# Social Science Research Council \(SSRC\): Mobilizing Social Science for the Public Good

> The Social Science Research Council fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues\.

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## Pages
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.ssrc.org//privacy-policy/)
- [Our Work](https://www.ssrc.org//our-work/): The Social Science Research Council, an independent, international nonprofit, mobilizes necessary knowledge for the public good by supporting scholars worldwide, generating new research across disciplines, and linking researchers with policymakers and citizens\.
- [Employment](https://www.ssrc.org//employment/): The Social Science Research Council is a not\-for\-profit organization, supporting a variety of programs that leverage social and behavioral science to address pressing societal issues around the globe\. 
- [Knowledge Platforms \& Publications](https://www.ssrc.org//our-work-knowledge-platforms-and-publications/)
- [Social Science Research Council](https://www.ssrc.org/)

## Posts
- [The Economic Research Rescue Fund: New Perspectives on the Perceived Public Value of Economic Research ](https://www.ssrc.org//news/2026/06/10/the-economic-research-rescue-fund-new-perspectives-on-the-perceived-public-value-of-economic-research/): A new report from the SSRC’s Economic Research Rescue Fund offers new perspectives on the perceived value of economic research and new models for evaluating public research priorities\. 
- [The Council Mourns the Passing of Former SSRC President Kenneth Prewitt](https://www.ssrc.org//news/2026/06/08/the-council-mourns-the-passing-of-former-ssrc-president-kenneth-prewitt/): It is with great sadness that the Council marks the passing of Kenneth Prewitt, eminent social scientist, dedicated public servant, and organizational leader who served twice as president of the Social Science Research Council \(1979–1985 and 1995–1998\)\.
- [Items \& Issues Newsletter: May 2026](https://items.ssrc.org/items-newsletter/may-2026-newsletter/)
- [Applications now open: The LEGO Foundation Fellowship](https://www.ssrc.org//announcements/2026/06/01/the-lego-foundation-launches-new-global-research-fellowship/)
- [The LEGO Foundation launches new global research fellowship](https://www.ssrc.org//announcements/2026/06/01/the-lego-foundation-launches-new-global-research-fellowship/)

## Venues
- [Casablanca, Morocco](https://www.ssrc.org//venue/casablanca-morocco/)
- [New York, NY](https://www.ssrc.org//venue/new-york-ny/)
- [The Yale Club of New York City](https://www.ssrc.org//venue/the-yale-club-of-new-york-city/)
- [Hudson Institute](https://www.ssrc.org//venue/hudson-institute/)
- [American Meterological Society Annual Meeting](https://www.ssrc.org//venue/american-meterological-society-annual-meeting/)

## Organizers
- [African Studies Association](https://www.ssrc.org//organizer/african-studies-association/)
- [Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa](https://www.ssrc.org//organizer/next-generation-social-sciences-in-africa-2/)
- [African Peacebuilding Network](https://www.ssrc.org//organizer/african-peacebuilding-network/)
- [Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership \(CGP\)](https://www.ssrc.org//organizer/japan-foundation-center-for-global-partnership-cgp/)
- [Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa](https://www.ssrc.org//organizer/next-generation-social-sciences-in-africa/)

## Events
- [February 2026 APDD Writing and Dissemination Workshop](https://www.ssrc.org//events/february-2026-apdd-writing-and-dissemination-workshop/)
- [Guarding the Pillars of Democracy: Legislative Transparency and the Future of Governance in Asia](https://www.ssrc.org//events/guarding-the-pillars-of-democracy-legislative-transparency-and-the-future-of-governance-in-asia/)
- [Globalization, Trade and Labor, and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources in Japan and the United States](https://www.ssrc.org//events/globalization-trade-and-labor-and-the-distribution-of-wealth-and-resources-in-japan-and-the-united-states/)
- [2025 African Studies Association: “Decolonizing the Politics of Knowledge Production in African Peacebuilding”](https://www.ssrc.org//events/2025-african-studies-association-decolonizing-the-politics-of-knowledge-production-in-african-peacebuilding/)
- [2025 College and University Fund Conference \- On Earning Trust: The Case for the Social Sciences](https://www.ssrc.org//events/2025-college-and-university-fund-conference-on-earning-trust-the-case-for-the-social-sciences/)

