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SUMMARY:Sowing Resolution: The Case for Reparations in Action
DESCRIPTION:What is the true impact of racial slavery in the United States today? Newly available archival sources and new technological methods create unprecedented possibilities for understanding America’s past\, especially as it pertains to racial and ethnic groups that have been systematically excluded from traditional social and historical analyses. In 1838\, Georgetown College (now University) sold more than 272 enslaved people (the GU272) “down river” to secure its financial health. The Georgetown Slavery Archive is beginning to bring to light\, in unprecedented detail\, how an entire community was transformed by slavery. \n\nAs a national conversation about reparations takes root\, the Social Science Research Council and Brooklyn Historical Society gathered a panel of experts to discuss how the legacy of slavery might be confronted and repaired\, and to explore one concrete example happening today. What is owed to these descendants\, and how has Georgetown made amends? \nNew York University journalism professor and New York Times contributing writer Rachel Swarns moderated a conversation with Adam Rothman\, Georgetown University historian and principal curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive; Mélisande Short-Colomb\, student activist at Georgetown University and descendant of the GU272; and Katherine Franke\, author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition and Sulzbacher Professor of Law\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at Columbia University. \nWith support from the Ford Foundation. This program is presented as part of the Social Science Research Council’s Inequality Initiative\, a series of programs and projects that bring innovative social science analysis to bear on our understanding of the roots and consequences of unequal participation in political\, economic\, and social systems across the globe.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/sowing-resolution-the-case-for-reparations-in-action-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190923
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SUMMARY:2019 College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Present and Future of Transnational and Global Research\n\nMonday\, September 23\, 2019\nNew York University\nNew York\, NY \nThe 2019 gathering of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences brought together representatives from the fund’s member institutions to discuss persistent challenges and potential opportunities for the social sciences on their campuses. This year’s conference focused on the present and future of transnational and global research\, and featured panel sessions on “Thinking Global AND Local: International Knowledge Production Today\,” “Experiments in Global and Transnational Studies: Intellectual and Institutional Innovations\,” and “The Internationalization of Higher Education: Peering Into the Future.” \nThe conference agenda was developed in collaboration with the 2019 planning committee: Dean Rachel Croson (Michigan State)\, Dean Charles Hale (UC Santa Barbara)\, Dean Kevin McLaughlin (Brown)\, Deputy Provost Cybele Raver (NYU)\, and Vice President Celeste Watkins-Hayes (Northwestern). \nHeld every other year\, the College and University Fund Conference provides a rare opportunity for academic leaders to devote a full day to collectively considering shared\, fundamental challenges facing the social sciences. The inaugural conference in 2017 focused on the challenge of securing knowledge in a digital and “post truth” age. The conference was central to the development of the SSRC’s Task Force Report\, “To Secure Knowledge: Social Science Partnerships for the Public Good.” \nThe Social Science Research Council’s College and University Fund for the Social Sciences is a consortium of higher education partners providing annual support to the SSRC to enhance the infrastructure of global social science research\, catalyze interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations\, and help launch the careers of junior scholars through fellowships\, workshops\, and mentorship. For more information on the College and University Fund\, please contact CUF@ssrc.org or call (718) 517-3713.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2019-college-and-university-fund-for-the-social-sciences-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190921
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SUMMARY:Experts Consultative Meeting for Developing A Course Module for Conflict-Sensitive Journalism in Africa
