Boston Area Research Initiative
@bariboston.bsky.social
We pursue civic research to advance social, economic, & environmental justice.
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If yes, check your inbox for this month's Digest! It includes registration for BARI Conference 2026 AND cool job listings, events & opportunities in civic research, data, and design.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Are you on the BARI Mailing List?
If yes, check your inbox for this month's Digest! It includes registration for BARI Conference 2026 AND cool job listings, events & opportunities in civic research, data, and design.
If you're not on the list, check it out at our linktr.ee/BARI_NU and sign up!
If yes, check your inbox for this month's Digest! It includes registration for BARI Conference 2026 AND cool job listings, events & opportunities in civic research, data, and design.
If you're not on the list, check it out at our linktr.ee/BARI_NU and sign up!
Registration is open for the 10th annual 2026 BARI Conference.
BARI Conference's forum is about advancing data-driven research and policy in Greater Boston. Join us to turn insight into impact.
May 8 @ Northeastern Curry Student Center
Register in our bio.
We can't wait to see you there!
BARI Conference's forum is about advancing data-driven research and policy in Greater Boston. Join us to turn insight into impact.
May 8 @ Northeastern Curry Student Center
Register in our bio.
We can't wait to see you there!
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Registration is open for the 10th annual 2026 BARI Conference.
BARI Conference's forum is about advancing data-driven research and policy in Greater Boston. Join us to turn insight into impact.
May 8 @ Northeastern Curry Student Center
Register in our bio.
We can't wait to see you there!
BARI Conference's forum is about advancing data-driven research and policy in Greater Boston. Join us to turn insight into impact.
May 8 @ Northeastern Curry Student Center
Register in our bio.
We can't wait to see you there!
You thought you missed it, but you still have time! The deadline for 2026 BARI proposals has been extended to February 2, 2026 at noon. Submit a proposal today to share your expertise and innovative ideas that advance research and policy in the Greater Boston Area.
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
You thought you missed it, but you still have time! The deadline for 2026 BARI proposals has been extended to February 2, 2026 at noon. Submit a proposal today to share your expertise and innovative ideas that advance research and policy in the Greater Boston Area.
The community celebration of the Common SENSES Project's sensor network was amazing! Thanks to everyone who joined us in person and virtually to cut the ribbon on the network of 75 air quality, heat, and noise sensors in the Blue Hill Ave corridor. Data+Stories=Truth
January 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The community celebration of the Common SENSES Project's sensor network was amazing! Thanks to everyone who joined us in person and virtually to cut the ribbon on the network of 75 air quality, heat, and noise sensors in the Blue Hill Ave corridor. Data+Stories=Truth
DEADLINE EXTENDED! The Call for Proposals for BARI Conference 2026 has been extended to Monday, February 2nd at 12:00 noon. We can't for everyone to share their amazing work on May 8th! #CivicResearch #Boston #Data
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January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! The Call for Proposals for BARI Conference 2026 has been extended to Monday, February 2nd at 12:00 noon. We can't for everyone to share their amazing work on May 8th! #CivicResearch #Boston #Data
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The Common SENSES Project environmental sensor network is complete! Join us to celebrate & to explore the data portal on Jan 27th, 3:30-5:30 at Project HOPE, 550 Dudley St. or online. Event details in the first comment. #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateResilience #Boston www.boston.gov/news/bostons...
Boston's Newest Environmental Sensor Network is Complete
After 4 years of collective planning, collaboration, and deployment, the installation of Boston’s first environmental sensor network is complete. Pursued through the Common SENSES action-research proj...
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January 24, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The Common SENSES Project environmental sensor network is complete! Join us to celebrate & to explore the data portal on Jan 27th, 3:30-5:30 at Project HOPE, 550 Dudley St. or online. Event details in the first comment. #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateResilience #Boston www.boston.gov/news/bostons...
BARI is excited to participate in Love Data Week at Northeastern! Join us online Wednesday 2/11 for a workshop on exploring the Boston Data Portal and check out all the great events happening that week. Registration on our Linktree.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
BARI is excited to participate in Love Data Week at Northeastern! Join us online Wednesday 2/11 for a workshop on exploring the Boston Data Portal and check out all the great events happening that week. Registration on our Linktree.
Have you seen our January Newsletter?
Check out all the incredible research, events, and opportunities in the Greater Boston community!
Find it here: linktr.ee/BARI_NU.
#civicresearch
Check out all the incredible research, events, and opportunities in the Greater Boston community!
Find it here: linktr.ee/BARI_NU.
#civicresearch
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Have you seen our January Newsletter?
Check out all the incredible research, events, and opportunities in the Greater Boston community!
Find it here: linktr.ee/BARI_NU.
#civicresearch
Check out all the incredible research, events, and opportunities in the Greater Boston community!
Find it here: linktr.ee/BARI_NU.
#civicresearch
Did you spend 2025 doing cool research on an issue or topic facing Greater Boston with a collaborative team using innovative methods and ideas?
