Brooklyn is the base from which the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) pursues collaborative research projects with partners all over the world, on topics of pressing global concern. Read more about us.

Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film, and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico, and Bolivia.

Mark Carey examines environmental and sociological effects of climate change in the Andes as part of his SSRC-sponsored fieldwork for the International Dissertation Research Fellowship.

Photo by Mark Carey.

The SSRC publishes quality social science research that informs both academic and public debate.  Explore The Measure of America 2010-2011 and dig deeper with interactive maps.

Fellows in the early stages of their graduate career at universities in the United States and South Africa convene at Oberlin College for the Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program Summer Conference.

The Academia in the Public Sphere Grants Program works to promote conversation with policymakers, journalists, and other non-academic audiences on Muslim traditions and communities.

As a result of an SSRC-led collaboration between U.S. and Cuban researchers, scholars and the public now have access to Ernest Hemingway’s Cuba papers. Read more about the Hemingway Document Preservation Project.

A Vietnamese doctor speaks to SSRC executive director Mary McDonnell about the challenges his health center faces in providing primary health care, the subject of an SSRC-led study. Read more about the Vietnam Program.

A Chinese public-health expert (far right) teams up with a British anthropologist to interview members of rural families in Yunnan about environmental health concerns. Read more about the China Environment and Health Initiative.