## Hero Slides
- [](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=hero_slide&p=20808)
- [Advancing scientific knowledge about the impact of public health information](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=hero_slide&p=19424)
- [Supporting healthier online environments](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=hero_slide&p=19001)
- [Mobilizing social science for the public good\.](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=hero_slide&p=14352)

## Featured Content Slides
- [Ada Ferrer](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=feat_content_slide&p=19515)
- [Sarah Riccardi\-Swartz](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=feat_content_slide&p=19350)
- [Kasia Paprocki](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=feat_content_slide&p=162)
- [Dennis Tyler](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=feat_content_slide&p=156)
- [Elizabeth A\. Sharrow](https://www.ssrc.org/?post_type=feat_content_slide&p=2843)

## Focus Areas
- [Emergent Technologies \& Democracy](https://www.ssrc.org//focus-areas/emergent-technologies-and-democracy/): In an era of ubiquitous digital communication, uneven democratic participation, and heightened polarization, understanding the dynamic relationship between technology and politics is more important than ever\.
- [Inequality \& Inclusion](https://www.ssrc.org//focus-areas/inequality-and-inclusion/): Inequality—both in society at large and within the academy itself—remains an urgent issue\. Council programs bring innovative social science analysis to bear on our understanding of the roots and consequences of unequal participation in political, economic, and social systems across the globe\.
- [Global Scholarship \& Collaboration](https://www.ssrc.org//focus-areas/global-collaboration/): We catalyze collaboration among scholars and institutions across world regions, promoting research at the intersection of “place\-based knowledge” and global issues that shape communities, nation\-states, and the world\.
- [Health \& Society](https://www.ssrc.org//focus-areas/health-and-society/): Building bridges between the social and natural sciences, researchers and practitioners, and world regions, our programs investigate the global and local effects of pressing issues such as disease outbreaks and public health misinformation\. 

## Programs
- [APDD Advisory Board](https://www.ssrc.org//programs/african-peacebuilding-and-developmental-dynamics-apdd/apdd-advisory-board/)
- [Sloan Scholars Network](https://www.ssrc.org//programs/sloan-scholars-network/): The Sloan Scholars Network is the home for the Sloan Scholarship Programs and Sloan Scholar Alumni Network, providing financial support and professional development for Sloan Scholars during their graduate studies and beyond\.
- [Frequently Asked Questions \(FAQs\)](https://www.ssrc.org//programs/the-lego-foundation-fellowship/application-details/frequently-asked-questions-faqs/)
- [SSRC\-JFNY Japan Global Workshop](https://www.ssrc.org//programs/abe-fellows-network/ssrc-jfny-japan-global-workshop/2026-ssrc-jfny-japan-global-workshop/): The SSRC\-JFNY Japan Global Workshop supports research explicitly focused on policy\-relevant and contemporary issues with a comparative or transnational perspective that can benefit from inquiry into Japan\. PhD candidates, or researchers and journalists within ten years of their last degree, are eligible to apply if residing in North America\.
- [The LEGO Foundation Fellowship: Application Details](https://www.ssrc.org//programs/the-lego-foundation-fellowship/application-details/)

## Research Tools
- [Just Tech Platform](https://www.ssrc.org//research_tool/just-tech-platform/)
- [MediaWell](https://www.ssrc.org//research_tool/media-well/)
- [Measure of America Maps](https://www.ssrc.org//research_tool/measure-of-america-maps/)
- [An American Dilemma](https://www.ssrc.org//research_tool/an-american-dilemma/)

## Publications
- [Building Trust, Sustaining Art: Cross\-Case Findings from the Arts Research for Communities of Color Fellowship](https://www.ssrc.org//publications/building-trust-sustaining-art-cross-case-findings-from-the-arts-research-for-communities-of-color-fellowship/): Arts organizations rooted in communities of color often operate at the intersection of artistic ambition and structural disadvantages such as a lack of funding from governments and philanthropies\. Despite these disadvantages, they produce extraordinary work with significant cultural and civic value\. his report analyzes cross\-cutting themes in the fellows' work\. It presents an overview of the organizations’ contributions to cultural innovation and identifies a set of adaptive strategies that shape how arts organizations rooted in communities of color sustain their work—and, in turn, contribute to cultural vitality and community connection\.
- [Protocols and Power](https://www.ssrc.org//publications/protocols-and-power/)
- [History and Dynamics of Herders\-Farmers Conflict in Menchum and Donga Mantung Divisions of the North West Region of Cameroon](https://www.ssrc.org//publications/history-and-dynamics-of-herders-farmers-conflict-in-menchum-and-donga-mantung-divisions-of-the-north-west-region-of-cameroon/)
- [Abe Global Reports \| Cyber Challenges: The Internet, Global Competition, and National Security](https://www.ssrc.org//publications/abe-global-reports-cyber-challenges-the-internet-global-competition-and-national-security/)
- [Outcomes Report: Challenges to Political Transitions and Strategies for Regional Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa](https://www.ssrc.org//publications/outcomes-report-challenges-to-political-transitions-and-strategies-for-regional-peace-and-stability-in-the-horn-of-africa/)

