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Minerva Controversy Essay Forum

Albro, Robert (Contributor), Asher, Thomas (Contributor), Bracken, Paul (Contributor), Corona, Victor P. (Contributor), Devji, Faisal (Contributor), Engerman, David C. (Contributor), Eskander, Saad (Contributor), Gearty, Conor (Contributor), Gusterson, Hugh (Contributor), Joxe, Alain (Contributor), Krebs, Ronald R. (Contributor), Lutz, Catherine (Contributor), Mahnken, Tom (Contributor), Nugent, David (Contributor), Robin, Ron (Contributor), Roxborough, Ian (Contributor), Satia, Priya (Contributor) and Tirman, John (Contributor)

The Department of Defense recently announced the creation of the Minerva Research Initiative (PDF), also known as Project Minerva, providing as much as $75 million over five years to support social science research on areas of strategic importance to U.S. national security policy. The initiative indicates a renewal of interest in social science findings after a prolonged period of neglect, but it also prompts concerns about the appropriate relationship between university-based research programs and the state, especially when research might become a tool of not only governance but also military violence. The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has invited prominent scholars to speak to the questions raised by Project Minerva and to address the controversy it has sparked in academic quarters.

Published: Social Science Research Council, 2008

On the web: Minerva Controversy Essay Forum

Citation: Minerva Controversy Essay Forum, Albro, Robert (Contributor), Asher, Thomas (Contributor), Bracken, Paul (Contributor), Corona, Victor P. (Contributor), Devji, Faisal (Contributor), Engerman, David C. (Contributor), Eskander, Saad (Contributor), Gearty, Conor (Contributor), Gusterson, Hugh (Contributor), Joxe, Alain (Contributor), Krebs, Ronald R. (Contributor), Lutz, Catherine (Contributor), Mahnken, Tom (Contributor), Nugent, David (Contributor), Robin, Ron (Contributor), Roxborough, Ian (Contributor), Satia, Priya (Contributor) and Tirman, John (Contributor) (New York: Social Science Research Council, 2008), http://www.ssrc.org/essays/minerva/.