This article presents and discusses the motivation, methodology and implementation of an e-Social Science pilot demonstrator project entitled: Grid Enabled Micro-econometric Data Analysis (GEMEDA). This used the National Grid Service (NGS) to investigate a policy relevant Social Science issue: the welfare of ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom. The underlying problem is that of a stati...

Sara Kiesler is an experimental social psychologist with interests in technology (including robotics), communication, groups, and organizations. She is a professor in the Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania. Pamela J. Hinds studies the impact of technology on individuals and groups. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Science ...