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Impacting the World with Data:

Impacting the World with Data:. From a million data points to maps that tell the story OR Translating academic rigor into public information. Brian J. Grim, Ph.D. Senior Researcher Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life Washington, DC Visiting Researcher

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Impacting the World with Data:

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  1. Impacting the World with Data: From a million data points to maps that tell the story OR Translating academic rigor into public information Brian J. Grim, Ph.D. Senior Researcher Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life Washington, DC Visiting Researcher Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs (CURA) Boston University

  2. A peek at this presentation’s conclusion, which was made possible by a database: – a finding involving the work of more than 50 demographers and social scientists around the globe– released at IUSSP in Marrakech, Morocco– later covered by all major news outlets (with differing slants), including the comedic ‘news’ show the Colbert Report – here’s the Fox headline ...

  3. First, the database ... and a related publication ...

  4. Province-level data on religious affiliation ...

  5. Province-level data on religious violence ...

  6. ... and a less data-heavy related publication drawing on data from the ARDA as well ... The Price of Freedom Denied:Religious Persecution and Conflict in the 21st Century(Fall 2010) Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics

  7. Now, the exciting part – managing and selecting the data that went into the Muslim population report (with the help of a web interface over an Access-type relational database) ...

  8. ◄ Back to country page

  9. ◄ Archiving religion-specific TFR, age-structure, migration & religiosity

  10. WRD Best Estimate vs. Range of Estimates vs. Pew

  11. The Pew Forum Report

  12. Limited Interactive Maps & Tables

  13. Impacting the World with Data

  14. On the horizon with geo-coded religion-related violence data ...

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