Dr. Ross Gore

Dr. Ross Gore

I am Research Associate Professor at Old Dominion University My work focuses on data science and predictive analytics. I am is passionate about extracting useful information from new and diverse data sources to help inform decision making.

Characterizing the mobile phone use patterns of refugee-hosting provinces in turkey

Published in Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios: The 'Data for Refugees Challenge' Study, 2019

We use coarse-grained mobile phone data from a large Turkish mobile phone provider and cross-reference this data with social media data and a qualitatively composed violent events list to explore the integration of refugees in Turkey. The data provides grounds for fruitful future research. It suggests that border communities with the refugee-sending country have much different communications patterns than non-border communities. Additionally, proximity to refugee camps may increase negative sentiment on social media toward refugees, which we suggest may be a proxy for understanding compassion fatigue. These findings provide directions for future research on integration.

Recommended citation: Frydenlund, Erika; Yilmaz Şener, Meltem; Gore, Ross; Boshuijzen-van Burken, Christine; Bozdag, Engin; De Kock, Christa. (2019). "Characterizing the mobile phone use patterns of refugee-hosting provinces in turkey". Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios: The "Data for Refugees Challenge" Study. 417-431.
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