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October 25th 2008

Minerva Research Initiative Roundtable Discussion

Scholars from various fields convene to discuss the implicaitons of the Department of Defense-funded Minvera Initiative, which provides grants to social science researh on issues of strategic importance to national security. The goal of the meeting is to identify normative guidelines that disciplines might adopt as well as practical guidelines that individual researchers ought to consider. In addition, we will examine the toppics funded by the DoD and propose alternate framings.

Location: Social Science Research Council, New York, NY