This latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Alondra Nelson, President of the Social Science Research Council, who highlights SSRC’s recently published report, To Secure Knowledge: Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good. Read it here and subscribe.
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SSRC’s Alondra Nelson Answers “Why Social Science?”
Tagged with: COSSA in action, member spotlight, SSRC, why social science
Posted in Issue 19 (October 2), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 19 (October 2), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
CJRA’s Peter Wood Answers “Why Social Science?”
This latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Peter Wood, Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University and chair of the Crime and Justice Research Alliance (CJRA), who writes about how the Alliance is helping to bring research on crime and criminal justice issues to policymakers and the media. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: CJRA, COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 18 (September 18), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 18 (September 18), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
New from “Why Social Science?”: Misinformation and “Ban-the-Box” Policies
Recent Why Social Science? guests posts have addressed how social science can identify strategies to stop the spread of misinformation and how social science research has challenged the conventional wisdom surrounding “ban-the-box” policies. Read the post on misinformation from Melanie C. Green, Associate Professor of Communication at the University at Buffalo here, and the post on “ban-the-box” from Olugbenga Ajilore, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Toledo here.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 17 (September 4), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 17 (September 4), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
The Lab @ DC Answers “Why Social Science?”
This latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from David Yokum, Director of the The Lab @ DC, who writes about how cities are using insights from the social sciences to test and improve policies and inform decisions. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 16 (August 7), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 16 (August 7), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
The American Statistical Association Answers “Why Social Science?”
This month’s Why Social Science? guest post comes from Ron Wasserstein, Executive Director of the American Statistical Association, who writes about how social scientists use federally collected data to provide the public with intelligence and insight to make smart decisions. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: ASA (statistics), COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 7 (April 3), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 7 (April 3), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
The Council on Social Work Education and The Society for Social Work and Research Answer “Why Social Science?”
This month’s Why Social Science? guest post comes from Darla Spence Coffey, President & CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and James Herbert Williams, Past President of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), who kick of Social Work Month by writing about the contributions social work research has made to enhancing human well-being. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: CSWE, social work, SSWR, why social science
Posted in Issue 5 (March 6), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 5 (March 6), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
COSSA Kicks Off the Second Year of “Why Social Science?”
To commemorate the beginning of a new year of Why Social Science?, Wendy Naus, COSSA Executive Director, shared some of the many ways the social and behavioral sciences inform the work of policymakers and other government officials. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 3 (February 6), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 3 (February 6), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
COSSA Board Chair Felice J. Levine Answers “Why Social Science?”
Our last Why Social Science? guest post of 2017 was contributed by Felice J. Levine, Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association and Chair of COSSA’s Board of Directors, who reflected on the inaugural year of Why Social Science? Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: AERA, COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 1 (January 9), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 1 (January 9), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Linguist Evan Bradley Answers “Why Social Science?”
This week’s guest post comes from linguist Evan Bradley, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Penn State Brandywine, who writes about how linguistics research can enhance our understanding of how society functions and ways to improve it. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 24 (December 12), Update, Volume 36 (2017)
Posted in Issue 24 (December 12), Update, Volume 36 (2017)
SRCD Answers “Why Social Science?”
This week’s Why Social Science? guest post comes from Martha Zaslow, Director for Policy and Communications at the Society for Research and Child Development, who writes about ways the social sciences can tell us how to “grow the roots” of STEM learning in children. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, SRCD, why social science
Posted in Issue 23 (November 28), Update, Volume 36 (2017)
Posted in Issue 23 (November 28), Update, Volume 36 (2017)