Why was IMO created?

There are many good social science databases in Estonia, but so far, they have not been longitudinally, geographically and on cross-domain bases harmonized and integrated. The IMO is the subject of the Estonian Research Infrastructures Roadmap, which aims to develop an innovative data infrastructure supporting mobile research, which consists of five main components: IMO single user Portal, country-specific e-data, mobile data,  context data and  sensor data. They are made available through secure workplaces, user interfaces, and query environments.

The IMO wants to make the basic social science data more user-friendly, to bring it closer to decision-makers and to improve the quality of research.

What will be done during the IMO development?

The development of the IMO will provide researchers and public authorities with access to a unique data infrastructure that includes both previously collected and publicly available data, as well as new, additional and previously restricted data. Harmonization and validation of data is also an important part of the IMO infrastructure.

What is the data infrastructure created by the IMO like?

The core of the data infrastructure that will be created by the IMO is person-based. It allows for detailed analysis of both international and national mobility (arrivals and departures), movers (gender, age, occupation, etc.), activities (learning, working, etc.) and impacts (on regions, the environment and the movers themselves, thereby helping to assess the success of different national strategies. In addition, data is collected at a more detailed spatial level from sensors and mobile phones that provide input for spatial planning strategies.

Main components of IMO

Estonian building stock

LongEstWell data

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State Individual e-Data

Population forecasts

IMO User Portal

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Data infrastructure for understanding societal changes

Estonian building stock

Data from sensors and sensor networks enable monitoring of the environment, traffic flows and “smart cities” Loe lisaks

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Survey data collected during a long-term study of the well-being, behavior, and coping of the adult population. Loe lisaks

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State Individual e-Data

1989, 2000, and 2011 data from population and housing censuses, national registries, and national surveys. Loe lisaks

Population forecasts

Estimates of the future development of the population based on various data sources and models, which help to understand demographic changes and support long-term planning and decision-making. Loe lisaks

IMO User Portal

The innovative and comprehensive data infrastructure supporting mobility research brings together a variety of data to better understand people's spatial mobility. Loe lisaks

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Other datasets needed to generate additional features for cellular or government data based or field specific research. Loe lisaks

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Infotechnological Mobility Observatory

The research was conducted using the research infrastructure “Infotechnological Mobility Observatory” funded by the Estonian Research Council (TARISTU24-TK18)

Beneficiary: University of Tartu

Partners: Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, Statistics Estonia

Period: 2014 - 2029

Brief description: Growing spatial mobility is one of the important changes in modern society, which is related to the topics of external and internal migration, urbanization, entrepreneurship, inequality and regional development. Up-to-date and high-quality data are needed to study spatial mobility. The goal of IMO is to develop an innovative data infrastructure supporting mobility research, integrating geographically and longitudinally diverse national statistics and innovative IT data sources.