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PostJanuary 23, 2019

Can we track trends of mood expression on social media to better understand the link between happiness and air quality?

In a recent study and paper published in Nature Human Behaviour, a team lead by Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) profesor, Siqi Zheng, revealed that higher levels of pollution are associated with a decrease in people’s happiness levels.

Learn more about the study in Helen Knight's MIT News piece here - http://bit.ly/siqiMitNews

Read the journal article, here - http://bit.ly/natureAirPollutionZheng

Interested in exploring more links between urban development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare? This Spring, Zheng is offering '11.S940/ 11.S197 – Economic Analysis Urban Development and Environmental Sustainability,' which will help students develop quantitative analysis and causal inference skills for understanding and addressing current urban environmental challenges. Learn more here - http://bit.ly/zhengDuspSustainability

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