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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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How does economics combine mathematics and social science? On the other, we need good communication skills to write policy papers or communicate with stakeholders in government and in industry, and we also need a lot of creativity to develop novel approaches to solve problems.” What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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The women use creative projects to reflect on and express their own experiences, and the facilitators introduce useful resources that will help women in their life in the US. As the data manager, I work closely with all the project data as they journey from the study participants to the data analysis team.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Alistair develops super-resolution microscopes and new data analysis techniques which he uses to collaborate on experiments with other biologists and medics.

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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In light of the social inequalities highlighted by COVID-19, this knowledge has never been more important. The social sciences have a very important role to play in uncovering the causes and consequences of pandemics, past and present, and preparing us for pandemics of the future.

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