Submit a proposal for BARI Conference 2026, May 8th at Northeastern!
Submissions are due by January 28th at 5:00 PM here: airtable.com/appHzPxrlu7V...
Submit a proposal for BARI Conference 2026, May 8th at Northeastern!
Submissions are due by January 28th at 5:00 PM here: airtable.com/appHzPxrlu7V...
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Did you spend 2025 doing cool research on an issue or topic facing Greater Boston with a collaborative team using innovative methods and ideas?
Submit a proposal for BARI Conference 2026, May 8th at Northeastern!
Submissions are due by January 28th at 5:00 PM here: airtable.com/appHzPxrlu7V...
Submit a proposal for BARI Conference 2026, May 8th at Northeastern!
Submissions are due by January 28th at 5:00 PM here: airtable.com/appHzPxrlu7V...
Bike lanes and multi-modal roads come up often in our conversations with community members. What do you think of this data and how do you think it should inform policy? mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
Boston Data Show New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic, With Fewer Cars and Way More Bikes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Mayor Wu has hard evidence that her bike lane projects are helping reduce traffic – but her administration is reluctant to share it.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bike lanes and multi-modal roads come up often in our conversations with community members. What do you think of this data and how do you think it should inform policy? mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
BARI Conference 2026 will be on May 8th at Northeastern University! Our Call for Proposals is now open and can be found in our December Newsletter: conta.cc/44DMkSH. #CivicResearch #Boston #DataAndDesign #Collaboration #InsightToImpact @northeasternu.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
BARI Conference 2026 will be on May 8th at Northeastern University! Our Call for Proposals is now open and can be found in our December Newsletter: conta.cc/44DMkSH. #CivicResearch #Boston #DataAndDesign #Collaboration #InsightToImpact @northeasternu.bsky.social
There are now 75 sensors measuring air quality, heat, & noise along Blue Hill Avenue from Dudley Town Common to Franklin Park, thanks to the Common SENSES Project team! Check it out & get more #civicresearch news in our Nov Digest! Find it in your inbox or at the link.tree in our bio! #civicdata
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There are now 75 sensors measuring air quality, heat, & noise along Blue Hill Avenue from Dudley Town Common to Franklin Park, thanks to the Common SENSES Project team! Check it out & get more #civicresearch news in our Nov Digest! Find it in your inbox or at the link.tree in our bio! #civicdata
Are you or someone you know a @northeasternu.bsky.social student with work study hours in Spring 2026? Come work with us at BARI! You can help plan the amazing BARI Conference, run our socials, and engage with a fun team that cares about the community! Apply via Workday or via the link in our bio.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you or someone you know a @northeasternu.bsky.social student with work study hours in Spring 2026? Come work with us at BARI! You can help plan the amazing BARI Conference, run our socials, and engage with a fun team that cares about the community! Apply via Workday or via the link in our bio.
BARI Conference 2025 included a panel focused on indoor air quality studies in Greater Boston, so we know it's important! Congrats to our friends at @boston.gov and @patriciafabian.bsky.social for this important work to monitor air quality in every BPS classroom!
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A tiny device is identifying invisible health hazards in Boston schools - The Boston Globe
Boston Public Schools is using a nation-leading network of air quality sensors to improve classroom air.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
BARI Conference 2025 included a panel focused on indoor air quality studies in Greater Boston, so we know it's important! Congrats to our friends at @boston.gov and @patriciafabian.bsky.social for this important work to monitor air quality in every BPS classroom!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/26/s...
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As SNAP benefits decline and food insecurity rates increase, some Boston City Councilors are discussing the not topic of city-owned grocery stores. What do you think? @julianagyeman.bsky.social
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Publicly owned grocery stores could be Boston’s answer to food insecurity - The Boston Globe
City-owned grocery stores prioritize benefits to local communities over corporate profit, enabling lower prices.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As SNAP benefits decline and food insecurity rates increase, some Boston City Councilors are discussing the not topic of city-owned grocery stores. What do you think? @julianagyeman.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/21/o...
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BARI Team Members Sarah Sanchez & Josh Rosen spoke at the NetMob conference in Paris! They talked about a collaboration with the SUNLab on how to use cellphone mobility data to determine patterns of segregation in how folks move about our city each day. #CivicResearch #DataScience #MobilityData
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BARI Team Members Sarah Sanchez & Josh Rosen spoke at the NetMob conference in Paris! They talked about a collaboration with the SUNLab on how to use cellphone mobility data to determine patterns of segregation in how folks move about our city each day. #CivicResearch #DataScience #MobilityData
Northeastern's iSUPER mobile lab is hitting the streets of Boston! Led by Prof. Shang Liu, the van measures everything from particulate matter to nitrogen oxides, tracking how far emission plumes travel into communities, empowering them to advocate for cleaner air in their own neighborhoods.
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Northeastern's iSUPER mobile lab is hitting the streets of Boston! Led by Prof. Shang Liu, the van measures everything from particulate matter to nitrogen oxides, tracking how far emission plumes travel into communities, empowering them to advocate for cleaner air in their own neighborhoods.
