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Bridging Barriers is a Research Development Initiative that serves as an incubator for high-impact interdisciplinary projects at The University of Texas at Austin. We achieve this by supporting researchers from across the Forty Acres as they form broad teams tasked with identifying urgent issues — and figuring out the best way to solve them in less than a decade. UT researchers are partnering with communities, nonprofits, local government agencies, and industry leaders to design solutions that have real-world impact.
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Good Systems
AI technologies can help build smarter cities by using data to improve services, such as public safety, transit systems, and emergency response. They can also help us evaluate how new infrastructure, such as public transportation lines, will affect access to housing, jobs, and public services.
Planet Texas 2050
Partnering with frontline communities to research and identify youth experiences with, and responses to, environmental shocks and stressors.
Good Systems
Older adults are especially vulnerable to believing and circulating disinformation online, and we want to enable this population to use social media more responsibly.
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Bridging Barriers Support Team
Bridging Barriers is an initiative of the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors.
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Cinda Christian
Executive Director for Research Collaborations & Impact -