The Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, University of Oxford (SICSS Oxford), brings together postgraduate research students and early career researchers interested in computational social science.
Mental health and emotional wellbeing among young people could be better understood by findings in a recently-published paper from Oxford and Birmingham universities, which reveal that teenagers catch moods from friends and bad moods are more contagious than good ones.
“Transparency is the only thing that builds trust,” says Melinda Mills, Director of the LCDS and lead author of the British Academy and Royal Society report on ,COVID-19 vaccine deployment. The report offers policy recommendations for dealing with the spread of misinformation about the vaccine, including enabling the public to spot misinformation and raising the accountability of media companies.