DESCRIPTION:This meeting\, organised jointly by the University of Ghana (School of Information and Communication Studies) and the African Peacebuilding Network of the Social Science Research Network\, convened on the 19th of September\, starting off at 9 am. The two conveners\, former APN grantees Dr. Admire Mare (Namibia University of Technology) and Prof. Audrey Gadzepo (University of Ghana)\, also the Dean of the School of Information and Communication Studies\, welcomed guests and proceeded to give opening presentations. In attendance were an expert group of media practitioners\, lecturers of media studies and journalism across the continent\, most of whom are former grantees of the Africa Peacebuilding Network (APN). \nThe meeting congregated APN alumni\, among them Tendai Chari (University of Venda\, South Africa)\, (Frederick Ogenga (Rongo University\, Kenya)\, Jacinta Maweu (University of Nairobi\, Kenya)\, Sivalie Mbayo (Fourah Bay College\, University of Sierra Leone)\, Noah Echa Atta (Federal University\, Kashere\, Nigeria)\, Amanda Coffie (Legon Centre for International Affairs\, University of Ghana)\, and representatives from WANEP-West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (Beatrice Brew and Queeneth Tawo). It also included both media practitioners\, scholars\, and security personnel from KAIPTC (Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre)\, among them Brigadier General E. Kotia and Colonel M’Bawine Atintande (rtd). The APN was represented by Dr Duncan Omanga\, the Program officer for Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) programs. \nThe opening session laid out the agenda of the meeting\, which was to deliver a module on conflict-sensitive reporting in Africa.  This module was borne out of a need of producing a university level course module that would speak to the realities of African contexts and African journalistic practice. Thereafter\, Dr Ernest Ampadu\, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Leadership\, at the University of Ghana\, took the audience through the intricacies of making both a curriculum and a course module. He advised that it was important for members to distinguish between course outcomes and course objectives\, as well as between course descriptions and course content. This lecture set the ball rolling into the details of the work. \nThe workshop was structured through both plenaries and intensive group working sessions\, with more work being done within the working sessions. The plenaries focused on debates on Afrocentric and decolonised knowledge within media and conflict studies\, while the groups focused on fleshing out the details of what each sub-section of the module entailed. The first draft of the module on conflict-sensitive reporting in Africa was finally produced on the second and final day. It comprised of extensive sub-modules modules of conflict theories and concepts\, conflict in Africa\, and conflict-sensitive reporting in Africa. Participants observed that besides being a stand-alone module that could be used across universities in Africa\, the module could be further consolidated and extended in the future for a postgraduate degree or a postgraduate diploma in the same field. The draft module will undergo further review and validation by practitioners in the field before being finalized. The APN plans to publish the finalized version of the module on its website and hopes that the module will be launched and piloted in several African universities.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/experts-consultative-meeting-for-developing-a-course-module-for-conflict-sensitive-journalism-in-africa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190828T090000
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SUMMARY:2019 Democratic Erosion Conference
DESCRIPTION:To mark the conclusion of the second year of Democratic Erosion\, a student conference will be held at American University on August 28\, 2019. \nDemocratic Erosion is a cross-institutional collaborative course that aims to help students critically and systematically evaluate the risks to democracy both in the US and abroad through the lens of theory\, history\, and social science. The syllabus project began in 2017\, and the Anxieties of Democracy program is a proud co-sponsor. You may learn more about the initiative here.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2019-democratic-erosion-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190713
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SUMMARY:Digital Threats to Democracy: Comparative Lessons and Possible Remedies
