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  • Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID)

    The Center For Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) uses the latest insights from behavioral economics to design smart and welfare-enhancing public policies that consider the specific socio-economic context in which they are embedded. A central aim is to create robust links with the local community and help build capacity in behavioral social science at NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, and the UAE government.

    Keywords: Behavioral Economics, Nudges

  • Center for Cyber Security

    The Center for Cyber Security aims to establish a world class cyber security center by partnering with key local universities, industry and government agencies in order to facilitate cyber security research, education and practice in the United Arab Emirates and more generally in the GCC region.

    Keywords: Security, Cyber Security, Cryptography, Hardware Security, Forensics Security, Information Security, Communication Security

  • Center for Interacting Urban Networks

    The United Nations estimates over 60 percent of the population will live in urban areas by 2030. This rapid rate of urbanization is putting strain on urban systems and posing new challenges across a multitude of sectors. The Center for the Interacting Urban Networks has been established at NYU Abu Dhabi to develop fundamental research that can be translated into pragmatic ideas for increasing the livability of our cities.

    Keywords: CITIES, Urban Networks, Urban Science, Sustainable Future

  • DevLab

    The Development Laboratory for Research Methods in Economic Development (DevLab) is a laboratory supported by the Division of Social Science at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to assist faculty and students in their research work in Development. The DevLab serves as a focal point at NYUAD to create knowledge and training for faculty and students to pursue fieldwork in Development. 

    Keywords: Development Economics, Experimental Economics, Human Capital and Labor Markets, Political Economy, Social Networks

  • Fieldlab DRC

    FieldLab DRC aims to strengthen research capacities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and help researchers in the Congo conduct research.

     

    • Principal Investigator: Peter van der Windt
    • Program: Political Science
    • Division: Social Science

    Keywords: Congo, Research, Experiments, Surveys, Governance

  • Global Asia Initiative

    Global Asia is an interdisciplinary network of faculty working on Asia in the broadest sense.

    Keywords: Global Asia, Asian Studies, Himalaya, Environmental Studies

  • Global TIES for Children

    Global TIES designs, evaluates, and advises on programs and policies to improve the lives of children and youth in the most vulnerable regions across the globe.

  • Human Data Interaction Lab

    The goal of the Human Data Interaction Lab (HuDa) is to research methods at the intersection of data management, data science, and interactive systems to enable the derivation of insights from data and to support data-driven decision-making.

  • Ideas of India

    Ideas of India seeks to further the study of modern Indian political thought by drawing attention to the vibrant public sphere that took shape in the century prior to independence.

    Keywords: India, History, Ideas, Politics

  • Re-Counting the Past

    This project presents numerical information about the Middle East in the past including data on population, imports, exports, the cost of travelling and shipping goods overland and across the oceans, and more.

  • Research & Empirical Analysis of Labor Migration

    This research group explores the causal mechanisms and processes involved in migrant labor recruitment, particularly in migrant-sending countries.

     

  • Research Group in Network Science

    This research group of social scientists has breadth in terms of substantive areas, ranging from neighborhood segregation to boundary conditions of diffusion, to trust and betrayal, to firm networks.

  • Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL)

    The Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) at NYU Abu Dhabi is an interdisciplinary center where experimental research in the social sciences is conducted. Our aim is to create mutually beneficial relationships with local universities, organizations, and the wider community by offering their members a useful opportunity to participate in social science research activities.

    • Principal Investigator: John Wooders
    • Program: Business, Organizations and Society Economics Political Science Social Research and Public Policy
    • Division: Social Science

    Keywords: Experiments, Economics Research , Social Science, Research in Abu Dhabi, Research Participation

  • Social Science History Lab

    The Social Science History Lab is an interdisciplinary initiative promoting the application of social science methods to the study of the past.

    • Principal Investigator: Kevin O'Rourke
    • Program: Economics Political Science Social Research and Public Policy
    • Division: Social Science

    Keywords: Economic History, Historical , Sociology , Political Science , Political Economy

  • Transition Investment Lab (TIL)

    Transition Investment (TI) is the broad class of financial transactions aimed at enabling such a paradigm shift. TI is thus a different (albeit related) investment philosophy with respect to the conventional ESG practice, with a more substantive focus on intentional, incremental efforts and strategic shift to achieve impact.  

    • Principal Investigator: Bernardo Bortolotti
    • Program: Economics
    • Division: Social Science

    Keywords: Sustainable Finance, Long-term investment, ESG, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Impact investment

  • Working Group in African Political Economy

    Working Group in African Political Economy is an international forum for academic researchers who combine deep field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods.

     

    • Principal Investigator: Jonathan Andrew Harris Melina Platas Morgan Lillian Hardy Peter van der Windt
    • Program: Economics Political Science Social Research and Public Policy
    • Division: Social Science

    Keywords: Africa, Economics, Politics, Experiments, Development

  • al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art

    al Mawrid, the Arab Center for the Study of Art undertakes research in the visual art and photography of Western Asia and North Africa through a variety of disciplinary approaches. The Center aims to move research and pedagogy beyond the established canons of Art History by investigating the histories and theories of art that are particular to the region from regional perspectives. It does so in collaborative dialogue with the methods and debates of a global Art History and with the widening cultural horizons in both the Humanities and the Social Sciences.

    Keywords: Arab, Art, Photography, Art History, Archive