The European Commission’s

science and knowledge service

Joint Research Centre

Knowledge Centre on

Migration and Demography

Alessandra Zampieri

Head of Unit

Better data & analytics

Making sense of data

Anticipation & foresight

Tailor-made evidence

The European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography

New knowledge

Knowledge

Uptake

Partner- ships

Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography

Comprehensive evidence-

base

• Inventory, collection and

organisation of existing

knowledge

• Identification of knowledge gaps

• Analyses, modelling, foresight

and future scenarios

• New knowledge including new

sources of data

Science partnerships and

networks

• Economies of scale

• Knowledge base extension

• Extended networks

• Good practices and

methodologies

• Europe and international

Knowledge tailored for

policy

• Fit-for-purpose and digestible

knowledge

• Workshops and seminars

• Visualisations

• Flagship publications

• Dissemination (website,

newsletter, etc.)

A Commission wide initiative for the European Union, with a global perspective

From data to knowledge: a global challenge

1. Clean, filter, organise, discover

2. Modelling, analysis, dissemination

3. Innovative approaches to data

→ The KCMD Data Catalogue and Dynamic Data Hub:

a regional contribution to the Global Data Portal

KCMD Data Catalogue

To guide policy makers and the general public through the discovery and

usage of data on international migration

https://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/catalogue

>100 datasets classified along current

European Commission priorities

The catalogue points to the SOURCES

OF THE DATA, providing insights into

their USABILITY for analysis

It includes datasets made available by

EU institutions, international organisations and

some national administrations

KCMD Dynamic Data Hub

To improve awareness and information on migration, starting with

flows to Europe. Other datasets will be added over time.

https://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/migration/app/index.html

To improve awareness and information on migration, starting with

flows to Europe. Other datasets will be added over time.

https://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/migration/app/index.html

KCMD Innovative approaches to data

Traditional, alternative sources and Big Data

Surveys, Census

Administrative / operational

data

Social Media Machine log

data

Sensor data

Twitter: Public, Selection bias LinkedIn: Excellent for professionals,

Proprietary Facebook, Google+: Proprietary

Mobile phones Pervasive

Confidentiality < 20-30% of market share

of single provider For social networks

we need entire population Location data

Satellites Refugee camps ? Routes WiFi localisation ?

Air Passenger: international proprietary

VELOCITY VOLUME VARIETY

High Resolution Census Data: Public, few datasets

Arrivals/border crossings: Public,

subject to verification

Asian-born population by OA Census 2001 in London (% of total) EU-born population by OA Census 2001 in London (% of total) African-born population by OA Census 2001 in London (% of total)

Data Source for Output Area (OA): UK Census, Office for National Statistics

The knowledge of migrant communities can help to

understand the impact of migration in cities, providing

key indicators for policy-makers on integration and

governance

Mapping migrant communities

6 December 2016

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/migration-and-

demography

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