Robert Wechsler

My project would like to realize evidence-based education to meet demands for improved education standards. My project collects so called ‘educational big data’ from LMS and digital textbooks. The collected data is immediately analyzed and used for effective feedback to both learners and teachers. The main concept is real-time education…

To use a system that can be very well controlled in the lab (cold atoms) to emulate the dynamics of another system (molecules) which are difficult to predict. Despite of being at the basis of our lives, most problems dealing with molecules are hard to solve even with supercomputers. In…

In 2015, Europe’s governments were, for the lack of a better word, overwhelmed by the influx of over 1 million refugees. The affected countries squabbled over a unified response and ultimately failed in organising a joint effort to manage what was termed the worst refugee crisis since the Second World…

Daily food intake is essential not only for our physical activity, but also for the diverse brain function. Prof. Park’s research focuses on how nutrition can immediately impact complex human choices to modulate the social environment. She tackles this by an interdisciplinary approach that precisely integrates neural, metabolic, physio- and…

How Social Science Combats Unfree Labour in the Global Economy We tend to think of the cruelties of slavery as a thing of the past, something that humanity has largely overcome. This assumption is false. Globally, there are some 46 million people in slavery, according to Kevin Bales, Co-Founder of…

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Coronalogy is a 40-day long exercise undertaken by a group of communicators to introduce one topic related to COVID-19 pandemic per day, during the initial days of nationwide lockdown in India. One topic was chosen per day and was introduced in a 150-word long article. This article was published in…

This is a large, research university.   Tags: Diversity, Education, STEM Learning.

SMASHfestUK is an inclusive ‘hyerlocal’ science and arts festival for young people and families that was founded to engage underserved/under-represented audiences with STEAM. All activities – ranging from comedy and immersive theatre to interactive game and hands-on experiments – are predicated on an overarching semi-immersive story about an impending disaster…

Transforming Universities in Ways that accelerate the Transition to a Sustainable Future. Universities need to become more useful societal partners in solving problems in sustainable development (i.e. problems requiring a dual focus on improving human well-being and protecting the environment). This requires breaking down the “external walls” that separate universities…