Collaborative projects are led by a social scientist and comprise four or five Cornell faculty with different disciplinary backgrounds.
These projects typically examine contemporary social science issues of common interest. Successful applications focus on projects that can address critical topics that build on core faculty or programmatic strengths and that can benefit immediately from an infusion of university resources. The overall goal is to build on nascent areas of faculty expertise and create new research synergies among faculty across campus. Some examples of timely topics could include work on national and international threats to democracy, inequality and its consequences, and implicit race and gender biases.
Prior to 2016, the CCSS supported Theme Projects, but the name was changed to Collaborative Projects to emphasize the CCSS’ interest in projects that are interdisciplinary or include members from multiple colleges on campus.
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China's Cities
2016-2019
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Mass Incarceration in America
2015-2018
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US Deportation Relief
2015-2018
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Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
2013-2016
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Contested Global Landscapes
2012-2015
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Judgment, Decision Making, and Social Behavior
2009-2012
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US Immigration
2010-2013
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Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility
2008-2011
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Contentious Knowledge
2006-2009
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Social Science in the Age of Networks
2005-2008
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The Evolving Family
2004-2007
