Research Agenda – EMPOWER Collaborative

An anticipated product outcome is to build an Open Knowledge Network (OKN) for higher education equity (OKN-HEE), with a focus on providing individualized knowledge and recommendations in support of college student well-being.

Research Questions:

What role does time play in the decision-making process of an individual (or a community) with respect to how they prioritize different factors that come together to form their well-being?

An anticipated product outcome is to build an Open Knowledge Network (OKN) for higher education equity (OKN-HEE), with a focus on providing individualized knowledge and recommendations in support of college student well-being.

Research Questions:

How can we construct a model-based framework of well-being that enables data-driven measurement of well-being? Show Less Show More

How do we sense (capture) the physical and emotional factors that influence well-being? Show Less Show More

How do we develop a model-based framework to accurately characterize how individuals and communities make choices? Show Less Show More

How can we operationalize social science frameworks for social determinants into mathematical/computational models that can be tested in virtual environments? Show Less Show More

What personalized, evidence-based interventions to improve well-being can we develop that are adaptive, technology based, and incorporate human behavior and decision-making? Show Less Show More