## Opportunities
- [2026 SSRC\-JF Next Generation Japan Studies Development Program Grants](https://www.ssrc.org//opportunities/2026-ssrc-jf-next-generation-japan-studies-development-program-grants/)
- [2026 Japan Global Network Collaborative Grants](https://www.ssrc.org//opportunities/2026-japan-global-network-collaborative-grants/)
- [2025 APN Individual Research Fellowships](https://www.ssrc.org//opportunities/2025-apn-individual-research-fellowships/)
- [2026 SSRC\-JFNY Japan Global Workshop](https://www.ssrc.org//opportunities/2026-ssrc-jfny-japan-global-workshop/)
- [2025 SSRC\-JFNY Japan Global Workshop](https://www.ssrc.org//opportunities/2025-ssrc-jfny-japan-global-workshop/)

## Funders
- [The Alfred P\. Sloan Foundation](https://www.ssrc.org//funder/the-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-4/)
- [Japan Foundation New York](https://www.ssrc.org//funder/japan-foundation-new-york-2/)
- [Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership](https://www.ssrc.org//funder/japan-foundation-center-for-global-partnership/)
- [Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership](https://www.ssrc.org//funder/japan-foundation-center-for-global-partnership-2/)
- [Japan Foundation New York](https://www.ssrc.org//funder/japan-foundation-new-york/)

## Grantees
- [\<strong\>BIMLI \(Bihar Information and Media Literacy Initiative\)\</strong\>: A media literacy field experiment in North Indian schools](https://www.ssrc.org//grantees/bimli-bihar-information-and-media-literacy-initiative-a-media-literacy-field-experiment-in-north-indian-schools/)
- [\<strong\>Knowledge Versus Skills\</strong\>: Evidence from a field study in Sierra Leone](https://www.ssrc.org//grantees/knowledge-versus-skills-evidence-from-a-field-study-in-sierra-leone/)
- [\<strong\>Marklate don cam\</strong\>: Scaling bundled vaccination in rural Sierra Leone](https://www.ssrc.org//grantees/scaling-bundled-vaccination-in-rural-sierra-leone/)
- [\<strong\>Boosting boosters at scale\</strong\>: A megastudy to increase vaccination at scale](https://www.ssrc.org//grantees/a-megastudy-to-increase-vaccination-at-scale/)
- [\<strong\>Messenger matters\</strong\>: medical mistrust, social learning, and vaccine decision\-making in rural Namibia](https://www.ssrc.org//grantees/the-messenger-matters-medical-mistrust-social-learning-and-vaccine-decision-making-in-rural-namibia/)

## Fellows
- [Odest Chadwicke Jenkins](https://www.ssrc.org//fellows/odeste-chadwicke-jenkins/)
- [Martin Ayankaa Ihembe](https://www.ssrc.org//fellows/martin-ayankaa-ihemb/)
- [Teverayi Muguti](https://www.ssrc.org//fellows/teverayi-muguti/)
- [Révérien Interayamahanga](https://www.ssrc.org//fellows/reverien-interayamahanga/)
- [Stanley Elias Kiswaga ](https://www.ssrc.org//fellows/stanley-elias-kiswaga/)

## Associations
- [American Historical Association](https://www.ssrc.org//association/american-historical-association/)
- [American Anthropological Association](https://www.ssrc.org//association/american-anthropological-association/)
- [American Statistical Association](https://www.ssrc.org//association/american-statistical-association/)
- [American Sociological Association](https://www.ssrc.org//association/american-sociological-association/)
- [American Political Science Association](https://www.ssrc.org//association/19215/)

