It is always challenging moving from knowledge production to its application and utilization to guide everyday decision-making processes. There is a heightened expectation that knowledge produced from research should be reflected in societal decisions, and only when that happens can evidence guide progress and social change. Our work in this area cross-cuts all the programs and addresses the dynamic and iterative processes of synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and application of knowledge-improved societal and human development indicators.
We investigate the dynamics of a digital and data-driven economy: how the capacity and ability to collect, use, and analyze massive amounts of machine-readable information