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Lockdowns reveal inequities in opportunities for walking activities

Research finds Covid-19-related lockdowns led to a marked reduction in walking in lower-income areas of major metropolises.
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MIT’s Deb Roy analyzes divisions caused by social media-dominated world

In a recent lecture, Deb Roy discussed social media, democracy, and the continuing importance of local, in-person conversations.
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An interpretable approach for social network formation among heterogeneous agents

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Modeling Migration
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Looking for a better future: modeling migrant mobility

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Voter Education through Network Analytics

In “normal” times, the process of voting can be confusing enough for many Americans -- from whether and where they’re registered, to absent…
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Learning Loops

Developed as part of the Playful Words research project at the MIT Media Lab's Laboratory for Social Machines, Learning Loops aims to make …
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Managing the flow of ideas in a pandemic

Tools and tactics for maximizing effective communication and decision-making while minimizing the spread of illness.
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It's time for next-generation remote collaboration

With large-scale gatherings being put on-hold, it's proving time for digital engagement tech.
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Social Capital Accounting

To better understand and improve the quality of our lives, there has been a need for measuring non-economic capital such as social capital …
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A pioneer of wearable technology explains how it can connect instead of divide us

Human Dynamics head Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland discusses the necessity of social connections.
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How to foster innovation in your workplace

Here are proven thought starters for creating a business culture that nurtures disruptive change
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Six Degrees of Separation at Burning Man

What our experiment in the desert taught us about social networks and human cooperation.
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Black Rock Atlas

Burning Man is a magical place that gets the best of human creativity and collaboration to flourish. To further understand what makes this …
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Conversation Trees

An alternative viewing experience for large-scale conversations on Twitter. Each conversation tree visualizes the structure of replies to a…
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What we learned from analyzing thousands of stories on the Christchurch shooting

Researchers detail a study's results to help determine how successfully newsrooms in five countries covered the shootings in New Zealand.
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The next great (digital) extinction

We’re in a modern Cambrian era, sorting through an explosion of technologies enabled by the Internet.
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Structural and temporal patterns of the first global trading market

We investigate the structure and dynamics of a network representative of the global trading market that emerged during the 16th century.
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Social Sensors for Automatic Data Collection

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