Defaults are powerful tools that policymakers and marketers can use to nudge us to make certain choices, whether in our interest or in theirs. How do we ensure they’re used responsibly?
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Algorithms can have enormous consequences on people’s lives, yet a federal law prevents us from studying whether they may be biased, unfair or discriminatory.
He campaigned on the notion that his business experience would equip him to ‘make America great again,’ but running a family company is poor training for the presidency.
Israeli settlements are one main reason many observers are increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Can Trump break through?
Disaster preparations often focus on gear and logistics, but research in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami shows that strong social ties played a key role in helping communities rebound.
The FBI is warning of Russian cyberattackers probing American election systems. Information warfare scholars discuss Russia’s digital efforts to benefit its national interests.
A computer model suggests that while more cases of Zika can be expected in the continental U.S. outbreaks will probably be small and are not projected to spread.
Togolese consumers are increasingly choosing Chinese replicas over ‘authentic’ Dutch wax prints. Their choice raises fundamental questions about the notion of intellectual property.
Peer review is a crucial part of the academic publication system. It is also a critical part of the hiring and evaluation process. What’s the problem with peer review?
Ransomware – which encrypts your files and offers to sell you the key – operates differently from other malicious software. Those differences turn out to give potential victims a fighting chance.
Academics are studying whether talking about climate change as a health risk, rather than an environmental or economic issue, will dispel Americans’ general indifference to global warming.
Europe’s biggest achievements, such as open borders and human rights, are at risk as government responses to the refugee crisis fall short.
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MIT has angered fossil fuel divestment proponents, but its strategy of industry engagement is ultimately more effective.
The 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine went to research on remedies derived from natural compounds. Academia is continuing the fight against ‘neglected’ diseases by similarly hunting for new drugs in nature.
Peeple is getting called the Yelp of rating people. The cofounders say it will be a positive place that turns character into currency. But does it make sense to rate people as we rate restaurants?
Increasing trade and commerce will make it easier to verify the Iranians are keeping their promises under the nuclear agreement.
Sanctions against Russia and China would only escalate cyber-attacks, when what’s needed is international agreement.
The Affordable Care Act was the most significant health care reform since Medicare. Have concerns that it would hurt businesses panned out?
Warning of “unprecedented destruction of the ecosystem,” Pope Francis in an encyclical to be released this week (and already leaked) calls for aggressive action to combat climate change and other environmental…
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Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science, Northeastern University
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PhD Candidate, Northeastern University
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Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
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Professor of Government Emeritus, Northeastern University
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Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy, Northeastern University
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Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in English, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of English, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Northeastern University
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Visiting Scholar, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, Northeastern University, Northeastern University
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Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Northeastern University
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Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Northeastern University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in social Science and Environmental Health, Northeastern University
