SSRC Work and Experts Related to

Renewing the Public

Features and Press Releases

September 25th 2009
SSRC Announces New Religion and International Affairs Advisory Committee
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) announces the creation of a Religion and International Affairs Advisory Committee, co-chaired by Scott Appleby, Katherine Marshall, and Alfred C. Stepan and funded by a grant from the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs.
September 25th 2009
SSRC Forms Working Group on Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) announces the formation of a Working Group on Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life, co-chaired by Courtney Bender and Omar McRoberts, with funding from the Ford Foundation.
April 17th 2009
The Sociological Imagination 50 Years Later: Reflections by Craig Calhoun
November 20th 2007
SSRC Launches New Blog on Religion and Secularism
September 18th 2007
SSRC Announces Grants Totaling $180,000 for Six Media and Communications Projects
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Programs and Projects

American Human Development Project
Tracking how America is doing from the perspective of human development
Initiative on Think Tanks
Learning from Katrina
Studying the long-term social and psychological impacts of Hurricane Katrina
Media Research Hub
Mixed Income Research Design Project
Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere
Building a culture of collaboration between media research and media reform
Privatization of Risk Project
Improving the analysis of problems of risk, markets, and public policy
Public Sphere Guide
Religion and the Public Sphere
Advancing and mobilizing new knowledge about religion, secularism, and public life
Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life
The Immanent Frame
University Governance and Autonomy in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education in the Arab World