How To Decarbonize Japan Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged that his country will become carbon neutral by 2050. “Responding to climate change…
Adversity: The Primer for Resilience One of my favorites among the many definitions of resilience is – Positive adaptation to perceived adversity. What Marcus Aurelius…
The Dual Effect of Social Ties on COVID-19 Spread in Japan We investigate why some communities experience worse COVID-19 outcomes than others. Past studies have linked the resilience of communities against…
The Emerging Science of Content Labeling: Contextualizing Social Media Content Moderation Abstract There is a toolbox of content moderation options available to online platforms such as labeling, algorithmic sorting, and removal.…
Tackling Misinformation: What Researchers Could Do With Social Media Data Social media platforms rarely provide data to misinformation researchers. This is problematic as platforms play a major role in the…
Addressing Power and Scale in Resilience Programming: A Call to Engage Across Funding, Delivery and Evaluation Prof. Laura Kuhl recently published a paper exploring the definition of resilience, specifically in the field of geography. Given its…
The State of the Nation: A 50-State COVID-19 Survey Report #18: COVID-19 Fake News on Twitter The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented disruption of everyday life in America that has been exacerbated by the infodemic of…
Review of GRI Affiliated Faculty Jennie Stephens New Book “Diversifying Power: Why We Need Anti-Racist, Feminist, Leadership on Climate and Energy” “Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy” is a radical book, a call to action for…
A Global Disruption Requires a Global Response: Policies for building international business resilience for this and future pandemics The COVID-19 global pandemic has exacerbated the move toward greater economic nationalism and isolationism across the world. As nations have independently constructed responses to the pandemic with vastly dissimilar success levels, the repercussions for international businesses and national economies has been intense. We posit that addressing a global disruption, such as this pandemic that cannot be contained effectively by borders, requires a global response - not a national nor a local response.
K-12 Education in New England New England’s K-12 schools are critical anchor institutions that serve some of the most important functions in our communities. Elementary and secondary education’s primary function is youth academic development, through the cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development of children.
Housing Insecurity in New England Housing is a necessity, a choice, a financial investment, and a human right. For many communities, their housing supply, affordability, and quality are the invisible infrastructure that supports growth, vitality, sustainability, inclusion and resilience.
Food System Resilience in New England The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the food system as patterns of food consumption changed abruptly in March 2020 and food supply chains were disrupted. Americans are accustomed to plentiful, diverse, convenient, and inexpensive food, enabled by a nationally centralized food system.