Search our database of all past CCSS grantees, fellows, collaborative projects, and working group grants.
First Name | Last Name | Department / School Sort descending | Project Title | Abstract/Impact Statement | Year | Semester | PI/Co-PI | College | Grant Type |
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John | Thrasher | Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy | The nature and emergence of property norms | Where do ideas of private property come from? This project will examine how territorial instincts might generate property norms through biases in cultural learning. The project will also investigate how people think about property norms, e.g., whether they are fundamentally moral or conventional. |
2022 | Spring | Co-PI | Chapman University | CCSS Grant |
Amelia | Greiner Safi | Public and Ecosystem Health | Developing a tailored approach to reducing cancer screening disparities in Tompkins County: Focus groups that address population-specific concerns | 2021 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | QuIRI Grant | |
Laura Elizabeth | Smith | Public and Ecosystem Health | Characterizing women empowerment and its influences on infant and young child feeding practices in rural Zimbabwe | 2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | QuIRI Grant | |
Michelle | Falkenbach | Public and Ecosystem Health | Austria's Fall from Grace: The Kurz Regime and its Impact on Democracy | This article investigates whether instruments of the state have become instruments of the new ÖVP (Austrian People's Party), much like in Erdogan's Turkey, or Orbán's Hungary. The research question: Is Austria is at risk of democratic backsliding as a direct result of the "Kurz Regime." |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | QuIRI Grant |
Gen | Meredith | Public and Ecosystem Health | Impact of cross-system collaboration and community health worker models on preventative service use in Northern Appalachia | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | Grant Writing Development Fellow | |
Laura | Smith | Public and Ecosystem Health | Incorporating “Zunde Ramambo” into Sustainable Nutrition Interventions to Improve Child Health | Zunde Ramambo is a community-initiated solution to looking after vulnerable children and households through the practice of sharing resources and we propose to engage the same cohort of households involved in the CHAIN trial to explore ways to incorporate it into sustainable nutrition interventions to improve child health and development. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | CCSS Grant |
Kathryn | Fiorella | Public and Ecosystem Health | Health and Environment | 2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | Grant Writing Development Pilot Grant | |
Amelia | Greiner Safi | Public and Ecosystem Health | Expanding the Understanding of Black Experiences with Gynecologic Cancer | Gynecologic cancers are understudied in general, especially Black experiences of such cancers. This engaged research brings together oncologists, researchers, survivors, quality improvement entities. Our focus groups with Black gynecologic cancer survivors aim to identify possible factors at various stages (i.e., diagnosis, treatment) that might inform future interventions to address disparities in survival. |
2022 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | QuIRI Grant |
Kathryn | Fiorella | Public and Ecosystem Health | Mapping Aquaculture and Wild Fishery Interactions in a Changing Aquatic Food System | Aquatic food systems are rapidly transforming: aquaculture now produces over 50% of aquatic foods. This proposal examines the synergies and trade-offs between wild fisheries and aquaculture resource access and value chains amid this transformation around Lake Victoria, Kenya, a context emblematic of change in global aquatic food systems. |
2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine | CCSS Grant |
Michael | Hoffman | Entomology | Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change Through Food | 2021 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
So-Yeon | Yoon | Human Centered Design | Fostering Consumer Creativity in Metaverse Virtual Retail Spaces with Psychological Virtuality | At the forefront of retail innovation, the metaverse offers extended brand-consumer experiences that stimulate creative abilities. Grounded in self-expansion theory, this project develops virtual retail spaces infused with psychological virtuality and unveils the mechanisms that amplify consumer creativity in our proposed retail settings. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Jaleesa | Reed | Human Centered Design | Investigating Store Experiences at the Black Beauty Supply Store | This project investigates two Black beauty supply stores in Syracuse, NY from the perspective of store owners, employees, and customers. Using observation, surveys, and interviews, this study analyzes the relationship between location, Black American beauty culture, and racial/ethnic groups related to the Black beauty supply store.
