Macospol Platform: Journalists
Explore already mapped controversies
See how tools have been previously used by researchers and social scientists
Assembling Stakeholders
Selecting and holding an assembly of stakeholders
Climate Change Skeptics in Science
How mainstream or fringe are climate change skeptics in climate science? Are the climate change skeptics skeptical about other controversies as well?
Controversy dashboard generator
Get an immediate controversy overview with the Silobreaker tool
Debategraph
Debate mapping software for showing actors' positions
Who are the stakeholders?
Detecting the relevant groups involved in a controversy and their mutual relations
Dietary Supplements Risk Cartography
Dietary supplements are not classified as drugs up to now, and are therefore not subject to any registration requirements in Germany.
Dietary Supplements Dynamic Animation
The architecture of the controversy on dietary supplements visualized in a dynamic animation.
Dying out of bees
A case study of the dying out of bees (Apis mellifera) in the walloon region (Belgium)
How hot is my controversy?
Is your controversy debated and reported in the global news today?
Lippmannian Device
The tool provides a coarse view of a source's partisanship and/or issue commitments.
Map Your Data
Visualize regional data grids on a worldmap - Turn your numbers into a map
Bruno Latour on Mapping Controversies
An Introduction to the MACOSPOL project by Bruno Latour
Explore your own controversy
Use "quick and dirty" tools to understand and grasp different facets of controversies
Nanotechnology Risk Cartography
Along with the possibility of unforeseen risks the question for regulations for nanotechnology specifically is put.
Is an information source partisan?
Detecting hype, skepticism, and schools of thoughts in controversies
Risk-Cartography User Guide
Risk Cartography is a mapping tool directed to better equip civil society for reflexive risk governance, that is to enhance various stakeholders understandings and representational abilities...
Risk Cartography Video Tutorial
The video tutorial gives a short introduction to the idea and the user interface of Risk Cartography.
Controversy Risk-O-Meter
Locate the risk discourse about your controversy in the web
Controversy Rumors Detector
Use Twitter visualization tools to investigate what people is saying about your controversy
Which are the sub-issues?
Detecting how your controversy is structured
Sustainable Homes
This study asks: what kind of space is the sustainable home, and what are its affordances for public engagement with the environment? To answer these questions, this study undertakes an obje...
Macospol Platform Tutorial
A tutorial for Decision-Makers and Journalists on controversy mapping and the use of the MACOSPOL platform
Do controversies really exist?
Disputing the very existence of controversies
Macospol Video Tutorial
A video introduction to the world of mapping controversies
Data Visualizations Repositories
Web portals offering digest of data visualization for your controversies