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- 1Wiki Projects Join 2026 Computational Social Science Institute in Kenya▼Bringing Wiki Projects to the 2026 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science in Kenya
Wikimedia efforts are set to feature at the 2026 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, which will be hosted in Kenya. The initiative aims to connect participants in computational social science with Wiki projects, encouraging open data and collaborative research practices among scholars gathering for the annual institute.
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Open data is back in focus as a topic of public explanation: the idea that datasets held by governments and public institutions should be freely available for anyone to access, reuse and redistribute. The renewed attention reflects ongoing debates about transparency, civic technology and how open datasets can support research, journalism and new applications.