Historical Data Linkage with Kristina Thompson

About this episode

Kristina Thompson discusses the intersection of historical data and public health research, highlighting the rich data resources in the Netherlands and the role of automation in improving records.

In this episode, we talk with Kristina Thompson from Wageningen University about the intersection of historical data and public health research. She explains why the Netherlands has such rich data resources, how historical trends illuminate health and society even today, and how automation can help improve the records. Kristina also shares her experience working with Delpher, the digitised historical newspaper archive, as well as other historical archival collections. Affiliations: Kristina Thompson, Assistant Professor at the University of Wageningen. Dr. Tom Emery – Executive Director of ODISSEI, the Dutch National Infrastructure for Social Science; Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Sociology of Erasmus University, Rotterdam Useful links: https://www.delpher.nl/ https://www.wur.nl/nl/personen/km-kristina-thompson

People in this episode

Host: Tom Emery

Guest: Kristina Thompson

Topics covered

• historical data
• public health research
• data resources
• automation
• archival collections

Keywords

• Delpher
• historical newspaper archive
• Wageningen University

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Delpher

Places: Netherlands, Rotterdam

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