LAS Student Experiences By Peter Ondish, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Research Associate) and Kaylee M. Lukacena, M.A. (Research Development Manager) Download PDF Report Summary COVID-19 has dramatically transformed how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is able to fulfill its educational mission, leaving students uncertain about what the Fall 2020 experience will be. University administrators and faculty […]
By Peter Ondish, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Research Associate) Download PDF Report Summary The CSBS has been surveying citizens from the state of Illinois to gauge their attitudes towards technological solutions used to manage COVID-19 and assess their reactions to adopting and using these technologies. We have also been asking Illinoisans about their experiences with COVID-19 and […]
By Dr. Brent Roberts, Professor of Psychology and Director, CSBS Higher education has been hard at work confronting the problem of how best to open up this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic. It strikes me that a critical component that has been missing from this planning is an understanding of the population we are working […]
By Peter Ondish, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Research Associate) and Kaylee M. Lukacena, M.A. (Research Development Manager) Click to download PDF version Summary In continuation of the COVID-19 survey series launched by the Center for Social and Behavioral Science, we investigated how framing techniques shaped the perceptions of the Safer Illinois App. The large proportions of individuals […]
By Cristina Alvarez-Mingote, Ph.D. (Associate Director, CSBS), Peter Ondish, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Research Associate), Alexandra Roehll Click to view and download PDF version. Background As part of the Next 150 University of Illinois Strategic Plan, the University invested in the social and behavioral science community and elevated the Social and Behavioral Science Research Initiative (SBSRI) to […]
On June 22, 2020 the Center for Social and Behavioral Science hosted an Ask the Experts: Mental and behavioral health during COVID-19 webinar in partnership with the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute. In this webinar, our faculty experts discussed managing mental health and close relationships during COVID-19. The experts also focused on managing work-life-balance, coping with […]
By Peter Ondish, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Research Associate), Kaylee M. Lukacena, M.A. (Research Development Manager), Cristina Alvarez-Mingote, Ph.D. (Associate Director, CSBS) Summary In continuation of the COVID-19 survey series launched by The Center for Social and Behavioral Science, the present article investigates how Illinoisians of different key demographics perceive COVID-19 and mobile technologies. The present analysis […]
The Center for Social and Behavioral Science and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute join forces for our Ask the Experts Series on COVID-19 Exposure Notification, Privacy, and Security. Our faculty experts discuss the promising potential, uncertainty, and associated privacy risks with using exposure notification technologies to manage the spread of COVID-19. Our conversation also narrowed in on the development of the Illinois App.
By Peter Ondish, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Research Associate), Kaylee M. Lukacena, M.A. (Research Development Manager), Cristina Alvarez-Mingote, Ph.D. (Associate Director, CSBS) Summary The Center for Social and Behavioral Science recently launched a statewide survey to assess Illinoisians’ attitudes toward technology that may be used to combat COVID-19, including 1) track-and-trace mobile applications, and 2) status indicator […]