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2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | QuIRI Grant |
Leighton | Beaman | Human Centered Design | The Civic Playground Project | The Civic Playground Project seeks to empower individuals of different backgrounds, languages, and abilities through shared modes of making and collaborative play. The project is anchored in the development and deployment of inclusive frameworks that foster engagement between communities and their built environments. |
2024 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Jaleesa | Reed | Human Centered Design | Fostering Consumer Creativity in Metaverse Virtual Retail Spaces with Psychological Virtuality | At the forefront of retail innovation, the metaverse offers extended brand-consumer experiences that stimulate creative abilities. Grounded in self-expansion theory, this project develops virtual retail spaces infused with psychological virtuality and unveils the mechanisms that amplify consumer creativity in our proposed retail settings. |
2023 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Saleh | Kalantari | Human Centered Design | Intelligent Cognitive Assistant for Promoting Human-Centered Design Through Biometric Data and Virtual Response Testing | 2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Grant Writing Support Program | |
Janet | Loebach | Human Centered Design | Reimagining Recess: Examining the Impacts of Schoolyard 'Loose Parts Recess' Programs on the Outdoor Play Behaviors of School Age Children | 2019 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant | |
Jaleesa | Reed | Human Centered Design | Black Femininity Placed: An Exploration of Beauty and Placemaking in L.A. | This interdisciplinary project integrates fashion studies and city planning knowledge to investigate Black femininity and place in Los Angeles, California. In city planning, Black femininity is often ignored, yet beauty culture is tied to how Black women engage in mobility and place-making. Using a mixed methods approach, we explore Black femininity’s connections and implications on policies and place-making. |
2023 | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Collaborative Project | |
Cindy | Kao | Human Centered Design | Understanding the Social Aspects of On-Skin Interface Usage | On-skin interfaces are a fast-growing segment of wearable computing in daily life. However, the social aspects of using these devices remain underexplored. This project examines how on-skin interfaces could enhance and even create new forms of social experience and engage broader populations for inclusive design. |
2023 | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Janet | Loebach | Human Centered Design | Environmental barriers and facilitators of health-promoting and equitable youth-friendly communities | This study examines the how the community built environment impacts the development and well-being of youth in 2 US cities, and their experience of their community as youth-friendly. Potential inequities in the provision of environmental resources which support positive youth development will also be examined. |
2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Janet | Loebach | Human Centered Design | Designing developmentally-supportive play environments: Testing and refinement of an outdoor playspace audit tool | The proposed work will contribute to the development of a validated outdoor playspace audit tool. Through this initial mixed-methods testing and preliminary validation of a draft tool at 6-8 pilot sites the work will support the final refinement, testing, and publication of this valuable research and design tool. |
2022-2023 | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Janet | Loebach | Human Centered Design | The Civic Playground Project | The Civic Playground Project seeks to empower individuals of different backgrounds, languages, and abilities through shared modes of making and collaborative play. The project is anchored in the development and deployment of inclusive frameworks that foster engagement between communities and their built environments. |
2024 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | CCSS Grant |
Isha | Bhatnagar | Global Development | Dearest daughters: Women's agency, parental expectations and elderly support in north India | Using interviews with women and focus group discussions with elderly parents in Delhi, I investigate how the gender, birth order and physical proximity of siblings influences women's agency to support elderly parents, spousal decision-making on visiting wife's family, and elderly expectations from their children.
