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New types of data and data gathering are continuing to emerge and will enable new ways of researching social issues, sometimes through links with orthodox intentional data and traditional research designs such as sample surveys. However, these new types of data raise important research design and methodological questions.

Social science should continue to be about testing theories and hypotheses but it needs to embrace the potential value of new sources of evidence and re-evaluate the existing ones. Below we consider some of the emerging opportunities and challenges for social science research.