PhD student Ying Gao's research reveals that the urban poor in the developing world are politically engaged and capable of effecting change.
Political science PhD student Emilia Simison has found that despotic regimes vary, and the move to democracy doesn’t necessarily guarantee policy change.
Analysis of Medicare data finds location matters, not just past health behavior.
Experiment with working poor in India finds no impact from more night sleep, though naps help; rest quality may be key.
Researchers find improvement in relative retention of women but predict decades of sustained effort are required to achieve gender parity.
Globally, people follow a “visitation law” — an inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits.
In the U.S. and globally, cultures with a high level of collectivism tend to encourage masking during the pandemic.
Study brings new data to a longstanding question, with findings policymakers can apply.
Andres Sevtsuk’s new work estimates foot traffic in cities — so planners and developers can study the flow of people, not just vehicles.
Social media users share charts and graphs — often with the same underlying data — to advocate opposing approaches to the pandemic.
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