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2022 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Wendy | Erb | Lab of Ornithology | Hearing the Forest Through the Trees: Collaborative Science and Indigenous Sonic Entanglements in East Kalimantan | Working with frontline Indigenous communities, this team of social and natural scientists brings anthropological, bioacoustic, and Indigenous knowledges together to investigate: 1) The impacts of Indonesia's emerging new capital, Nusantara, on surrounding peoples and landscapes, and 2) how collaborative soundscape research can reveal novel multi-species entanglements and advance Indigenous territorial monitoring. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Walker | DePuy | Southeast Asia Program, Einaudi Center for International Studies | Hearing the Forest Through the Trees: Collaborative Science and Indigenous Sonic Entanglements in East Kalimantan | Working with frontline Indigenous communities, this team of social and natural scientists brings anthropological, bioacoustic, and Indigenous knowledges together to investigate: 1) The impacts of Indonesia's emerging new capital, Nusantara, on surrounding peoples and landscapes, and 2) how collaborative soundscape research can reveal novel multi-species entanglements and advance Indigenous territorial monitoring. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Southeast Asia Program | CCSS Grant |
Ferdinand | Eibl | Political Economy | The Politics of Labor Market Outsiders in the Middle East and North Africa: Insights from Tunisia | This project aims at unpacking the political and social policy preferences of labor market outsiders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We will conduct a pilot survey in Tunisia, which will serve as the foundation for a larger grant proposal. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | King’s College London | CCSS Grant |
Joy | Wu | Munich School of Management | Tolerance for Sharing Polarizing Content on Information Platforms | We seek to understand users' preferences for spreading polarizing content on an information platform, which is informative for the design of effective platform governance strategies. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | CCSS Grant |
Tobias | Kretschmer | Munich School of Management | Tolerance for Sharing Polarizing Content on Information Platforms | We seek to understand users' preferences for spreading polarizing content on an information platform, which is informative for the design of effective platform governance strategies. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | CCSS Grant |
Giulia | Solinas | Munich School of Management | Tolerance for Sharing Polarizing Content on Information Platforms | We seek to understand users' preferences for spreading polarizing content on an information platform, which is informative for the design of effective platform governance strategies. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | CCSS Grant |
Wendy | Brunner | Bassett Research Center | Assessing the Impact of School-Based Health Centers on Healthcare Access in Rural Communities | This project evaluates the effectiveness of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) to address health disparities among underserved rural youth using de-identified individual-level panel data on patient visits to healthcare providers. The study focuses on 4 high-poverty rural counties in New York, comparing healthcare for children in 16 school districts with SBHCs to those in 22 school districts without. We will assess how SBHCs help poor rural communities by bringing health services directly to children to enhance rural community health. |
2023 | Spring | Co-PI | Bassett Healthcare Network | CCSS Grant |
Donny | Persaud | Science & Technology Studies | Overcoming place from outer space: Constructing global internet connectivity through low-earth-orbit satellite internet infrastructure | My project examines how the introduction of low-earth-orbit satellite internet infrastructure reshapes relationships between technology, place, and nature. I do so by tracing the challenges in providing satellite internet services, the impacts of satellite constellations on astronomical research, and how this infrastructure challenges existing environmental protections. |
2023 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | QuIRI Grant |
Kaitlin | Woolley | Marketing and Management Communication | The Hidden Costs of Intrinsic Motivation | Intrinsic motivation is championed as a benefit that people should aspire to, with little attention paid to the negative consequences. We study an interpersonal cost of high intrinsic motivation: managers are more likely to burden intrinsically motivated employees with extra work tasks.
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2024 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Khaled | Boughanmi | Marketing and Management Communication | Leveraging Generative AI for Marketing Research: An Application on Music Album Reviews | The capabilities of Generative AI to extract thematic content from unstructured data make it powerful to understand experiential domains. This research leverages this technology to extract experiential features from expert music reviews to enhance our understanding of album success and aid artists in their designs. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Aaron | Childree | American Politics | Race, Public Opinion, and the Political Costs of Military Adventurism | Policymakers assert that broad public support should be a precondition for military action; however, the conditions under which racial/ethnic gaps in war support emerge remain unclear. Using public polling and an original survey, we study the mechanisms producing such gaps across conflicts and over time. |
