Modeling Religious Change

Designed and developed by: Yujia Huo

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Many nations critically require forecasts of the number of people of various religions for effective civic planning. Collective behaviors such as likely family size, economic security, and migration patterns are strongly correlated with religion. These collective behaviors inform policy and civic planning. Modeling Religious Change is a collaborative project bringing together experts in demography, the scientific study of religion, and computational methods to create theory-based simulations of (non)religious and identity around the world and across generations.

My Role

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As Data Visualization Specialist

Design and develop Visualization for two main audiences

General Public:  Provide contextualize knowledge relate to MRC research process through blog post.

Scholars: Provides visual representation of the data to support publication statements.

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Design Process

General Public - Design Detail

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Color:

I choose to use Tableu 10 as the color scheme to maintain softer, more sophisticated, less “Crayola bright.”

Form:

Based on each blog post’s goal, static, motion graphic, or interactive

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Blog Post 1: 2020 Religion Census

https://modelingreligiouschange.org/2020-religion-census/

Goal

Observe geographical distribution.

Observe differences.

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Blog Post 2: population pyramid of Norway from 1950 projected to 2100

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/religious-change_norway-population-based-on-un-data-activity-7075203387515924480-ibza?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Goal

Observe population change over time.

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Blog Post 3: Religious composition by region 2010-2050

https://modelingreligiouschange.org/religious-composition-around-the-world/

Goal

Explore distribution, amount, and trending

Scholar Publication - Design Detail

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Color:

In addition to Tableau 10, I designed a color scheme for the needs of more contrast.

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Form:

Using the basic scatter plot and line chart to best match researcher’s familiarity.