Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
HIRING! Graphic Designer Research Assistant Position
Job Description Data-Driven Yale is seeking student research assistants for some immediate, part-time graphic design work, from now through the end of August. This work will focus on the release of a forthcoming report, and include developing a report template,...
ICLEI World Congress: A network of cities and regions for tomorrow’s generation?
Article written by Valériane Buslot, Morgane Ollier and Genevieve Westgate, Summer Research Fellows with Data-Driven Yale and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness This blog is cross-posted on the Samuel Center for Social Connectedness website. Palais des...
Thoughts from the Blockchain for Social Impact Conference
Last month, Data-Driven Yale attended the Blockchain for Social Impact Conference hosted by Consensys’ Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition and the PeaceTech Lab. The conference brought technical groups and social organizations together to explore how blockchain...
A Global Response to Climate Change: In, Through, and for Cities?
This article, which includes Data-Driven Yale Director Angel Hsu as a contributing author, originally appeared in Duck of Minerva. This is a post written Sander Chan [1], David Gordon [2], Emma Lecavalier [3], Craig Johnson [4], Angel Hsu [5], Fee Stehle [6], Thomas...
Connecting Climate Change & Social Inclusion at the Neighborhood Level
Article written by Valériane Buslot, Fellow for the Samuel Center for Social Connectedness Cross-posted on the Samuel Center website. On May 10th 2018, the Samuel Center for Social Connectedness (SCSC), Data-Driven Yale (DDY) and MTLGreen hosted “Measuring What...
Bridging Data Science and Meta Analysis at the Evidence Synthesis Hackathon
On April 23, over 30 academics, programmers, and hackers from around the world converged in the Östermalm neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden for the first-ever Evidence Synthesis Hackathon. Hosted by the Stockholm Environmental Institute and co-organized by the...
Singapore Students Hack Big Data for Sustainability in Second Annual Datathon
“Do or do not, there is no try,” once said great Jedi master Yoda, whose likeness peered out from a tranquil pond below DBS Bank’s Asia X office, located in LucasFilms’ aptly-named Sandcrawler building. Students participating in Yale-NUS’s Data 2.0 Hackathon kept...
Data 2.0: Hackathon Will Search for Data-Driven Sustainability Solutions
In 2012, Harvard Business Review crowned “Data Scientist” the sexiest job of the 21st century. Since that year, the field of data science – which combines statistics and computer science, to interpret data and inform decision-making – has leaped from milestone to...
Solving Real Problems with Virtual Reality
It was, in the words of one attendee, “kind of an unusual mix.” Artists and graphic designers debated color choices with programmers, while musicians leaned over their laptops to consult with climate policy wonks. They all gathered this weekend, at the inaugural...
Visualizing the Reality of Climate Change
Climate change – an urgent, immediate problem – can sometimes feel like an abstract one. What do global temperature changes mean for a particular city and region? What will the difference between 1.5 and 2 C degrees of warming mean, in terms of heat waves, sea level...
