Data Stories were busy during Maynooth Research Week. Check out our involvement in Maynooth Sparks 2025, and our workshop session 'Daft.ie for Noobs: Gaming Ireland’s property market by spoofing property websites': datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=834

We have just published a blog post about our latest workshop on data and urban planning:

Data Stories recently held a two-day workshop on #ResearchCreation and the application of arts-based methods. The talks and workshops covered a wide range of approaches. Check out our summary and all of our participants' slides on the Data Stories blog: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=768

New report: ‘The property and planning data ecosystem in Ireland: Gaps, silences and issues’ New resource: Directory of longitudinal datasets about property & planning in Ireland (>350 datasets) mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20... Based on workshops held by Data Stories project and CSO

New paper - 'Urban digital twins: Digital twins for participatory steering' with @robkitchin.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... The paper appears in the latest special issue of New Media & Society on 'Digital Twinning': journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8

New from Data Stories - Carla and I recently visited Oxford Brookes to participate in the Tiny House Games workshop with Mel Nowiki and our collaborators Ella Harris and Hannah Mumby. Check out the post and video for more on #ResearchCreation with games: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33

New paper published in Big Data & Society ⬇️

Read about my recent paper presentation of 'Data mobilities: rethinking movement and circulation of digital data' on behalf of our team at SAGEO conference in France: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=734

Latest from Data Stories: Read about Danielle and Sam's recent presentations on ‘Creative Methodologies’ with artists and ‘Critical Geographies of Housing’ on eviction data for CIG2025 at Queens University, Belfast: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=727

Read our latest blog update by Sam Mutter about the recent Community Action Archives Event in Dublin, hosted by Tom O’Dea with the Liberties Community Development Project and CATU: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=723

New paper. Genealogy of a data ecosystem: The digitalisation of planning development and control in Ireland, 2000–2024 by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Carla Kayanan & Sam Mutter in Digital Geography and Society, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Curious about how planning systems are moving from paper to digital? Our new article charts 25 years of digital transformation in the Irish planning ecosystem, revealing how visioning, scaffolding and politics shape technology adoption. See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

Stakeholder participation is key to effective #Marine #Spatial #Planning (MSP) decisions. Various #data/information tools can aid MSP processes. Davret & Trouillet studied how #stakeholders use #maps & found they “take a critical approach to maps” @juliettedavret.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Read about my recent fieldwork in Luxembourg, where I met with Eurostat and ESPON to explore links between housing Data Stories in Ireland and the rest of Europe: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=707

🗺️ New paper! Brice Trouillet and I explore how maps are perceived, discussed, and co-created by stakeholders during marine governance processes. 🔍 Using focus groups, our findings reveal that non-experts actively engage in critical mapping. 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

[REMINDER] 2-days left to apply for Data Stories CFP on 'Data Voids' this November in Lisbon, Portugal. See below for details 👇

Read about the Data Stories team's recent visit to Detroit for #AAG2025 - 'AAG Conference Recap: Sessions, Walking Tour, and Printmaking Workshop': datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=694

New paper: Data mobilities: rethinking the movement and circulation of digital data by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Carla Kayanan & Sam Mutter in Mobilities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CATU Eviction Nation report launched! Read about the launch, report and involvement of the Data Stories team here: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=674

Data Stories have a new #CFP offering a total of 13 bursaries for our forthcoming two day workshop 'The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning and the built environment' (9–10 September 2025): datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=650

New WP: Genealogy of a data ecosystem: The digitalisation of planning development & control in Ireland, 2000-2024 by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Carla Kayanan & Sam Mutter. Charts the management of planning/construction pipeline in Ireland mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/19264/

Assemblage theory, data systems and data ecosystems: The data assemblages of the Irish planning system. New working paper by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Sam Mutter & Carla Kayanan. mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/19238/

🚀 Just Published: DATA LIFE Conference Recap! 🌐 Dive into the highlights from the DATA LIFE conference held on November 5th at the University of Copenhagen. 🔗 Read the full recap: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=587

Great to see Data City Dublin pictured in The Journal Ireland. Really good to be getting the city model out there on behalf of the Data Stories project: www.thejournal.ie/headlines-to...