Projects
A collection of unpublished research papers and personal projects, including papers from my Master's degree. For my formally published papers and reports, please consult the publications section of this website.
Master's paper: Understanding the evolution of informal hierarchies in OpenStreetMap
A paper using social network analysis of the OpenStreetMap Forum to explore the role of informal hierarchies within the OpenStreetMap community and understand how they change over time.
- Python
- R
- Gephi
- social-network-analysis
- data-visualisation
Masters paper: Simulating open source software development in different markets
A short methods paper using an Agent-Based Model based on an iterative n-player prisoners dilemma to understand under what conditions private companies contribute to open-source software development.
- NetLogo
- R
- agent-based modelling
Masters paper: Exploring discursive quality on the OpenStreetMap Forum
A short methods paper exploring the use of the OpenStreetMap Forum as a tool for communication and as a continuing knowledge base for the project.
- R
- Python
- inequality
- time-series
Masters paper: Assessing bias towards US sources on Wikipedia country articles
A short methods paper using text-analysis to determine whether Wikipedia articles have become more or less bias towards US 'authoritative' sources over 10 years.
- Python
- Regex
- XML
- text-analysis
- data-cleaning
Masters paper: Scraping the OpenStreetMap forum to understand participation
A short methods paper using automated web-scraping of the OpenStreetMap online forum to understand whether the majority of posts come from a selective community of contributors or 'crowds' of interested individuals.
- Python
- HTML
- RSS
- web-scraping