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Climate Change Working Group Meeting 2017

The working group on climate change seeks to make the study of climate change a distinct and recognized area of study in the social sciences. Its steering committee convened to discuss several meetings and events: a workshop on diplomatic methods to encourage mitigation activity, a conference at Stanford on the comparative politics of climate change, and a conference at Princeton on the ethical responsibilities of professionals who witness climate change. The group is also workshopping a summer institute on climate change for young political scientists. The working group on climate change comprises the following members: Robert O. Keohane, Co-Chair Professor …

Meeting with Ms. Zhang Dan, VP and Director General of UNA-China

UVC Director, Tatiana Carayannis, meets with Ms. Zhang Dan, Vice-President and Director-General of the United Nations Association China to discuss China's role and interest in UN peace building. Dr. Carayannis gifted Ms. Zhang Dan a book on the history of the UNA.

“Political Equality,” a public talk by Danielle Allen

Roosevelt House at Hunter College

Renowned scholar, author and political theorist Danielle Allen concluded her activities as the 2017 Democracy Fellow of the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program last week with a public lecture in New York City. Professor Allen presented a powerful, provocative lecture on political equality to a capacity audience at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Nov. 16, followed by a response from NYU Law professor Jeremy Waldron. Following the formal program Professor Allen signed copies of her recent books Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A and Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in …

Announcing the 2017-2018 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Grant Recipients

The Anxieties of Democracy program is excited to announce the recipients of the 2018 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants initiative.  The 2017 Selection Committee elected to make awards to the following scholars: Ruth Bloch Rubin Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Chicago How Factional Discord Shapes Patterns of Party Leadership and Policymaking in Congress Logan Dancey Assistant Professor, Government, Wesleyan University Caught in the Middle: Congressional Moderates in a Polarized Era Jonathan Lewallen Assistant Professor, Government, University of Tampa Turnover, Agreement, and Dissent in Congressional Committees Mamie Locke Professor, Political Science, Hampton University Strategies of The Congressional Black Caucus …

The SSRC Supports the National Vietnam Encyclopedia Project to Gain Experience from US Encyclopedia Projects

The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, one of four Atlantic Fellows programs that have partnered with the SSRC for strategic learning and assessment and developmental support, recently graduated 18 fellows from 9 ASEAN countries and China at the fellowship’s second Annual Forum in Hua Hin, Thailand. Throughout the six module induction year program, the fellows have developed their leadership capabilities and tackled issues related to health equity and its social determinants both within and beyond national borders. After graduation, they returned to their home countries to begin working on collaborative projects geared toward addressing health inequities at …

Distribution Conference

On February 9th, 2018, the Anxieties of Democracy program’s working group on distribution convened at Yale University. The conference brought our working group members together to explore how changes in the structure of the global economy affect the viability of long settled features of distribution. The conference was organized by the working group’s co-chairs: Frances Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science at Yale University, and Margaret Weir, Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Brown University. The conference was generously supported by Yale’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, and Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Conference participants …

Opportunity Youth San Diego Webinar

Kristen Lewis participated in "New Data on Youth Disconnection: State of Opportunity Youth in San Diego County," a webinar unveiling the latest numbers on disconnected youth in San Diego calculated by Measure of America. The data is part of a collaboration between the San Diego Workforce Partnership and Measure of America to assess youth disconnection, set goals and track progress in the county. You can watch the recorded webinar and see the slides. For more information on the effort to reduce youth disconnection in San Diego, visit OpportunitySD.org.

National Reengagement Plus! Convening

Co-director Kristen Lewis will speak about Measure of America’s latest disconnected youth research at the Philadelphia Youth Network’s sixth National Reengagement Plus! Convening. The convening is sponsored by the National League of Cities and will focus on strategies to reengage young people disconnected from school and work.

National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum 2018

Measure of America’s Sarah Burd-Sharps will speak at the National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum about Measure of America’s collaboration with the San Diego Workforce Partnership to address youth disconnection in San Diego.

Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions

Frances C. Arillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University

The 2016 American elections intensified popular as well as scholarly interest in the relationship between media and democracy on topics like fake news, information bubbles, and algorithmic propaganda. "Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions" was the Media & Democracy program's inaugural event. It convened researchers as part of a two-day conference to assess the current literature on social media and democracy, and  set a research agenda for the field moving forward. Conference chairs: Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford University Diana Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science …

Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change Workshop

Princeton University, Wallace Hall, Room 300

The Anxieties of Democracy program's Working Group on Climate Change, in collaboration with Princeton University, hosted “Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change” a workshop on the ethics of professionals in the face of climate change. Chaired by Professor Nancy Rosenblum and Professor Melissa Lane, "Witnessing Professionals" featured panels with lawyers, scientists, public health, and university officials in order to discuss the role of professionals and institutions in combating climate change. Video proceedings of the workshop may be found here. Some of the presenters have also made lightly-edited transcripts of their remarks available (links in the agenda below). This event was made possible …

Confronting Algorithms of Oppression

Safiya Umoja Noble, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California, gave a public talk on her new book, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, on Monday, May 14th at the Roosevelt House at Hunter College. Algorithms of Oppression contests the idea that search engines are unbiased marketplaces of ideas. Rather, Noble argues that search engines reflect the underlying power structures of the societies in which they are built, and often weaken the voices of historically underrepresented groups. Following Prof. Noble’s talk, Meredith Broussard, Assistant Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University and author of Artificial …

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