Sentences with phrase «address societal problems»

Hundreds of billions of dollars in public money are required each year to address societal problems associated with crime, substance abuse, and poor physical and mental health in general (e.g., Insel, 2008; McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010; Rehm et al., 2009).

Laws seek to address societal problems (the mischief rule), but also make sense (the golden rule).

Hundreds of billions of dollars in public money are required each year to address societal problems associated with crime, substance abuse, and poor physical and mental health in general (e.g., Insel, 2008; McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010; Rehm et al., 2009).

Pietro Michelucci, PhD, directs the Human Computation Institute, a multidisciplinary innovation center that develops crowd - powered systems to address societal problems.

That approach also advances fundamental knowledge like basic science, but is designed to address societal problems.

All we are doing is shining a spotlight on the fact that each has made measurable progress addressing a societal problem with an innovative business program.

Not exact matches

New York Times Magazine editor Tough profiles an ambitious effort to simultaneously address the seemingly eternal societal problems of poverty, class stratification, educational underachievement and racial discrimination.

«Collaboration between public, private and nonprofit sectors is essential in addressing our societal needs and solving community problems,» the One Brooklyn form said.

Further work is also being accomplished in assembling the Initiatives for a Stronger Community, the administration's Health & Human Services Plan that works with community partners in addressing poverty and other societal problems.

This fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an accomplished scientist to address global stewardship problems by applying his or her multidisciplinary background toward solutions to societal issues ranging from ecosystems and population to sustainable development and climate change.

«The GAANN program will allow K - State researchers to recruit outstanding doctoral students and advance interdisciplinary research while addressing complex environmental and societal problems.

AAU places equal emphasis on the three primary university value streams: highly qualified graduates for the labour market of the future; new cognition, knowledge, technology and innovation that address important societal problems; and effective dissemination of knowledge through cooperation with the community and wider society.

The institute, created in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, will explore innovative technologies that address fundamental societal problems through modern advances in nanoscale manipulation and the ability to design at a molecular scale.

Moag - Stahlberg: Addressing the problem of childhood obesity will require a comprehensive, systematic approach involving a wide range of societal institutions and stakeholder groups.

Teachers broadly accept that their role as educators extends beyond the taught curriculum and that schools must play their part in addressing recognised societal problems.

Works to build a strong philanthropic community that reflects the diversity of the Northwest, connects people to each other so they can achieve more with their giving, and inspires action to address critical societal problems.

PREVENTION SCIENCE addresses individual and societal problems before they develop and encourages a wellness approach to positive childhood, adolescent, family and community outcomes.

The collective decision of NSF, NCAR and UCAR (the organization that manages NCAR) to terminate a societal impacts group designed to educate and train at home and abroad strongly suggests that the science bureaucracies of the 20th century (at least these particular ones) are not in a position to address the problems of the 21st century.

For example, as law - makers consider how to vote — and consider how seriously to take the problem of climate change — they should do so with an awareness that if they don't face and address climate change via their decisions and votes, then at least some people will likely begin to embrace other approaches to societal change, including NVCD, and justifiably so.

At the same time, I am not sure why there should be a generalized solution to addressing big complex societal problems that abound with uncertainties as to nature, causes and possible solutions.

Stephanie Pagni, General Counsel for Barclays UK, said: «This initiative will help trigger a transformation in law - tech with significant potential, addressing not just commercial but also societal legal problems, and drawing on the expertise of data scientists, engineers and a range of other graduates and contributors from our university partners.»

Obesity is a complex societal problem, which will be addressed only if most of us make radical changes to our lifestyle.