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October 10, 2017 Gender / General

Gender in the Global Research Landscape Report

A new research by Elsevier used NamSor Gender API along with other methods, to provide an analysis of research performance through

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October 9, 2017 FDI Magnet / General

Playing a foreign investor’s behavioural biases

Behavioural finance: can you play a foreign investor’s biases towards your goals? Diasporas have a positive impact on trade and foreign investment, but it is critical to engage them in a targeted manner and make sure any “behavioural biases” will work in the favour of investing in YOUR country. 

September 27, 2017 General

Visually Comparing Name Nationality Classification Services

NamePrism is a nationality classification web service for research in sociology, linguistics, and biomedical applications. It is further described in

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September 26, 2017 Gender / General

Social listening : breaking down Twitter opinion by gender and location

A new paper published in the Global Journal of Enterprise Information System explores how social media analysis can be applied to

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July 4, 2017 EthnoViz / Gender / General

Cultural biases in African bibliometrics

Yvonne Mburu is a scientist from Kenya and founder of Med in Africa. She wants to create a global network of African scientists and health professionals to tackle the cultural biases that affect the visibility of African science.

June 30, 2017 Gender / General

Genderizing LinkedIn for Social Studies

LinkedIn has become the largest professional network, globally. It is a rich source of data for social researchers working on

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June 28, 2017 EthnoViz / General

NamSor at UCLA Diaspora Lab Day

Last year, we presented NamSor ethnic name classification software at University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Diaspora Lab Day. Watch the demo video.

June 19, 2017 FDI Magnet / General

VivaTech : international, yet imbalanced

VivaTech : more international, Viva Technologies closes the gender gap but remains imbalanced when it comes to international gaps (North vs. Central & South America, Europe, Asia or Africa)

February 1, 2017 FDI Magnet / General

Making the World More Inclusive in 2017

This week, NamSor API reached a symbolic landmark. We’ve processed over 1bn names, since the API was launched. It’s a

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November 16, 2016 General

AgroDiaspora relaunched

Three years ago, we proposed the AgroDiaspora project to the French Quai d’Orsay “Africa Forum, 100 innovations for sustainable development”,

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