and technology. They also can be understood as key steps towards our mission of changing the world with data. These pillars are the foundational structure of Data-Pop Alliance.
Diagnose local realities and human problems using data, AI and technology
Mobilize capacities and ideas towards more data literate societies
Transform systems and processes that underpin our societies and countries
Thematic Programs
Data-Pop Alliance implements the methodologies embedded in our pillars of work to develop projects around six priority areas or Thematic Programs: Just Digital Transformations, AI and Statistics for the SDGs, Data for Resilient Societies, Data Feminism, Geographies of Inequalities, and Technology and Democracy.
Click in the icons below to learn more about the impact we seek to generate, the methods use, our specific products, and the SDG’s addressed through our work in each Program.
Impact
DPA critically assesses the enabling conditions for ethical digital transformations, and supports civil society, public, and private organizations to understand and reach digital maturity.
Methods
Strategic evaluation of digital-related policies, digital maturity assessments, mixed-methods digital ecosystem research, tailored recommendations, and action data plans
Products
● Strategic Evaluation of Digital-Related Policies
● Digital Maturity Assessments
● Digital Ecosystem Research
● Data and Digital Strategy
Relevant SDGs
Impact
DPA equips individuals and organizations with data skills, systems, and standards to navigate the ‘age of data’ and develops measurement methodologies for policy and the SDGs.
Methods
In-person and online courses, advanced data modeling AI-based analysis for measuring the unmeasured
Products
● Tailored Data Trainings
● Standardized SDGs Assessments
● Measuring Unmeasured SDGs
● OPAL for Public Data and Good
● Human AI Research
Relevant SDGs
Impact
DPA improves evidence, knowledge, and tools for policy-making at the nexus of crisis, conflicts, and climate change –and their impacts on livelihoods and societies– to foster resilience and inclusion in the face of multiple co-ocurring shocks.
Methods
Mix-methods data collection and analyses, evaluations, AI-based modeling, and participatory approaches for contextualized action-plans to strengthen resilience and produce stronger social protection schemes.
Products
● Crisis Impact Evaluations
● Socioeconomic Vulnerability Assessments
● Leave No One Behind (LNOB) Assessments
● Future of Livelihoods Lab
Relevant SDGs
Impact
DPA produces evidence for advocacy and policy to accelerate intersectional, feminist and LGBTQI+ inclusive gender equality.
Methods
Mixed-methods evidence-based assessments, gender and data capacity-building, advanced GBV data modeling and visualization
Products
● Evidence-Based Gender Assessments
● Gender and Data Training
● GBV Modeling
Relevant SDGs
Impact
DPA uses (Big) Data for greater understanding of the implications and dynamics of poverty, violence and migration, considering vulnerable populations’ and subgroups’ identities and experiences.
Methods
Mixed-methods research, data modeling, and policy advice
Products
●Fragmented Cities: Inequality Through a Big Data Lens
● Living Conditions of Refugees and Host Communities Using Big Data
● Data for Refugees Challenges
Relevant SDGs
Impact
DPA develops tools responding to anti-democratic processes fueled online (non-profit focusing on the use of social media to foster social awareness) and produces actionable knowledge about the impacts of technology for societies and democracy.
Methods
Thematic cycles on Eureka (non-profit social media fostering social awareness), mixed-methods research, machine learning-based tools
Products
● Eureka Platform
● Dis-Misinformation Research Stream
Relevant SDGs