Why Social Science? Because Social Scientists Help the Federal Government Address Problems Facing the Nation
This month's Why Social Science? post comes from Alycia Chin (US Securities and Exchange Commission) and Baruch Fischhoff (Carnegie Mellon University) highlighting three key examples of work done by social and behavioral scientists that have affected American life in essential ways. By Alycia Chin…
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Why Social Science? - Because How Would We Understand the World Without It?
This month's Why Social Science? post comes from Lisa Schamess from the American Association of Geographers (AAG) about celebrating Geography Week and how geography is essential to our daily lives. By Lisa Schamess (American Association of Geographers) When I was in elementary school, the way we…
Why Social Science? - Because It Gives Educators and Policymakers the Tools to Improve Education
By Tabbye Chavous, Executive Director, American Educational Research Association Wearing my hats as a social science scholar and academic leader, I have studied trends in the development of science over the past 150 years. Over that time, scholarly science has focused on the continual advancement…
Why Social Science? - Because Reimagining Science Requires Behavioral and Social Scientists at the Table, Too
By Sam Goldstein, Science for Good Nearly 40% of deaths in the United States are preventable through changes in behavior. Modifiable risk factors like smoking, poor diet, inactivity, or alcohol use are contributors to many cancers. For children and teens ages 1 to 17, the leading cause of death is…
Penn State among top universities for social science research expenditures
Michael T. Nietzel, Senior Contributor, Forbes Magazine Because many of the most pressing problems facing the nation today involve patterns of human behavior and the social forces affecting them, research in psychology and the social sciences continues to be a vital source of information about…
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New SSRI Working Group - Collaborative on Population Aging Disparities
Collaborative on Population Aging Disparities The Collaborative on Population Aging Disparities (CoPAD) is an SSRI-funded working group that focuses on new and growing sources of inequality among aging adults, with attention to the ways that population dynamics and life course processes interact to…