This past weekend, the SSRC partnered with @wallacefoundation.bsky.social for a Peer Learning Convening on the theme “Retooling for Impact: Adapting Strategy and Practice for the Future.”

We're also offering free demos of DATA2GO.NYC to show interested users the tool’s new indicators and other features. You can sign up now for a demo on either October 9th, 12-1pm or October 15th, 1-2pm. Learn more and register: measureofamerica.org/d2g-landing/. Feel free to share with your networks!

Participants will get to create their own projects using data that are relevant to their needs. The program will consist of four workshops from October 29th to November 19th. Applications are open and close on October 20th—sign up for free now: forms.gle/j6vruXg2Mt9P...

Measure of America is hosting a second round of our Technical Assistance Data Clinic for NYC nonprofits. This free, interactive program is designed to empower New York City nonprofit leaders to use data to better target their services, increase their impact, and communicate their results.

The new karmic historiography forum by @immanentframe.bsky.social knits together epistemology, social history, and psychology, drawing on Buddhist ethical concepts to highlight fresh perspectives on contemporary and historical issues. Read more: tif.ssrc.org/category/exc...

In the APA's American Psychologist, a large-scale meta-analysis identifies the treatment and patient characteristics of U.S. service members and veterans who drop out of psychotherapy. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

We are thrilled to share that the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Gen Social Sciences in Africa have received a $4.2m grant from @carnegiecorp.bsky.social. 840 fellowships to date are advancing African scholarship, peacebuilding research, and doctoral training: www.ssrc.org/news/2025/09...

In @amanthro.bsky.social, Kristina Nielsen’s investigation of India’s business process outsourcing industry considers the impacts of workers forced to remove their regional accents to meet industry standards. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New policy brief from @ai-disclosures.bsky.social (by Sruly Rosenblat, Ilan Strauss, Tim O'Reilly & Isobel Moure) maps how Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol is reshaping the AI developer ecosystem and assesses emerging risks of concentration and gatekeeping. Read more: www.ssrc.org/publications...

In @asanews.bsky.social's ASR, interviews with currently incarcerated or recently released men provide insight into why and when people in prison politically mobilize, in a study by David Jonathan Knight. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Applications and nominations are now open for the next President of the Social Science Research Council. Appointment expected in early 2026. Learn more & apply: www.ssrc.org/social-scien...

In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, Christian Cox, Derek A. Epp, Michael E. Shepherd find, in a panel dataset of over 10 million rural residents, that local hospital closures are linked to lower voting rates in national elections. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In @aeajournals.bsky.social AER, Joseph S. Shapiro and Reed Walker estimate the benefits and costs of air pollution regulation in U.S. markets and find that benefits outweigh costs tenfold. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

New research from @ai-disclosures.bsky.social has mapped of 2,874 Model Context Protocol servers, showing concentration risks and a surge in agentic browsing — with implications for APIs, local MCPs, and market design. Read more: asimovaddendum.substack.com/p/read-write...

In November 2001, in the immediate wake of 9/11, the SSRC asked social scientists to bring theoretical and empirical knowledge to bear on its events and aftermath. These reflections can be read here: items.ssrc.org/category/aft...

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University is now accepting applications for residential fellowships for the 2026-27 academic year!

Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 More more info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-... Watch former fellows talk about it in their own words in a suite of 17 short, awesome videos:: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...

Years of exit surveys suggest you likely will enjoy the best year of your career Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 More info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-... Fellowship videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...

Our research, referenced in the article, shows that among young adults 22–24 years old, young women are disconnected at a higher rate than young men, 15.2% compared to 13.8%, and have steeper on-ramps to well-paying jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...

Measure of America research on youth disconnection informed a @csmonitor.bsky.social article highlighting Las Vegas programs working to reduce the city’s 14.8% disconnection rate. Director Kristen Lewis drew attention to girls & young women, who can be overlooked in conversations about reconnection.

“What can we learn of political interference in the domain of intellectual freedom, and how have academics attempted to cope with such assaults from past authoritarian regimes?” Read historian James Andrews on authoritarian constraints on science in the recent past: items.ssrc.org/insights/war...

"It is generally accepted among environmental geographers that there is no such thing as a natural disaster." Read Neil Smith on Katrina, and the social and economic calculus of who lives and dies during "natural" disasters: items.ssrc.org/understandin...

In @historians.org American Historical Review, an article by Nathaniel George explores the life and beliefs of a Lebanese diplomat, espousing the idea that counter-revolutionism and anti-colonialism equally shaped the history of the Global South. academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

Hurricane Katrina landed #20YearsAgoToday, killing over a thousand people and destroying much of New Orleans. Here's a small piece I wrote for @ssrc.org about the racial perception of this disaster (featuring a quote from the then-obscure junior senator from Illinois): items.ssrc.org/understandin...

A new policy brief from @ai-disclosures.bsky.social (by Isobel Moure, @timoreilly.bsky.social, and Ilan Strauss) argues that as AI models become commodities, open protocols, backed by open APIs, are needed to facilitate data sharing. Read more: www.ssrc.org/publications...

Twenty years post-Katrina, the issues our 2006 essay series examined—the impacts of disinvestment, privatization, environmental neglect, and more—remain urgent. A social science examination of how disasters reveal systemic failures: items.ssrc.org/category/und...

