Science and Society
Research groups at the intersection of science, society, culture, and policy making.
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Submitted Apr 25, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society Data & Society is a research institute focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development.
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Submitted Apr 17, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society Information Science considers the relationships between people, places and technology, as well as the data that results from those interactions. Our interdisciplinary approach draws on social science, the humanities and computer science, allowing us not only to imagine what today’s technology makes possible, but to invent new things society can do with technology. Our graduates will have the conceptual machinery and practical skills to succeed in a future characterized by new ways of working, communicating, creating and effecting change in the world.
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Submitted Apr 10, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The mission of IDSS is to advance education and research in state-of-the-art, analytical methods in information and decision systems; statistics and data science; and the social sciences, and to apply these methods to address complex societal challenges in a diverse set of areas such as finance, energy systems, urbanization, social networks, and health.
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Submitted Mar 10, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) is an independent research and educational institution. We study how interactions lead to patterns of behavior. Our mathematical tools transcend the boundaries of physical, biological and social sciences, as well as engineering, management, and medicine.
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Submitted Mar 09, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere: on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. Since the Treaty is not yet in force, the organization is called the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). It was founded in 1996, has over 260 staff from over 70 countries, and is based in Vienna. The CTBTO’s main tasks are the promotion of the Treaty and the build-up of the verification regime so that it is operational when the Treaty enters into force.
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Submitted Mar 09, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society Our department is located within the College of Arts and Sciences, and offers degrees in General and Computational Linguistics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The department's primary interests lie strongly in grammatical theory (syntax, phonology, and semantics), and in phonetics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, and second language acquisition theory.
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Submitted Feb 18, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society Our interdisciplinary institute focuses on diverse problems and solutions in network science, in the social, physical, biological, and engineering sciences. Our weekly interdisciplinary seminar series involves an outstanding lineup of presenters drawn from throughout Yale and around the world. We are pleased to provide information here about the seminar series and other events at YINS; research by YINS faculty, post-docs, and students; classes and other resources at Yale related to network science; and news about our institute and the field of network science.
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Submitted Jan 19, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Social Media Research Foundation is the home of NodeXL – Network Overview Discovery and Exploration for Excel (2010, 2013 and 2016) – extending the familiar spreadsheet so you can collect, analyze and visualize complex social networks from Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Flicker. A growing number of academics, market strategists and social media managers from around the world make use of this easy-to-handle tool. You can, too! If you can make a pie chart, you can now make a network map!
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Submitted Jan 16, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Center for Open Science (COS) works to increase openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research. COS developed and manages the Open Science Framework, a free software tool for open source research project management. COS also provides training in reproducible research practices and conducts a number of research projects on how to improve reproducibility and efficiency in scientific research.
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Submitted Jan 16, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The CivilServant project supports online communities to run their own experiments on the effects of moderation practices. With the CivilServant software, communities on the internet can run your own experiments and grow collective knowledge on what works to maintain flourishing and fair conversations online. CivilServant is part of dissertation research by J. Nathan Matias, a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab and MIT Center for Civic Media.
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Submitted Jan 15, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The first school in the nation to offer a Master of Public Service (MPS) degree, the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service gives students the knowledge and experience to further their careers in the areas of nonprofit, governmental, volunteer or private sector service.
While learning valuable lessons in the classroom, Clinton School students also complete “hands-on” public service projects, ranging from local work in Arkansas communities, to international projects on all of the world’s six inhabited continents. |
Submitted Jan 15, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University is a leading demographic research and training center. OPR has a distinguished history of contributions in formal demography and the study of fertility change. In recent years there has been increasing research activity in the areas of health and wellbeing, social demography, and migration and urbanization.
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Submitted Jan 15, 2017 (Edited Jan 15, 2017) to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Stanford Cyber Initiative studies “cyber-social systems,” in which cyber technologies interact with existing social systems. The Stanford Cyber Initiative (the Initiative) was created in late 2014 with a $15 million grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Hewlett). The Initiative is a central hub on campus for policy-relevant research across disciplines to address the opportunities and challenges raised by cyber-technologies in our social systems.
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Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Berkman Klein Center's mission is to explore and understand cyberspace; to study its development, dynamics, norms, and standards; and to assess the need or lack thereof for laws and sanctions.
We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our mode is entrepreneurial nonprofit. |
Submitted Jan 11, 2017 (Edited Jan 12, 2017) to Science Research Groups » Science and Society Nuclear dangers are increasing, yet remain largely underappreciated. Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program works to strengthen international security by diagnosing acute nuclear risks, informing debates on solutions, and engaging international actors to effect change. Our work spans deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear energy. Our tools include research, capacity building, dialogue, and direct engagement with policymakers and industry.
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Submitted Jan 11, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society NYC Media Lab connects digital media and technology companies with New York City's universities to drive innovation, entrepreneurship and talent development. A public-private partnership launched by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, NYC Media Lab funds seed projects that foster collaboration across a range of disciplines core to the future of media and runs The Combine, an early stage accelerator for emerging media and technology startups.
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Submitted Jan 04, 2017 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
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Submitted Dec 24, 2016 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society The Council is the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work.
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Submitted Dec 24, 2016 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
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Submitted Dec 24, 2016 to Science Research Groups » Science and Society Sense About Science is an independent charitable trust responding to the misrepresentation of science and scientific evidence on issues that matter to society. We do this by promoting respect for evidence and by urging scientists to engage actively with a wide range of groups, particularly when debates are controversial or difficult. We also work proactively for a wider understanding of the nature of evidence and recognition of the value of scientific enquiry.
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