Research With Impact

Part of a renowned research institution, SC Johnson College is home to innovators and experts who produce and share original knowledge. Here are some of those stories.

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Johnson School

Video-call glitches can have serious consequences

Video call glitches — even without disrupting conversation — can break the illusion of being face-to-face and feel uncanny, Cornell-led research finds

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Dyson School

Warming climate, not herd size, is biggest threat to rangelands

Researchers found that while larger herds can slightly reduce rangeland productivity in Mongolia from year to year, weather and climate have a much bigger effect

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Johnson School

For platforms relying on gig workers, bonuses can be a double-edged sword

Cornell researchers find that in the gig economy, bonus effectiveness depends on labor availability.

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Dyson School

As farm jobs decline, food industry work holds steady

Study finds farm jobs shrink as nations grow wealthier, but food industry work holds steady — with better pay and wider gender gaps.

Nobel Prize-winning economist and former Cornell professor Richard Thaler, left, speaks on stage with Thomas Gilovich, the Irene Becker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology, in the Statler Auditorium.
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Nobel laureate Richard Thaler delights in the human side of economics

Richard Thaler, a Nobel laureate who was a professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management from 1978 to 1995, spoke Oct. 17

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Johnson School

Right or left, low-quality news links popular on social media

Dubious headlines spread across social media — not just on the right, new Cornell research finds.

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Dyson School

Cornell Atkinson-The Nature Conservancy awards promote biodiversity, climate resilience

Six projects led by Cornell and The Nature Conservancy researchers have been awarded grants from Cornell Atkinson.

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SC Johnson College

The responsible way to engage political leaders? Leave their families out of it.

In heated political environments, some constituents insult a leader’s family on social media. New research explores this phenomenon.

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Dyson School

Advancing large-scale solar boosts farmland prices

Legislative support for solar projects in New York state has increased the price of farmland near energy infrastructure and could disincentivize the use of land for farming.