Visual Analytics for Sustainability and Climate Change/Activities
| VIZWP | Project | Activities | Articles | Requirements | Tool | DMP | Report | Credits |
Calendar of the project
edit2024 and beginning 2025
editPreparation of the project
Done Website on Meta-Wiki with template of research projects to notify it to the Wikimedia Foundation.- Done Request of endorsement to Wikimedia Italia. Approved.
- Done SUPSI project code 15RA1VIZWP.
- Done January 2025. Submission of an expression of interest for the Open Movement Global - a global event of the open movement at FOSDEM 2029 in Bruxelles.
- Done Postponement of the starting date of the project. Request to SNF approved.
- Done Request to the SNF to include a new partner in the team WikiEdu Foundation. Approved.
- Done DMP Data Management Plan
- Redefinition of budget
- Contracts
- Release of funds
2025
edit- Set of articles - Definition of the dataset of articles to be investigated
- User requirements - Definition of user requirements
- Implementation of the tool and preparation of the first release - Implementation of the visualisation tool
| Due date | Description | Lead | Type of action | Actions needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By March 31, 2025 | Proposal for Wikimania Nairobi. | IP | Research dissemination | |
| April 1, 2025 | Project starts. | - | Coordination | |
| April-May 2025 | Kick-off meeting online. Meeting with the research team and partners. Options 1h and a half
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GP (IP) | Coordination | |
| First list of articles | GP | |||
| External sources to confront the list of articles. Bibliographic references or databases. | CS | |||
| Review of the list of articles | CS, CSc | |||
| Informing communities on the relevant project pages and networks: wiki page, contacting individuals, perhaps joining a few events, telegram, mailing list, wikiproject pages... | FD | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Online discussions with the communities, collecting needs, compiling feedback | FD | |||
| Survey to collect needs | NS | |||
| Starting working on the implementation of the tool | GP/SR | Implementation of the visualisation tool | ||
| Structure of the interview | NS | |||
| Semi-structured interview with Florian Maximilian Meier | CS | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Semi-structured interview 2 | CS | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Semi-structured interview 3 | CS | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Semi-structured interview 4 | CS | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Semi-structured interview 5 | CS | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Second list of articles | CS | |||
| Communicating the focus group to relevant participants in the communties | FD | |||
Focus group with the 6 institutions involved. 1 hour and a half
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GP (IP/CS/NS/FD) | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Online meeting 1 in English | FD | Definition of user requirements | ||
| Online meeting 2. Language to define. | FD | Definition of user requirements | ||
| August 6-9, 2025 | Wikimania Nairobi. | IP | Research dissemination | |
Participatory design workshop - 2 hours - Options
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GP (IP/CS/NS/FD) | Implementation of the visualisation tool | ||
| Design of the tool | GP | Implementation of the visualisation tool | ||
| November 2025 | Meeting of the partners Options
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GP | Coordination |
2026
edit- First release of the tool + user test - Implementation of the visualisation tool
- Second release of the tool + user test - Implementation of the visualisation tool
- Use of the tool - Data analysis and validation of the visualisation tool
| Due date | Description | Lead | Type of action | Actions needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | FOSDEM 2026 | Research dissemination | ||
| First release tool | GP (SR) | Implementation of the visualisation tool | ||
| User test 1 | Implementation of the visualisation tool | |||
| Second release tool | GP (SR) | Implementation of the visualisation tool | ||
| User test 2 | Implementation of the visualisation tool | |||
| probably August 2026 | Wikimania Paris | Research dissemination | ||
| Collaborative analytics workshop | GP |
2027
edit| Due date | Description | Lead | Type of action | Actions needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2027 | FOSDEM 2027 | |||
| Edit-a-thon 1 | FD | |||
| Edit-a-thon 2 | FD | |||
| Edit-a-thon 3 | FD | |||
| Writing week 1 | FD | |||
| Writing week 2 | FD | |||
