Sentences with phrase «based political research»

Authorities in Britain and the United States are investigating the alleged improper use of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica, a U.K. - based political research firm.

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The report suggested the Republican candidate was using psychological data based on research spanning tens of millions of Facebook users in an attempt to gain an advantage over his political rivals — including Donald Trump.

«If the Russians start backing the Pakistanis in a big way at the political level, then it creates a problem for us,» said Sushant Sareen, a leading expert on India's relations to Pakistan and Afghanistan with New Delhi - based Observer Research Foundation.

But the results of the study, carried out by the non-partisan Public Religion Research Institute, show the impulse to block varies widely based on gender and political leanings.

The memo argues the dossier became the basis for the surveillance of Page, the conclusion being that the entire Russia investigation is based on dubious political opposition research.

«From a political perspective, the goal of the start - up visas is to demonstrate they're bringing in the sexiest, highest - value people,» said Madeleine Sumption, assistant director for research at the Washington - based Migration Policy Institute, who has studied start - up visa programs worldwide.

There is enough here for you to find a career provided our pro tern political leaders will transform themselves into statesmen, encourage indigenous research, inhibit consumerist hi - tech, and put your talent to developmental projects based on appropriate technology, not multinational gluttony.

(157) ``... Based on our research on this subject,» he says, «we must realize that our political activism, if expressed in an unChristian manner, prevents a new generation from seeing Christ.»

Because public research funds are often allocated on a strongly socially functional basis, it has only been recently when religious broadcasting had risen to the level of social and political controversy that funds have begun to be allocated for social research into the phenomenon.

In October he told Family Research Council president Tony Perkins that single moms are «the political base of the Democratic party.»

The ZERO TO THREE Policy Center is an independent, non-partisan research - based voice that educates the public and political leaders about the unique developmental needs of babies and toddlers.

The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.

Polling was conducted by Penn Schoen Berland, a global research - based consultancy that specialises in messaging and communications strategy for blue - chip political and corporate clients.

I don't accept that there is a zero - sum choice between our own discussions and public facing discussions, but I think the greater challenge (eg in our recent research) is about value - based public advocacy which connects to and translates political ideas, like equality.

Many are members of major research networks in political and legal studies, such as the Institute for Global Law and Policy based at Harvard Law School, and edit prominent sites of scholarly discussion such as the debuting London Review of International Law.

Chris Prosser is a political scientist based at the University of Manchester, where he is a Research Associate on the British Election Study.

He worked between October 2009 and September 2013 as a senior research fellow with Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, a European Research Council project based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and spent five months in 2003 on a Fulbright Research Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the Unitedresearch fellow with Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, a European Research Council project based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and spent five months in 2003 on a Fulbright Research Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the UnitedResearch Council project based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and spent five months in 2003 on a Fulbright Research Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the UnitedResearch Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the United States.

Other experience includes a year on the US 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, a year at the Kabul - based Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, two years in Beirut, Lebanon, shorter project management roles in Jordan, Pakistan, and Iraq, political risk forecasting in a London - based firm, and stints with the International Crisis Group and the US Embassy in Kuwait.

Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said Terry's array of government jobs «raises the question of whether or not the personnel decisions were awarded based on the merits, or on political connections.»

Therefore, being able to base on research in political science in addition to the politician's own reason ought to be just a plus.

«Blacks and Latinos have aligned goals on issues such as economics and healthcare because African - Americans and Hispanics have similar problems in those areas,» said David Bositis, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C. - based think tank that studies public policy issues affecting African - Americans.

Policy is often only weakly informed by research - based evidence due to information gaps, secrecy, the need for speedy responses, political expediency and the fact that policy makers are rarely scientists.

New Political Science Article: Participatory Budgeting and Community - Based Research - February 2017

Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said any funding should be distributed based on district population — not political juice.

Much of the existing research looking at these differences has been based on small samples, where gay men are recruited from political or social support organizations.

Based on these findings, the research team hypothesized that the bombings would cause liberals to shift moral perspectives in favor of protecting the in - group, akin to the values typically reported by political conservatives.