DESCRIPTION:“Digital Threats to Democracy: Comparative Lessons and Possible Remedies” was a two-day research workshop that brought together both emerging and senior scholars to present comparative research on the impact of digital media on democratic processes and institutions\, including topics such as dis- and misinformation\, propaganda\, and political polarization. The workshop was held June 13-14 at the Social Science Research Council in Brooklyn\, New York. \nThe workshop was organized in partnership with the International Journal of Press/Politics. Participants in the workshop were invited to submit their work for a special issue in IJPP\, an open call for which is now available here (deadline: September 1\, 2019). \nThe original call for proposals for the June workshop  may be found here. \nFaculty Chair: \nCristian Vaccari\nReader in Political Communication\, Loughborough University\nEditor-in-Chief\, the International Journal of Press/Politics \nPresentations: \nShelley Boulianne\nAssociate Professor\, MacEwan University\nProblems of Democracy or Problems of Disposition? The Role of Personality and Ideology in Political Talk and Like-Minded Discussion \nErik Bucy\nProfessor\, Texas Tech University\nBuilding Societal Resilience to Digital Disinformation \nCody Buntain\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, New York University\nCross-Platform State Propaganda: Russian Trolls on Twitter and YouTube During the 2016 US Presidential Election \nJessica Collier\nPhD Candidate\, University of Texas\, Austin\nExposure to Fact-Checks on Facebook: Field Experiments in Four Continents \nEdda Humprecht\nSenior Research and Teaching Associate\, University of Zurich (IKMZ)\nResilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research \nEleonora Kirkizh\nPhD Candidate\, GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences\nPopulist Attitudes and Selective Exposure to News \nOzan Kuru\nPostdoctoral Fellow in Science of Science Communication\, University of Pennsylvania\nUnderstanding Political Informational Processing in WhatsApp Groups: A Comparative Study of User Perceptions and Practices in Turkey\, Singapore\, and the USA\n\nGordon Ramsay\nSenior Research Fellow\, University of Westminster\nRussian Needles in Western Media Haystacks: Propaganda Detection through Text Matching in British and U.S. Media \nChris Tenove\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow\, University of British Columbia\nDisinformation as a Democratic Threat: Conceptual Models and Policy Approaches\n\nShawn Walker\nAssistant Professor\, Arizona State University\nThe IMPED Model of Misinformation \nJenifer Whitten-Woodring\nAssociate Professor\, University of Massachusetts\, Lowell\nLessons from Myanmar’s Facebook-Driven Communal Violence: The Divisive Potential of Social Media in an Intolerant Society \nMagdalena Wojcieszak\nAssociate Professor\, University of California\, Davis\nand Andreu Casas\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, New York University\nDetecting Long-term Media Effects on Affective Polarization: Evidence from Web-tracking and Longitudinal Surveys in Three Countries Guests \nOther Guests: \nDavid Karpf\nAssociate Professor\, the George Washington University \nBaird Howland\nData Scientist\, Harmony Labs
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/digital-threats-to-democracy-comparative-lessons-and-possible-remedies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190711T173000
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SUMMARY:Abe Fellowship Setsumeikai 2019 - Osaka
DESCRIPTION:安倍フェローシップ・プログラムへの申請をお考えの皆様を対象に、下記の通り申請説明会を開催いたします。当日は、申請書・研究計画書の書き方についてご説明する他、過去の安倍フェローを迎えて質疑応答の時間も予定しております。ぜひ万障お繰り合わせの上ご参加下さいますようお願い申し上げます。 \n  \nDATE&TIME：July 11\, 2019 5:30 PM~7 PM \n 2019年7月11日（木曜日）17時30分〜19時 \n  \nPLACE：Kansai University Room\, Umeda Campus\, Kandai MeRise\, Rm 705\, 7th Floor \n(1-5 Tsurunocho\, Kita Ward\, Osaka) \n関西大学梅田キャンパスKandai MeRise　7階705号室 \n(大阪府大阪市北区鶴野町1-5) \nhttp://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/umeda/access/index.html \n  \nSPEAKER：岡本 章    Okamoto Akira \nProfessor\, Faculty of Economics\, Okayama University (2015 Abe Fellow) \n岡山大学経済学部社会文化学科　教授  (2015年安倍フェロー \n  \n参加ご希望の方は、メールでabetokyo[at]ssrc.orgまでお申し込み下さい。
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-fellowship-setsumeikai-2019-osaka/
LOCATION:Kansai University Room\, Umeda Campus\, Kandai MeRise\, Rm 705\, 7th Floor\, 1-5 Tsurunocho\, Kita Ward\, Osaka\, Kita Ward\, Osaka\, Japan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190709T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190709T150000
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SUMMARY:Abe Fellowship Setsumeikai 2019 - Tokyo
DESCRIPTION:安倍フェローシップ・プログラムへの申請をお考えの皆様を対象に、下記の通り申請説明会を開催いたします。当日は、申請書・研究計画書の書き方についてご説明する他、過去の安倍フェローを迎えて質疑応答の時間も予定しております。ぜひ万障お繰り合わせの上ご参加下さいますようお願い申し上げます。 \n  \nDATE&TIME：July 9\, 2019 1:30 PM~3 PM \n 2019年7月9日（火曜日）13時30分〜15時 \n  \nPLACE：2F Sakura Hall\, Japan Foundation (4-4-1 Yotsuya\, Shinjuku-ku\, Tokyo) \n国際交流基金（ジャパンファウンデーション）2階JFICさくらホール \n東京都新宿区四谷4-4-1 http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/access/map.html \n  \nSPEAKER：Nishikawa Kunio  西川 邦夫 \nAssociate Professor\, College of Agriculture\, Ibaraki University | 2016 Abe Fellow \n茨城大学農学部地域総合農学科 准教授  | 2016 年安倍フェロー \n参加ご希望の方は、メールでabetokyo[at]ssrc.orgまでお申し込み下さい。
