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Mission Statement

What we do, how and why

The interdisciplinary research center for Agile Prevention And Intervention Research (Agile PAIR) brings together researchers from the data sciences, statistics, education sciences, psychology, rehabilitation studies, and sociology. Agile PAIR researchers from these different disciplines focus on the development and application of innovative interventions. Research methods from the data sciences are adapted and employed to address societal challenges in highly relevant areas such as education, health, and societal inclusiveness and participation.

Increasingly larger and more complex data have become available in computerized interventions that can contribute to more precise prediction models (e.g., for such outcomes as academic success, health, and well-being) and aid our understanding of cause-effect relationships. An important objective of Agile PAIR is the continued development of a framework for “Agile Intervention Research” that allows for individualized, data-driven, and need-based adaptations of interventions in authentic contexts. Agile PAIR's researchers use “big” (large data sets) and “small” (small case numbers) data to optimize prognostic models in the social sciences and maximize the impact of available interventions in these fields by allowing for individualized adaptations. 

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