What we do

Our services

The Digital Observatory provides end-to-end data support, tailored specifically to your research project. Our multidisciplinary team has both the engineering expertise and humanities background to come up with suitable solutions for your data challenges.

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Data Infrastructure & Development

Design and implement research data workflows from collection through to analysis-ready output.

  • Data collection, processing, and storage pipelines
  • Open-source and bespoke data tooling
  • Agentic AI and LLM integration
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02

Data Science

End-to-end analytical support for researchers working with complex, large-scale datasets.

  • Tidying, preprocessing, visualisation
  • Text analysis - topic modelling, sentiment, networks
  • AI-augmented qualitative analysis
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03

Databanks & Governance

Curated, longitudinal social media archives and practical guidance on ethical digital data use.

  • Curated archives of Reddit, Twitter/X, and news commentary
  • Digital data governance and ethics consulting
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Have a specific project in mind?

Read our Researchers' Guide to Working with Digital Observatory to understand how to engage our services — or reach out directly.

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