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Toward a More Public Social Science

By SSRC President Craig Calhoun I want to suggest four crucial ingredients of a more public social science that are not always stressed in such discussions. 1. Engagement with public constituencies must move beyond a dissemination model. It is not enough to say that first scientists will do whatever “pure” research moves them and then, […]

Toward a Globally Connected, Public Social Science

by SSRC Executive Director Mary Byrne McDonnell BACKGROUND To imagine how we might move toward a globally connected, public social science-and, indeed, why it is critical to do so-we must know something about the context of our work as well as the character of the intellectual issues that require our attention. The Context of Our […]