Big data from social media have been revealed as biased, but we should also pay attention to agriculture firms whose play for big data is likely to have detrimental environmental and social impacts.
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Why modern science needs more Claude Monets.
Starting in 2023, all research proposals funded by the NIH will need to include a data sharing and management plan. An expert on open science explains the requirements and how they might improve science.
Women’s contributions to global Christianity are immense, but scholars’ understanding is hampered by limited data.
A study shows that a select group of NBA players really do go on hot streaks by making more shots in a row than statistics suggest they should.
Data collection has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ+ communities.
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Learning online provides opportunities but making sure all students can access this is key.
We need to think about legislation and regulation when it comes to transactions, data protection and user interaction in the metaverse.
The Conversation’s best graphs have removed doubt, surprised, and told entire stories.
Climate models can’t see tornadoes, but they can recognize the conditions for tornadoes to form. An atmospheric scientist explains what that means for forecasting future risks.
Facebook’s rebranding as Meta is an attempt to reposition the company as poised to move into virtual reality networks.
Take a closer look at what’s driving climate change and how scientists know CO2 is involved, in a series of charts examining the evidence in different ways.
Tracking the pandemic’s waves enables authorities and policy makers to take action to keep new waves at bay.
New technologies can help reduce the cost of producing maps that warn where floods might happen.
The question is actually one of the most studied in all of economics and still doesn’t have a definitive answer – though Nobel-winning economist David Card got us closer.
Any time a political bot, or indeed any type of AI in politics, is employed, we need information about how it was created and tested.
Profit-friendly data privacy laws in the U.S. are out of step with public sentiment and hinder uses the public supports, from reducing opioid overdose deaths to curbing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visualising climate change data in accessible ways can help convince audiences from all backgrounds about the urgency of the climate crisis.
Our latest study finds that the complexities of Indonesia’s COVID-19 data management have contributed to this problem.
Just three big developers are being paid tens of millions of pounds to supply the majority of these UK systems.
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Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Demography, Penn State
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Data protection and surveillance stream lead, Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Law Faculty, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Professor of Higher Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Data Science, University of Adelaide
