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Data Literacies in Displacement (DLiD)

A training tool developed with displaced persons to address the inefficiencies and inequalities of data processes within the humanitarian sector

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  • Data Literacies in Displacement (DLiD)

    A tool developing insights from research conducted with humanitarians and displaced persons from 2021-2023 as part of the Data and Displacement project

  • A tool for social engagement through Data Literacy

    Evidence-based training working to close the gap between the data that is produced and processes of decision-making within the humanitarian sector

  • Shared learning for enhanced data literacies

    A responisble tool broadening the scope of humanitarian responsibility by addressing questions of safety, ethics and efficiency from the bottom-up.

The DLiD training tool

We offer a training tool to address concerns regarding the inefficiencies and inequalities of data processes within the humanitarian sector. The tool is designed to be used by humanitarians involved in the collection and management of data and in data-driven decision-making processes.

The team engages representatives of displaced communities from Nigeria in the production of the tool, with the aim of empowering affected communities. The main objective of the tool is to deepen data literacy across the humanitarian sector through enabling processes of shared learning.

The tool focuses on four dimensions that facilitate this learning:

  1. The importance of unpacking data rights and responsibilities
  2. The need to reframe informed consent
  3. The need to reframe local accountability
  4. The power of contextualising data

Issues of data responsibility, informed consent and accountability to affected people have all been strongly emphasised within the humanitarian sector over recent years. We start from the observation that the sector has failed to implement these consistently, and that this is indicative of the need for a deepened commitment to the advance of data literacy as a process of shared learning with affected communities.

The DLiD tool invites reflection on the inconsistent application of existing data rights and data responsibility principles within the sector. It also invites reflection on the implications of data-based decision making for processes of informed consent and local accountability. The tool encourages participants to consider the importance of contextualising data and of developing a deepened appreciation of lived experiences of data processes.

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D&D Site

Learn more about the Data & Displacement project (2020-2022) hosted by the University of Warwick and partners hereLink opens in a new window

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Additional Resources

Find and consult additional resources about Data Literacy from allied partners and institutions here

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Partners

Know more about the project's team and partners at:

  • The Univeristy of Warwick
  • The International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
  • The University of Ibadan