International Socioeconomics Laboratory
International Socioeconomics Laboratory

Education Research at the International Socioeconomics Laboratory

The Education research at the International Socioeconomics Laboratory is based on a variety of social and economic issues within the academic systems around the world. From educational availability, financial literacy, and quality of education to social inequalities within education systems and distimination based on race, gender, sexual identity, and economic status, researchers at the Laboratory work to analyze the issues through extensive data collection and analysis. Fellows at the Laboratory create extensive empirical studies, using data they collect through various qualitative and quantitative methods, with the intention of drawing conclusions based on analyzed and factual data.

Americanization of Global Education

Sarah Blevins, Egemen Aray, Toby Chen, Faiza Chowdhury, Connor Tan, Sena Temelli

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory, George Washington University

Exploring the Allocation of Resources for Competency-Based Youth Education in the United States

Felipe Barreto de Souza Martins, Munish Sharma, Armita Hosseini, Mashiat Prapti, Trevor Nguyen

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory, , Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Central University of Himachal Pradesh

How Does The College Admissions Process Affect The Choices High Performing Students Make Throughout Their High-School Career?

Carolina Mendoza, Tenzin Sherab, Tasmia Afrin, Kristen Wang, Sudiptha Paul

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory, The City College University of New York

How do education and social learning influence moral development in the United States?

Sarah Blevins, Stanley Huang, Radiah Jamil, Daniel Khaitov, Abby Tenenbaum, Suyash Bhardwaj

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory, George Washington University

The Case for Financial Literacy

Achraf El Madnaoui, Angye Bardales, Deven Rozario, Jen Khosid, Maddox Garetti, Yaxi Shi, Shen Shen Lau

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory

How has online learning affected student engagement in elementary school in the United States?

Afran Ahmed, Kristen Wang, Mehadi Chowdhury, Tatyana Cruz, Esha Iftikhar

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory

Meritocracy in the Educational System

Carolina Mendoza, Aroesiri Erivwo, Elizabeth Varghese, Anthony Mathai, Tasmia Afrin

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory, The City College University of New York

The Effect of Geographical Locations on College Tuition Across the United States

Tasmia Afria, Radiah Jamil, Anthony Mathai, Sudiptha Paul, Isabella Pensabene, & Chyonika Roy

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory

Will highschool students after the pandemic want a system of education to be a hybrid of remote learning and in person learning?

Melissa Machuca, Mehadi Chowdhury, Ildem Demir, Jason Jiang, Naima Shahzad

Affiliation: International Socioeconomics Laboratory, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Education

The goal of the Education Research at the International Socioeconomics Laboratory is to understand the source of the social and economic issues in education systems, world wide. With in-depth research studies, research fellows are able to create conclusions, based on data, that can be used for legislative change. Working with the Finxerunt Policy Action Institute, researchers’ empirical studies are paired with various politicians and organizations around the world, in their respective regions, that intend to use the data collected and analyzed by the Laboratory in supporting their policies, addressing the educational issues. The goal is to create equitable and efficacious change to the education systems universally.