27/06/2018 Stefania Rubrichi

Mobile data can be (and has been) used to study a vast number of subjects related to human behavior. One of its potential applications is on epidemics, a complex field that is informed not only by healthcare, but also social interactions and human mobility. In this blog post, Stefania Rubrichi explains the context in which her team used a real mobile phone dataset in an attempt to better understand and tackle the spread of diseases. Their study was just published in the journal EPJ Data Science.

22/06/2018 Erica Gordon-Mallin

“Now more than ever, we need to stand with refugees”: that was the United Nations’s official theme on this year’s World Refugee Day.

A desire for health and wellness is one of many (many, many) qualities common to humans, displaced or not—and in recent months, the Journal of International Humanitarian Action has published a slew of novel research relevant to the physical and emotional health of refugees.

20/06/2018 Les Roberts

On World Refugee Day we commemorate the strength, courage, and perseverance of the more than 68 million people around the world who are refugees or displaced as a result of conflict or persecution. Here, Dr Les Roberts reminds us why we should be motivated to do better for the world’s displaced.