Pulse Lab New York
COVID-19 pandemic: countries urged to take stronger action to stop spread of harmful information
Joint release by WHO, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ITU, UN Global Pulse, and IFRC
23 September 2020
Our vision is a future in which big data, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are harnessed safely and responsibly for the public good.
News, thoughts and ideas about big data and AI, data privacy and ethics from across the Pulse Lab Network. Read more on the blog.
Pulse Lab New York
Building capacity to generate statistics from mobile phone records to support COVID-19 response
A few weeks ago, UN Global Pulse organized a series of webinars meant to assist National Statistics Bureaus in Africa with using mobile phone data
22 September 2020
UN entities partner to strengthen work to counter the COVID-19 infodemic
People worldwide will be better able to spot the difference between information and misinformation about COVID-19, as a result of a new co-operation within the UN system.
11 September 2020
Below you can find our latest examples of our collaborative research, prototypes and experiments, where we analyse digital data to advance global development, support humanitarian action, and promote peace. For more, go to the research projects page.
Pulse Lab New York
Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic in Real-Time
Falsehoods, which can range from deliberate lies to genuine confusion and errors, often travel alongside novel threats like COVID-19. But the problem has been so
16 August 2020
Pulse Lab New York
Gauging the effectiveness of social media advocacy campaigns
UN Global Pulse worked together with the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on a project that analyzed Twitter data to understand the effectiveness
13 December 2019
Pulse Lab Jakarta
After Dark: Encouraging safe transit for women travelling at night
Pulse Lab Jakarta teamed up with UN Women to conduct research on how women navigate public transportation in the evening. Aptly called “After Dark”, the
3 December 2019
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Pulse Lab New York
6 August 2020
Pulse Lab Jakarta
24 June 2020
Below you can find our newest digital tools, prototypes and microsites. For more, go to the microsites & tools page.