2023 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Douglas | Kriner | American Institutions | Race, Public Opinion, and the Political Costs of Military Adventurism | Policymakers assert that broad public support should be a precondition for military action; however, the conditions under which racial/ethnic gaps in war support emerge remain unclear. Using public polling and an original survey, we study the mechanisms producing such gaps across conflicts and over time. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Jillian | Goldfarb | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | AI, Rulemaking, and Threats to Scientific Policymaking | Citizens and experts alike can influence regulatory processes primarily through public notice and comment. Generative AI threatens this democratic expression. Can generative AI skew representation by overwhelming response pools with technically sophisticated comments perceived by regulators to be as informative as those written by experts? |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Engineering | CCSS Grant |
Nikhil | Garg | Operations Research and Information Engineering | NYC School Match: How Do Design Details Drive Inequity | NYC matches students to public high schools through an algorithm. We study the process’s design details: what drives educational inequity? What is the role of students’ ranked lists or school policies in prioritizing grades or geography? Our analyses will inform student-side interventions and policy recommendations. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Engineering | CCSS Grant |
Alexander | Fulmer | Marketing | The Biography of Discovery: How Discovery of Resources by Humans versus Machines Shapes Preference | This research builds upon recent work illuminating that biographical elements of a resource’s discovery can influence consumer preference for otherwise identical resources. Specifically, this project explores how consumer preference for resources is influenced by awareness of whether the discoverer was a human or a machine. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Vincent | Slaugh | Operations, Technology, and Information Management | Child Welfare Operations Research Symposium | This symposium aims to connect operations academics with child welfare leaders and facilitate conversations about how operations research approaches can help improve child welfare. Approximately 30 attendees will meet at Cornell on November 9 practitioner panels, brief research presentations, and roundtable discussions. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Marcel | Preuss | Strategy and Business Economics | Redistribution in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT promise significant productivity improvements, but they may also reduce the importance of human capital and labor, further concentrating power and wealth in the hands of the rich. The authors investigate views on inequality and support for economic policies in an AI dominated economy. |
2023 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | CCSS Grant |
Ted | O'Donoghue | Economics | Judgment, Decision Making, and Social Behavior | This 12-person project procured about 10 million dollars in funding and produced a record number of 256 publications, including 5 books and 225 peer-reviewed articles on the neuroscience of risk, adult attachment, the decision-making of judges and juries, behavioral economics, happiness metrics, and political representation. | 2009-2012 | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project | |
Lars | Vilhuber | Economics | The Cornell Criminal Records Panel Survey (CCRPS): Sample Expansion and Linkage to Administrative Records | This grant supported participant recruitment for the CCRPS, as well as coding of administrative data. This helped us to gain funding from the Department of Labor for the development and fielding of the Wave 2 survey (EO-30278-17-60-5-36; $244,603). | 2016 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Ted | O'Donoghue | Economics | Age and Intertemporal Choice Among Aversive Experiences | This pilot study resulted in an external grant (R21 AG043741 NIH/NIA. “Age Differences in Preferences for and Responses to Temporal Sequences” and multiple journal publications. | 2011 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Daniel | Benjamin | Economics | Testing the Two-Systems Theory of Anomalous Preferences | 2008 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Marco | Battaglini | Economics | Machine Learning for Prediction of Tax Evasion | We develop a machine-learning prediction model for tax evasion. The model will be used to produce recommendations improving the targeting of auditing resources. Additionally, the prediction model will be used to construct a novel measure of manager productivity in the government service sector. |
2021 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
James | Berry | Economics | Clean Water, Health, and the Market Mechanism: How Effective is the Market at Allocating Health Goods? | 2011 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Claire | Lim | Economics | The Political Economy of the Energy Industry in U.S States | 2015 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Kristoffer | Nimark | Economics | Production Networks under Uncertainty | 2021 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant | |
Levon | Barseghyan | Economics | Estimating Risk Preferences with Limited Consideration | This project: puts forward a semi-nonparametric empirical model of discrete choice with limited consideration; characterizes what can be learned about the parameters and distribution functions; provides methods to build and test confidence intervals; applies the previous to household decision making under risk. |
2018 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | CCSS Grant |
Levon | Barseghyan | Economics | Preference Types and Welfare in Insurance Markets | Barseghyanís fellowship helped him to establish a new collaborative research agenda on limited consideration ñ situations in which consumers evaluate and choose from a limited number of all alternatives (products) available to them. This research is being supported by an NSF grant in the amount of $400,000. | 2015-2016 | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Faculty Fellows Program | |
Panle | Barwick | Economics | China's Cities: Divisions and Plans | This 5-person project team secured $340,000 in external funding and produced over a dozen publications during their 3-year project term. Research topics included the auto industry, nationalist protests, the impact of urban air pollution, China’s industrial policy, and the politics of urban services for migrant labor. | 2016-2019 | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | Collaborative Project |
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