Data-Pop Alliance is a non-profit think tank founded by the
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is an interfaculty Harvard University initiative dedicated to advancing research, practice, and policy in the field of humanitarian assistance. HHI's mission is "to relieve human suffering in war and disas ...
,
MIT Media Lab and the
Overseas Development Institute.
Emmanuel Letouzé is Director and Co-Founder and
Alex Pentland
Alex Paul "Sandy" Pentland (born 1951) is an American computer scientist, the Toshiba Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, and serial entrepreneur.
Education
Pentland received his bachelor's degree from the University of M ...
is Academic Director. Its research areas includes public policy, inequality, privacy, crime, climate change and human rights.
Data-Pop Alliance is a partner for the United Nations Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and the Sustainable Development Learning & Training Course Partnerships. In addition, it is a partner of the
United Nations System Staff College
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is a UN organization that serves the personnel of the United Nations and its affiliates via interagency learning and training.
The organization aims to contribute to a more effective, results-o ...
in the context of
Agenda 2030
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...
.
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Think tanks based in the United States