We worked with global venture capial firm Antler to equip them with data and research to identify new and emerging areas of growth and sectors for start-up activity in the African continent.

We supported the work of The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Middle East to uncover the drivers of vaccine adoption and hesitancy in order to help policymakers and government agencies make informed public health decisions.

At Ripple Research, we deployed our state-of-the-art analytical tools and sentiment analysis to reveal the dominant narratives surrounding the global conversation around climate anxiety and tangential topics.

WHO approached Ripple Research to provide them with a social network analysis of health centres and service providers in Lebanon. This was in order to detect vulnerabilities in the healthcare network and strengthen the resilience of the Ministry of Public Health’s approach to collaborative governance.

Ripple Research partnered with the Fletcher School to devise a playbook and a specialised report for building trust in a crisis that guides governments on how to gain, retain and restore trust in the age of uncertainty and during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We continue to listen actively to various shifting narratives within online conversations, identifying the modalities of their interactions and chart paths towards healthier discussions. This case study focuses on understanding the contours of climate polarisation and deciphering the driving forces behind climate believers and deniers.

The rapid spread of disinformation can distort and hinder social progress and cohesion. In this case study, we uncovered stories that depict the phenomenon of disinformation in India and identify the signals that could help those in power prevent the digital civil war from creating real-world casualties.

Members of the Ripple Research team are advising UN-ITC in evolving its Green and Inclusive Value Chains (GIVC) section’s efforts to design sustainable market-driven solutions for smallholder farmers and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in regions across Africa.

Members of Ripple Research are advising the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (HEP) in Europe to help member states better manage health emergency risks and responses related to disease and viral outbreaks in the area of Infodemic Management.

We worked with the Digital Planet team at Tufts University to delve into online perceptions and better understand the implications of what Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could mean for misinformation and hate speech.

As part of our ongoing collaboration with the Digital Planet team at the Fletcher School, Tufts University we traced the historic developments of the undoing of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe V. Wade throughout 2022.

We worked with the Digital Planet team to track trending political narratives in the run-up to the US midterm elections in November 2022 and uncovered an erosion in the quality of conversations on the platform.

This research investigates 88 million messages on social media surrounding the Ethiopian conflict. It reveals the dominant conflict narratives, their evolution from 2020-2022 and the psychological states of authors throughout the war.

Ripple Research partnered with Changing Markets Foundation to study dissemination of misinformation surrounding meat, dairy, and animal-centric dietary consumption. For this study, we assembled the largest dataset of its kind, which enables us to analyze the extent and nature of online misinformation in this domain. This dataset serves as a vital tool for researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to better understand and address misinformation related to food systems and consumption patterns.

Ripple Research partnered with Changing Markets Foundation to identify and analyze misinformation surrounding the 2022-23 Dutch Farmers' Protests against the national nitrogen policy. Our study reveals the influence of misleading far-right narratives on these protests, shedding light on how public opinion and policy decisions are shaped in the environmental and agricultural sectors.