Our Data Consultant Allison Wan led a Boston Data Portal workshop with Professor Robert Sampson's "Crime and Justice in a Changing America" course at Harvard. You can attend the same workshop for FREE by joining us on November 10th from 5:30-7:00 PM at Northeastern Crossing by Ruggles Station!
October 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our Data Consultant Allison Wan led a Boston Data Portal workshop with Professor Robert Sampson's "Crime and Justice in a Changing America" course at Harvard. You can attend the same workshop for FREE by joining us on November 10th from 5:30-7:00 PM at Northeastern Crossing by Ruggles Station!
New from Boston Indicators: One Big Beautiful Bill could deepen wealth inequality for decades to come. Beyond immediate income effects, the report analyzes how tax changes, safety net cuts, and education reforms will impact working families' ability to save, invest, and build financial security.
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New from Boston Indicators: One Big Beautiful Bill could deepen wealth inequality for decades to come. Beyond immediate income effects, the report analyzes how tax changes, safety net cuts, and education reforms will impact working families' ability to save, invest, and build financial security.
@bsky.app BARI Director Dan O'Brien will be at the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis on Oct. 30th from 3-4PM in Knafel 354 to talk about his book, The Pointillistic City!
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@bsky.app BARI Director Dan O'Brien will be at the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis on Oct. 30th from 3-4PM in Knafel 354 to talk about his book, The Pointillistic City!
In an interview on @wbztv.bsky.social, Dan O'Brien pointed out that young people who participated in events like those this past weekend in Greater Boston are unlikely to be thinking in the moment about the intensity of the penalties they might face. #Criminology
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Boston police union president blames "lack of prosecution" for violence against officers
The president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association said the torching of a police cruiser is the latest evidence of escalating violence towards police.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In an interview on @wbztv.bsky.social, Dan O'Brien pointed out that young people who participated in events like those this past weekend in Greater Boston are unlikely to be thinking in the moment about the intensity of the penalties they might face. #Criminology
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
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The Boston Cultural Council Organizational Grant application is now open! 🎉
These grants will provide small and mid-sized organizations (with budgets less than $2 million) up to $10,000 to support their general operating costs.
Learn more and apply: www.boston.gov/departments/...
These grants will provide small and mid-sized organizations (with budgets less than $2 million) up to $10,000 to support their general operating costs.
Learn more and apply: www.boston.gov/departments/...
October 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Boston Cultural Council Organizational Grant application is now open! 🎉
These grants will provide small and mid-sized organizations (with budgets less than $2 million) up to $10,000 to support their general operating costs.
Learn more and apply: www.boston.gov/departments/...
These grants will provide small and mid-sized organizations (with budgets less than $2 million) up to $10,000 to support their general operating costs.
Learn more and apply: www.boston.gov/departments/...
What drove #mentalhealth recovery after the pandemic? A survey by BARI and UMass Boston Center for Survey Research found that Boston neighborhoods where activity rebounded more quickly after lockdown saw less decline in mental health. #CivicResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Diminished Mental Well-Being in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Infection Risk, Social Disconnection, and Income Loss at the Individual and Neighborhood Levels
The decline in mental well-being in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in the context of risk of infection, diminished social connecti…
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October 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What drove #mentalhealth recovery after the pandemic? A survey by BARI and UMass Boston Center for Survey Research found that Boston neighborhoods where activity rebounded more quickly after lockdown saw less decline in mental health. #CivicResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
BARI Director Dan O'Brien's research refuting the "Broken Windows Theory" was cited in a @nytimes.com piece today. Check it out in the gift article linked below. #ResearchMatters #CivicResearch #Data #Criminology
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Trump’s Tactics on Crime
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September 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
BARI Director Dan O'Brien's research refuting the "Broken Windows Theory" was cited in a @nytimes.com piece today. Check it out in the gift article linked below. #ResearchMatters #CivicResearch #Data #Criminology
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...
The What The Tech? Website is officially LIVE!
Now there’s a website showcasing the work of the 2024 WTT? cohort that focuses on AI, ethics, and the community. Educators can access the FREE, open-source curriculum that was created through the project.
#YouthVoices #CommunityPartners #BARI
Now there’s a website showcasing the work of the 2024 WTT? cohort that focuses on AI, ethics, and the community. Educators can access the FREE, open-source curriculum that was created through the project.
#YouthVoices #CommunityPartners #BARI
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The What The Tech? Website is officially LIVE!
Now there’s a website showcasing the work of the 2024 WTT? cohort that focuses on AI, ethics, and the community. Educators can access the FREE, open-source curriculum that was created through the project.
#YouthVoices #CommunityPartners #BARI
Now there’s a website showcasing the work of the 2024 WTT? cohort that focuses on AI, ethics, and the community. Educators can access the FREE, open-source curriculum that was created through the project.
#YouthVoices #CommunityPartners #BARI