New Forum | Jonathan C. Gold coedits and introduces "Karmic historiography," an essay series that "draws on Buddhist concepts to create fresh perspectives on contemporary and historical issues." @immanentframe.bsky.social @ssrc.org tif.ssrc.org/2025/08/06/k... #polrel #polisky

In @amanthro.bsky.social, Mallory E. Matsumoto finds that in Guatemala, local practices generate forms of disruption, resistance, and refusal that challenge institutional constraints. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Learn about this ‪@ssrc.org‬ @sloanfoundation.bsky.social initiative to provide financial support for societally valuable economics research that was formerly funded by the NSF. The application deadline is rolling. Grantseekers should apply ASAP!

SSRC alum Celine Parreñas Shimizu (1999 Sexuality Research Fellowship Program Dissertation Fellow) has been named the new dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Congratulations, Dean Shimizu! newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/cel...

In @amstatnews.bsky.social, the spatial modeling of record-breaking temperatures in Spain shows the effects of global warming and other geographic factors on the frequency of these events. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share my peer-reviewed article: “Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the ‘Legal’ and the ‘Social’” @lsijournal.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org This article examines alternate legal reasoning to reimagine law and evidentiary protocols from the ground-up. doi.org/10.1017/lsi....

How do we tackle thorny tech & society issues? Together. @alltechishuman.bsky.social, one of the SSRC’s fiscally sponsored projects, has developed a highly participatory, democratizing approach to technology’s role in society. Read more: alliance.hosting.nyu.edu/editorial/ch...

In @asrjournal.bsky.social, ten years of mixed-methods data analyzed by @greermellon.bsky.social on hiring outcomes in Florida and California school districts suggests that partisan affiliation does not affect superintendent hiring outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A new open access volume, from workshops convened via @ssrcmtp.bsky.social: "Connective Action and the Rise of the Far-Right" explores how digital platforms and political structures converge to threaten democracy. Read via @oupacademic.bsky.social. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, Daniel Meierrieks and @danielauer.bsky.social find in a study of 175 countries that higher levels of local political corruption lead to increased terrorist activity. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In @aeajournals.bsky.social AER, Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, @clpennec.bsky.social, and @vinpons.bsky.social examine a new dataset of US and French candidate websites, finding that candidate ideologies move towards the center between primary and general elections. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 African Peacebuilding Network and Next Gen fellows. This year’s cohort will research topics including policy for localizing digital technology, the impacts of the lithium rush in Zimbabwe, and depictions of women in cinemas of conflict. ssrc.org/news/2025/08...

In the APA's American Psychologist, a study by Maria C. Crouch, @lvnryt.bsky.social, and Nyché T. Andrew documents the effects of embedding Alaska Native elders into classrooms in the Rural Health Services program at the University of Alaska. Read more: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

I’m delighted to be featured in the SSRC’s latest issue of Frontiers in Social and Behavioral Science. Working on my article made me rethink of opium not as a social “vice” but as a resource for managing epidemic risk, explaining its prevalence on the high seas and the Chinese coolie trade.

In @historians.org American Historical Review, a study by Alastair Su @suyh.bsky.social explores the use of opium as a preventative measure against disease during the transport of Chinese indentured laborers in the mid-19th century. Read more: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

With over a century of experience, the SSRC partners with funders to support research that advances knowledge, informs policy, and shapes the public conversation. Learn more about our grants and fellowships: www.ssrc.org/how-we-work/...

Next Wednesday, Oeindrila Dube will give our next CUF lecture on the cognitive factors of policing and leveraging behavioral science for officer training. Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/Aq5UjHJwH...

In @amanthro.bsky.social, Emma Nelson Bunkley finds that in Senegal, women with Type II diabetes combat social stigma from weight loss that negatively affects their physical health and community participation. Read more: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In @amstatnews.bsky.social, a statistical model is developed by Jonathan Koh, Erwan Koch, and Anthony C. Davison to analyze how severe thunderstorm indicators vary across space and time in the U.S., especially under the influence of seasonal changes and El Niño events.

Jefferson Cuadra writes that his photo “forces us to confront the uncomfortable realities of spatial injustice, the commodification of public spaces, and the lived experiences of those displaced within them.” Read more: racheltanurmemorialprize.ssrc.org/portfolios/d...

Learn about this ‪@ssrc.org‬ @sloanfoundation.bsky.social initiative to provide financial support for societally valuable economics research that was formerly funded by the NSF. The application deadline is rolling. Grantseekers should apply ASAP!

In @asanews.bsky.social ASR, @larivera.bsky.social and @estelabdiaz.bsky.social use qualitative data from elite independent pre K-12 schools to find that admissions processes are structured to exclude applicants at risk of disabilities. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Jenae Carpenter, the 2025 Rachel Tanur Memorial Second Prize winner, studies the effects of penal power on Luritja people’s lives in central Australia, and comments on the intimate relationships visual ethnographers build with their subjects. Read more: bit.ly/4nHWIQZ

In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, Adam Auerbach, Shikhar Singh, and Tariq Thachil surveyed small town politicians in India and found that local government officials lack procedural knowledge on how to govern. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...