## Frontiers Posts
- [Culturally relevant education for adolescents](https://www.ssrc.org//frontiers_posts/culturally-relevant-education-for-adolescents/)
- [Disability in private school admissions](https://www.ssrc.org//frontiers_posts/disability-in-private-school-admissions/)
- [Ideology and values transmitted by children's games](https://www.ssrc.org//frontiers_posts/ideology-and-values-transmitted-by-childrens-games/)
- [Plastics in environmental and public health discourses](https://www.ssrc.org//frontiers_posts/plastics-in-environmental-and-public-health-discourses/)
- [Histories of peacemaking and environmentalism](https://www.ssrc.org//frontiers_posts/histories-of-peacemaking-and-environmentalism/)

## Participants
- [Allison Alexy](https://www.ssrc.org//participant/allison-alexy/)
- [Apichai Shipper](https://www.ssrc.org//participant/apichai-shipper/)
- [Thanisara GG Ruangej](https://www.ssrc.org//participant/thanisara-gg-ruangej/)
- [Akihiro Ogawa](https://www.ssrc.org//participant/akihiro-ogawa/)
- [James Kan](https://www.ssrc.org//participant/james-kan/)

## Staff
- [Keliaikamalulani Napuelua](https://www.ssrc.org//staff-member/napuelua-keliaikamalulani/)
- [Camille Baptista](https://www.ssrc.org//staff-member/baptista-camille/)
- [Veronica Zepeda](https://www.ssrc.org//staff-member/zepeda-veronica/)
- [Laura Conrad](https://www.ssrc.org//staff-member/laura-conrad/)
- [Zachary Zinn](https://www.ssrc.org//staff-member/zinn-zachary/)

## Categories
- [News](https://www.ssrc.org/category/news/)
- [Conference](https://www.ssrc.org/category/conference/)
- [Workshop](https://www.ssrc.org/category/workshop/)
- [CPPF News](https://www.ssrc.org/category/cppf-news/)
- [African Peacebuilding Network \(APN\)](https://www.ssrc.org/category/african-peacebuilding-network-apn/)

## Tags
- [Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum](https://www.ssrc.org/tag/cppf/)
- [Homepage](https://www.ssrc.org/tag/homepage/)
- [Understanding Violent Conflict](https://www.ssrc.org/tag/understanding-violent-conflict/)
- [African Peacebuilding Network](https://www.ssrc.org/tag/african-peacebuilding-network/)
- [InterAsia Program](https://www.ssrc.org/tag/interasia-program/)

## Event Categories
- [Africa](https://www.ssrc.org/events/category/africa/)

## Program Types
- [Project](https://www.ssrc.org/program-type/project/)
- [Program](https://www.ssrc.org/program-type/program/)
- [Fellowship](https://www.ssrc.org/program-type/fellowship/)
- [Initiative](https://www.ssrc.org/program-type/initiative/)
- [Grant](https://www.ssrc.org/program-type/grant/)

## Grantee Categories
- [Social Media and Democracy Research Grants](https://www.ssrc.org/grantee_category/social-media-and-democracy-research-grants/)
- [Just Tech Covid\-19 Rapid\-Response Grant](https://www.ssrc.org/grantee_category/just-tech-covid-19-rapid-response-grant/)
- [Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science](https://www.ssrc.org/grantee_category/summer-institutes-in-computational-social-science/)
- [Social Data Research and Dissertation Fellowships](https://www.ssrc.org/grantee_category/social-data-research-and-dissertation-fellowships/)
- [2022 Mercury Project Grantees](https://www.ssrc.org/grantee_category/2022-mercury-project-grantees/)

## Topics
- [Democracy](https://www.ssrc.org/topic/democracy/)
- [International exchange](https://www.ssrc.org/topic/international-exchange/)
- [International peace and security](https://www.ssrc.org/topic/international-peace-and-security/)
- [International affairs](https://www.ssrc.org/topic/international-affairs/)
- [Democracy and civil society development](https://www.ssrc.org/topic/democracy-and-civil-society-development/)

## Staff Categories
- [Program Staff](https://www.ssrc.org/staff_category/program-staff/)
- [Board of Director](https://www.ssrc.org/staff_category/board-of-director/)
- [Admin Staff](https://www.ssrc.org/staff_category/admin-staff/)
- [Visiting Committee](https://www.ssrc.org/staff_category/visiting-committee/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://www.ssrc.org/sitemap_index.xml)