ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued. The professor made a counterargument: “‘What if you do get in? She signed up. “Me Just what ifs,’” she remembers.

Research 269

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Futurum

MAY 11, 2023

Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. Professor Michael Rosenfeld , a sociologist at Stanford University , has studied this dramatic change in public opinion. I was delighted to oblige!”

Equality 57

Equality Social Sciences Science Sciences 57

Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see? Dr Joanna Leng , from the University of Leeds in the UK, is a research software engineer who designs and develops the software that allows scientific imaging devices to be used to their full potential. Pinterest.

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MAY 23, 2022

At the University of Missouri , USA, Taylor van Doren and Professor Lisa Sattenspiel are investigating the impacts of the 1918 pandemic in Newfoundland, Canada, from a biological anthropology perspective. Their research sheds light on the significant role that social inequalities play in determining the outcomes of a pandemic.

Biology 85

Biology Learning Social Sciences Research 85

Futurum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

Mathematics 111

Mathematics Research Research Data Science 111

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Researchers from the FLARE Wildfire Research Group at The University of Melbourne in Australia are developing models that can help predict where wildfires are most likely to occur and how fires behave under different weather conditions. These models we run use many, many data inputs,” says Erica.

Research 111

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Regardless of whether differential treatment is considered fair, the efficiency rationale gives researchers and policymakers another way to look at how and why public policies should consider socio-economic factors. How does economics combine mathematics and social science?

Economics 111

Economics Government Mathematics Publication 111