The Social Science Institute houses four centers that provide researchers, practitioners and government or community partners with opportunities for collaboration and networking.
Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Penn State’s coordinating entity on the causes, prevention, detection, consequences, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
- Provides opportunities to address complex problems of child maltreatment
- Provides educational opportunities for faculty, staff, student and professionals
- Facilitates events including an annual conference
- Fosters partnerships with community providers and public policy leaders
Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
Helps professionals identify, implement, evaluate, and improve programs that strengthen military service members, veterans, and their families.
- Provides scientifically validated information on evidence-based programs and practices
- Conducts applied research on topics relevant to military family health and well-being
- Offers consultation, coaching, continuing education, and training
- Synthesizes data, review research, and bring together scholars
Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Committed to addressing substance use and addiction through leveraging Penn State’s research, education, and outreach capacities.
- Fosters collaborative research opportunities
- Provides research funding and administrative support
- Hosts annual conference
- Cultivates partnership networks
Geroscience and Dementia Prevention Consortium
Accelerates discoveries to prevent or delay of progressive neurodegeneration and biological aging.
- Fosters partnerships and collaborations
- Integrate biological, psychosocial, and medical perspectives
Population Research Institute
Advances multidisciplinary population research.
- Contributes to collaborative research partnerships and development of junior scholars through seed funding and consultation opportunities
- Holds seminars, symposia, working groups and other forums on topics related to population research
- Provides high-quality, comprehensive research support services in spatial methods, data acquisition and management, and programming and statistics
- Provides comprehensive pre- and post-award grant services for PRI faculty, ensuring researchers remain in compliance