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-fellowship-setsumeikai-2019-tokyo/
LOCATION:Japan Foundation\, Sakura Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T170000
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SUMMARY:China-Africa Peace Fellowship Preparatory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On June 28\, 2019\, Understanding Violent Conflict Director Tatiana Carayannis and Program Associate Nisreen Yonis participated in the first of three workshops for the 2018-2020 cohort of China-Africa Peace Fellows. \nGuided by program staff and hosted by Professor Wang Yi Zhou\, the deputy dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University\, the Fellows reflected on findings\, challenges\, and the current status of their fieldwork research and writing.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/china-africa-peace-fellowship-preparatory-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190624T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190626T170000
DTSTAMP:20241213T153047Z
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SUMMARY:African Peacebuilding Network Grantee Research Methods Training Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program held a week-long joint workshop in Peduase\, Aburi\, Ghana for the 2019 cohort of APN Individual Research Grant (IRG) recipients and the 2019 cohort of Next Gen fellows. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the University of Ghana\, Legon from June 24—28\, 2019. \n15 APN Individual Research Grant participants benefited from lectures\, working group sessions\, and one-on-one dialogues with experienced facilitators\, including senior scholars\, and current and former APN Advisory Board members. The grantees met from June 24th to June 26th\, 2019. The workshop involved a mix of plenary lectures\, small working groups and one-on-one feedback sessions. During breakout sessions\, each small working groups led by a facilitator guided grantees through presentation of their projects and peer-review and feedback on each other’s projects.  These sessions helped grantees refine their proposals\, research questions and methods before heading out to conduct fieldwork and collect data for their research projects. \nOn June 24th\, the workshop began with Ron Kassimir\, the Vice President of Programs at the Social Science Research Council making some opening remarks. Professor Yaw Ohenaba-Sakiy\, Dean of the School of Continuing and Distance Education\, College of Education\, at the University of Ghana\, Legon also gave welcome remarks\, noting the diversity of participants coming from ten different African countries. He also spoke about how he and the University of Ghana were proud to collaborate with the APN and Next Gen programs in promoting research capacity on the African continent. Honorable Sam Okudzeto\, former Member of Parliament in Ghana and special guest of honor also discussed the importance of peace as a necessary tool for sustainable development in Africa. \nThe keynote lecture at the workshop was delivered by Dr. Chukwuemeka Eze\, the Executive Director of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)\, based in Accra\, Ghana. Dr. Eze spoke to “ideal mediation” and how it is of importance to creating synergy between peace and mediation. He also spoke about how peacebuilding is for the good of everyone and emphasized the importance of developing strong national peace infrastructures\, and long-term governmental funding of peacebuilding initiatives and programs. \nDay two of the workshop involved four plenary lectures by senior scholars and experts in various aspects of peacebuilding research. The first lecture was delivered by Professor Kenneth Omeje on\, “The Fundamentals of Peacebuilding Knowledge Production in Africa: Critical Reflections on Qualitative Research Methods.” He encouraged participants to think about how to find the best ways to formulate research projects that address or are capable of helping to structure Africa’s social realities. Professor Omeje also emphasized the fact that primary data can and should only be collected from relevant persons and highlighted the epistemological imperatives of peacebuilding knowledge production. \nProfessor Temitope Oriola gave the next lecture\, titled “Conducting Research in Conflict-Affected Zones: Understanding Particularities\, Risks and ‘Insiderness’.” He expressed the view that researchers would be naïve to think they can stand outside history and politics. In this regard\, Prof. Oriola advised scholars on the need to find ways to connect to individuals and communities in order to gain access and