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The Institute for the Social Sciences

The Institute for the Social Sciences is a critical component of Cornell's social science initiative. It was established in 2004 with the support of the President and Provost. The goals of the Institute are to encourage collaborations among social scientists across disciplinary and institutional boundaries, to engage the Cornell community--students, faculty, and staff--in discussions of cutting-edge topics in the social sciences, and to assist departments and programs in attracting and retaining top social science faculty.

Theme Projects

 Announcing 2008-11 Project
Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility
Contentious Knowledge:
Science, Social Science, and Social Movements
(In Residence 2007-2008)

September 2-4
Messenger Lecture Series
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Prof. of S&TS, Harvard
4:30 p.m. Kaufman Auditorium,
Goldwin Smith Hall
Getting Connected: Social Science in the Age of Networks

Capstone Lecture
The Evolving Family

Small Grants Program

Application Guidelines
Next application deadline is 9/11/08.

Awards
2008, 2007, 2006, & 2005

Research Highlights

Does Unconscious Bias Affect Trial Judges? -- ISS Research Provides New Evidence

Politics and the Media in Africa

Past Highlights

Fellows Program

Fall 2008 Fellows

Tarleton Gillespie
Michael Goldstein
Jeffrey Hancock
Arturs Kalnins
Lillian Lee
Sherry Martin
Stephen Morgan
Wesley Sine
Kathleen Vogel
Christopher Way
Michele Williams


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