Peter Dizikes

MIT has just studied pedestrians - this is why it's important

The research method used could be applied to a range of urban settings across the world and emphasizes the functionality of a neighborhood’s elements.

20 Apr 2021

Media, Entertainment and Information

How timing could be the key to combatting misinformation online

MIT researchers found fact-checking labels that came after the false headline were more effective at reducing people's misclassification of headlines.

29 Jan 2021

COVID-19

Our itch to share helps spread COVID-19 misinformation

An MIT study has found social media's built-in craving for likes is affecting our ability to objectively analyze the accuracy of online news before clicking 'share'.

17 Jul 2020

Artificial Intelligence

This was the year automation started taking over the workforce

A study finds that robots in the workplace are driving employment inequality. Jobs are being lost at a far higher rate than opportunities are available.

26 May 2020

Workforce and Employment

Robots help some companies, even while some workers struggle, study finds

A study in France has found that firms that rapidly introduce an automated workforce can excel. But overall industry employment is likely to fall a result.

22 May 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

When machine learning packs an economic punch

A new study shows that improved translation software boosted eBay's international trade — a notable case of machine learning having an impact on economic activity.

03 Jan 2020

Global Health

How economics can help with kidney donations

20 percent of kidneys in the U.S. that could be transplanted in the 24 to 48-hour situations are never used.

06 Nov 2019

Sustainable Development

This app for tuberculosis increases odds of patients completing treatment

MIT researchers in Kenya have increased the rate of success of TB treatment by 9%, their study concluded. This was achieved through an interactive mobile platform which reminded the patie...

10 Sep 2019

Workforce and Employment

A new MIT report examines how to make technology to work for society

An MIT report investigates the rise of AI technology in the workplace, and analyses whether or not workers will be affected. It concludes new tech could have a very positive impact on eff...

06 Sep 2019

European Union

Europeans are now less opposed to immigration, study finds

An innovative study conducted by an MIT political scientist has looks at more than 3 decades of opinions in Europe.

03 Jun 2019

Social Media

Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway?

A new study by MIT researchers puts a dollar value on all those free digital goods we use, and builds the case that online activity can and should become part of GDP some day.

31 May 2019