The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include economic, social, and environmental topics to prioritize until 2030. Following the Millennium Development Goals primarily aimed at developing countries, the SDGs were introduced in 2016 to both include more broad topics and address all nations.
Switzerland is highly active in a multitude of research areas. Projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation are recorded in a publicly accessible database including a description of each project. We used the R package text2sdg to analyze these research projects to produce a unique dataset on research efforts in Switzerland to address the Sustainable Development Goals.
We are eager to learn what information you can extract from the data. The SDG Hackathon asks you to use data visualization methods of your choice to produce insights on how the Swiss research landscape addresses the 17 SDGs. Learn from experts in the field, and use your skills and creativity to tell a visual data story.
Be inspired by other participants countributions and show off your own work to the community.
Data designer Valentina D'Efilippo will talk about the 3 goals of Data Design in her keynote presentation.
Data scientists will offer data visualization courses using R and the ggplot2 package.
A jury of data visualization experts headed by Nicole Lachenmeier and Darjan Hil from Superdot will go through all submissions and award the best ones.
24 Hours
5 to 6 November – 17:00 to 17:00 (UTC + 1)
Location
online
Goals
Datasets and tasks will be added soon - stay in touch by registering or following us on twitter.
Participation
Everyone and all skill levels are welcome, you can work individually or in a group.
Registration was open until 3 November noon (UTC+1) and is now closed.
We are looking forward to your participation in the hackathon and will be in touch via email.
Working on the hackathon with a friend or colleague is twice the fun.
This Hackathon is jointly organized by CorrelAid Switzerland and the Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the University of Basel.
CorrelAid Switzerland works with non-profit organisations, to help them use their data to increase their impact. Our network collects data scientists with wide-ranging experience, from students to seasoned professionals.
The Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences investigates how people of all ages make decisions and uses the tools of evidence-based decision making to help tackle challenges faced by the public and business sectors.
DataCross is a new donor-funded charitable association to fund data science work for non-profits and NGOs.
The R Bootcamp helps you learn the skills needed to discover and communicate insights from data.
Superdot is an award-winning information design studio based in Basel that creates impact through understanding.
The Sustainability Office of the University of Basel develops long-term institutional implementations of sustainability.
Designer, illustrator, and creative director based in London
Independent data visualization specialist/designer
Founder and data visualization expert at superdot.studio
Founder and data visualization expert at superdot.studio
Head of Sustainability at the University of Basel
Data journalist, data designer, and visualization consultant
Social Scientist, co-organizer R-Ladies Berlin, and data-viz enthusiast
Data-viz designer and Tableau Zen Master
CorrelAid Switzerland University of Basel
CorrelAid Switzerland
University of Basel
CorrelAid Switzerland
University of Basel
CorrelAid Switzerland
University of Basel
CorrelAid Switzerland
University of Basel
CorrelAid Switzerland