Ground - based surveys will still be needed to build and validate this tool, says Marc Levy, a political scientist at The Earth Institute at Columbia University in Palisades, New York, who was not involved in the research.

An unusual proposal last March from Luo Fuhe, vice chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, a minor political party, declared that slow internet speeds and restrictions on nonpolitical sites were having «an enormous impact on China's social and economic development, and on scientific research,» according to China Digital Times, a California - based website that features uncensored news from China.

Evidence - based: Based on the latest research from peer - reviewed medical journals, and uncorrupted by corporate and political interbased: Based on the latest research from peer - reviewed medical journals, and uncorrupted by corporate and political interBased on the latest research from peer - reviewed medical journals, and uncorrupted by corporate and political interests.

What's clear is that we shouldn't sweep research on sex - based brain differences under the carpet in the interest of political correctness, just because some misguided writers use the field to make sweeping generalizations about men's and women's abilities and personalities.

Some targeted messages based on political orientation are more effective at persuading consumers to recycle, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Based on a real - life story of a tobacco - company research scientist (Russell Crowe) and the ramifications of his decision to disclose industry secrets to the American public on an episode of 60 Minutes, it was a moody, intense affair that many critics touted as one of the year's best films; it netted 7 Oscar nominations in the process.Mann was back in the Academy Award hunt two year's later with Ali, a biopic of the beloved boxer Muhammad Ali that focused on both his athletic accomplishments and his political battles.

Students explore the political and economic implications of immigration, form opinions based on their research, and try to convince others that their opinions are correct.

One hopes that this new age of scientifically based research will enable the Department of Education to construct reviews of grant proposals based on well - established canons of science or social science as a safeguard against political demands by powerful legislators on behalf of their pork - hungry constituents.

Research on education policy may even have yielded some well - grounded ideas, yet I doubt anyone is prepared to say that economic or political analysis has given us an uncontested, scientific basis for policymaking.

The more fruitful avenue of research, based on what Campbell has told us, is to look at how private secular schools are serving our political system.

This recommendation is based on the observation that generic definitions, while useful for political, advocacy, and compliance purposes, get in the way of good practice in identifying and teaching students with LD and conducting research.

In an analysis of the program, political scientist William Howell wrote that RttT encouraged applicants to develop «common core state standards,» design a teacher evaluation plan based in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015).

There is a significant political - science research base concerning «micropolitics» at school sites that could inform the potential impact and desirability of the book's proposals.

Time to move to a state where sane people govern and propose legislation that is based in reality and backed by careful thought and research and away from a state where a political ideology trumps all logic and common sense.

The pro bono consultants who went through the unions» published national, state, and local tax returns estimated based on their research, interviews, and sampling that roughly one third of the unions» efforts went toward political advocacy.

Then you'll want to back up your toast with talking points and fact - based research helpfully tailored to compliment whatever political demographic you'll be breaking bird with this Thanksgiving.

The story began with the developer's comprehensive research process, which identified the emerging market of Cape Verde, based on its healthy environmental and political stability as well as long - term economic and touristic growth.

The belief shared across political parties was that a properly structured, research - based DMO is best suited to revitalise tourism in Bermuda.

Her practice is largely research based, and considers a range of sources, including ethnography, feminist discourse, folklore, and histories of political resistance.

Her practice is largely research based and intersectional, and considers a range of sources, including ethnography, feminist discourse, folklore, and histories of political resistance.

Audrey Chan (b. 1982, Chicago, Illinois) is a Los Angeles - based artist, writer, and educator whose research - based projects articulate political and cultural identities through allegorical narrative and the feminist construct of «the personal is political.»

(b. 1982, Chicago, Illinois) is a Los Angeles - based artist, writer, and educator whose research - based projects articulate political and cultural identities through allegorical narrative and the feminist construct of «the personal is political.»

A Mexico City — based conceptual artist, Minerva Cuevas is known for her research - oriented social practice that engages with pressing political and economic issues and the lives of everyday people.