| Qualitative interview with partner 1 Wikimedistas de Uruguay | CS | |||
| Qualitative interview with partner 2 Wiki in Africa | CS | |||
| Qualitative interview with partner 3 Open Climate Campaign | CS | |||
| Qualitative interview with partner 4 Wiki Education Foundation | CS | |||
| Qualitative interview with researcher | CS | |||
| Qualitative interview with volunteer | CS | |||
| Probably August 2027 | Wikimania 2027 | |||
| Documents reporting the uses of the tool by the 3 target groups | CS |
2028
edit| Due date | Description | Lead | Type of action | Actions needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third release | GP (SR) | Implementation of the visualisation tool | ||
| February 2028 | FOSDEM 2028 | |||
| Document about data, changes and online involvement | GP | |||
| Probably August 2028 | Wikimania 2028 | |||
| Paper |
2029
edit| Due date | Description | Lead | Type of action | Actions needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2029 | FOSDEM 2029. Proposal for the Open Movement Global event. | IP | Research dissemination | |
| March 31, 2029 | Project ends. | Coordination | ||
| Financial report | Coordination | |||
| Final report | IP / CS | Coordination | ||
| Complete documentation of the project. DMP Data Management Plan | Coordination |
Overview of the project schedule and milestones
edit- M1: Set of articles in four languages
- M2: Set of user requirements for researchers, institutions and volunteers
- a) meetings at Wikimania
- M3: Participatory design workshop
- M4: First release of the visualisation tool
- M5: Second release of the visualisation tool: a)
- M6: Third release of the visualisation tool
- M7: Use and assessment of the visualisation tool by researchers, institutions and volunteers:
- a and b) two user tests to identify technical and usability issues;
- c) Collaborative analytics workshop;
- d) 3 edit-a-thons and 2 Writing Weeks;
- e) reports (called documents) of the three assessments to evaluate how the visualisation tool fulfils target groups’ needs.
- M8: Report (called document) with the analysis of all the assessments and of the community engagement and content improved
- M9: Conferences and scientific publications: a) Wikimania, b) FOSDEM, c) 2 papers on climate change and the tool.
- M10: Visualisation tool documentation and research report.
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| WPs | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 | 1-3 | 4-6 | |
| 0 | Administration, coordination, reporting. History of the project and documentation | DMP, release of funds, contracts. Kick-off meeting. | Project starts
Kick-off meeting |
November: project meeting | April: project meeting | November: project meeting | April: project meeting | November: project meeting | April: project meeting | November: project meeting | Final meeting at FOSDEM
Project ends |
M10 | |||||||
| 1 | Definition of the dataset of articles to be investigated | M1 Set of articles in 4 languages (+clusters and data) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Definition of user requirements | M2
5 semi-structured interviews, 1 focus group (with 6 institutions) 2 online meetings with communities Online discussions 2a - Meeting at Wikimania |
Meetings at FOSDEM | Meetings at Wikimania | Meetings at FOSDEM | Meetings at Wikimania | Meetings at FOSDEM | Meetings at Wikimania | Meetings at FOSDEM | ||||||||||
| 3 | Implementation of the visualisation tool | Contract | Preliminary set up of the tool to expand https://impact.wikiedu.org/
Assessment of the feasibility |
M3 Participatory design workshop
Design of the tool - design synthesis |
M4
First release tool |
M5
Second release tool |
M6
Third release of the tool |
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| 4 | Data analysis and validation of the visualisation tool | M7-7a User test
Tool assessment and plan for the use of the tool by partners |
M7-7b User test | M7-7c
collaborative analytics workshop |
M7-7d
3 edit-a-thons 2 writing week use of the tools by partners evaluation of content using the tool by researchers |
M7-7e
Documents reporting the uses of the tool by the 3 target groups |
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| 5 | Impact Evaluation | Qualitative interviews with the partners | M8
Document about data, changes and online involvement |
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| 6 | Research dissemination | Call for proposal Wikimania Nairobi | M9-9a
Wikimania Nairobi |
M9-9b FOSDEM 2026 | M9-9a
Wikimania Paris |
M9-9b FOSDEM 2027 | M9-9a
Wikimania 2027 |
M9-9b FOSDEM 2028 | M9-9a
Wikimania 2028 |
M9-9b FOSDEM 2029 | |||||||||
| Paper | |||||||||||||||||||
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