Social Science Research Council

About Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun has been president of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) since 1999. He is also University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University and founding director of its Institute for Public Knowledge. Read more about Craig.

New on the Craig Calhoun Web Site

• Evicting the Public: Why has occupying public spaces brought such heavy-handed repression?
• Who Needs Knowledge?
• Episode #8: Populism, Tea Parties and Occupations

Recent Lecture

Possible Futures Book Series Launch
Possible Futures is a challenging new book series published jointly by NYU Press and the SSRC. In the first three volumes, series editor Craig Calhoun brings together thirty-six of the world’s leading social scientisits to analyze the recent global financial crisis in historical context and with broad comparative attention to different parts of the world. Terrible and potentially transformative as the crisis has been, the Possible Futures series shows that we need to recognize it as the product of larger patterns that connect financial and economic crisis to politics, geography, and social change. And we need to see in it openings to a range of possible futures.

Press Kit

• Curriculum Vitae (PDF, 82 KB)
• Promotional Photo (JPG, 40.5 KB)
• Brief Bio (PDF, 9 KB)
• Full Bio (MS Word Document, 44KB)

Contact

Craig Calhoun
Katharine Grantz
Executive Coordinator, President’s Office
Social Science Research Council
One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Office Phone: (212)377-2700 Ext. 3613

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