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A research team from the Urban and Transportation Systems Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, conducted research on the impact of digital services alternative usage on equity and sustainability in cities. The study reveals how the use of digital services, such as online shopping and remote work, interacts with social networks and demographics to affect residential location choice and urban structure. The results of this research were published in the international academic journal "Sustainability".

A new study co-authored by Professor Guy Abel of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, alongside researchers from Meta and Harvard University, introduces a groundbreaking approach to measuring international migration. Published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research leverages online data to provide the most comprehensive and timely estimates of global migration flows to date.

A new USC-led study shows that targeted interventions can reduce provider bias in family planning clinics and improve care for young women — an important step toward advancing global reproductive health and gender equity.