The latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Joseph Assan, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy of Sustainable Development at Brandeis University, who writes about how insights from the social sciences can help to address sub-Saharan Africa’s youth unemployment crisis. Read it here and subscribe.
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Development Scholar Joseph Assan Answers “Why Social Science?”
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Posted in Issue 9 (April 30), Update, Volume 38 (2019)
Posted in Issue 9 (April 30), Update, Volume 38 (2019)
Congressman Paul Tonko Answers “Why Social Science?”
The latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Congressman Paul Tonko, of New York’s 20th Congressional District, who writes about the role social science can play in helping to address climate change. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: climate change, COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 7 (April 2), Update, Volume 38 (2019)
Posted in Issue 7 (April 2), Update, Volume 38 (2019)
Anthropologist Lee Hoffer Answers “Why Social Science?”
The latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Lee Hoffer, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University, who writes about how participatory research involving people suffering from substance use disorders can give us new perspectives on addiction. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: addiction, COSSA in action, why social science
Posted in Issue 5 (March 5), Update, Volume 38 (2019)
Posted in Issue 5 (March 5), Update, Volume 38 (2019)
The Research-to-Policy Collaboration Answers “Why Social Science?”
The latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Taylor Scott and Max Crowley of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC), who write about how the RPC is connecting social scientists and government officials to enhance the use of research in policymaking. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, evidence-based policymaking, why social science
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Linguist Claudia Brugman Answers “Why Social Science?”
The latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Claudia Brugman, Research Scientist and Technical Director for Language in Social Systems at the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced Study of Language, who writes about how the social sciences help make our nation more secure. Read it here and subscribe.
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Posted in Issue 23 (November 27), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 23 (November 27), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Disaster Researchers Brandi Gilbert and Nnenia Campbell Answer “Why Social Science?”
The latest Why Social Science? guest post comes from Brandi Gilbert of the Urban Institute and Nnenia Campbell of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who write about what social science research related to children and older adults has taught us about building community resilience and enhancing recovery after disasters. Read it here and subscribe.
Tagged with: COSSA in action, natural disasters, why social science
Posted in Issue 21 (October 30), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
Posted in Issue 21 (October 30), Update, Volume 37 (2018)
SSRC’s Alondra Nelson Answers “Why Social Science?”
The 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.
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)