acceptance. He also emphasized the importance of taking into account the ethical challenges that may occur when researchers are in the field. \nThe third lecture by Professor Heidi Hudson spoke to “Mainstreaming Gender into Peacebuilding Research Methods.” She made the succinct point that “our gender identity is constructed through the interaction with other identities and that intersectionality is about multiple subjectivities.” Prof. Hudson also emphasized the importance of every researcher working on peacebuilding to remember that the most fundamental part of their fieldwork is to “do no harm”. \nThe last lecture of the day was given by Professor Ismail Rashid. It was titled\, “The Ethics of Fieldwork-based Research in African Peacebuilding.” The lecturer urged participants to always take into account the historical and economic contexts of the countries they are working in. Prof. Rashid also spoke about the need to be constantly challenging our assumptions and ideas and that we should not take theory as unchallengeable. \nThe third and last day of the workshop was made up of a series of joint activities with Next Gen fellows. The day began with opening remarks and introductions by Professor Ismail Rashid and Professor Sarah Ssali. This was followed by joint working group session with APN grantees and Next Gen fellows during which participants were able to get to know each other and share constructive feedback on each other’s projects. \nIn the afternoon\, APN grantees and Next Gen fellows went to the University of Ghana\, Legon for a special keynote speech by Professor Michael Tagoe\, Acting Provost at the College of Education. The keynote speech was titled “Why Research Matters: Relevance and Challenges.” During his presentation\, Professor Tagoe spoke about the place of research in the University of Ghana and Africa\, and advised researchers to apply their research findings towards framing social questions and solving societal problems. . The day activities were concluded with an informative and inspiring off-site visit to the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) where fellows and grantees were given a brief presentation on the history of the Centre and its goals and objectives. Following the visit\, APN and Next Gen fellows went to a group dinner.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/african-peacebuilding-network-grantee-research-methods-training-workshop/
LOCATION:Peduase Valley Resort\, Peduase\, Aburi\, Ghana
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190627
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SUMMARY:The Ideational Approach to Populism: Consequences and Mitigation
DESCRIPTION:“The Ideational Approach to Populism: Consequences and Mitigation” will be a three day conference held at the IE School for Global and Public Affairs in Segovia\, Spain June 24-26\, 2019. The conference is organized by Team Populism\, a research group based at Brigham Young University. \nWith populist forces gaining power in several countries for the first time in years\, policymakers and citizens are more concerned than ever with populism’s consequences and how we should respond. In this conference\, Team Populism will explore the consequences of populism and how they are mitigated. Participants will focus on different levels of analysis\, including countries and the international system (democratic norms and institutions\, economic and other policy outcomes\, media behavior\, and consequences for parties or party systems)\, as well as the level of individual citizens (social polarization and the psychology of populism). Participants will work towards the creation of an edited volume.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-ideational-approach-to-populism-consequences-and-mitigation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190614T170000
DTSTAMP:20210819T163517Z
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SUMMARY:Digital Threats to Democracy: Comparative Lessons and Possible Remedies
DESCRIPTION:“Digital Threats to Democracy: Comparative Lessons and Possible Remedies” was a two-day research workshop that brought together both emerging and senior scholars to present comparative research on the impact of digital media on democratic processes and institutions\, including topics such as dis- and misinformation\, propaganda\, and political polarization. The workshop was held June 13-14 at the Social Science Research Council in Brooklyn\, New York. \nThe workshop was organized in partnership with the International Journal of Press/Politics. Participants in the workshop were invited to submit their work for a special issue in IJPP\, an open call for which is now available here (deadline: September 1\, 2019). \nThe original call for proposals for the June workshop  may be found here. \nFaculty Chair: \nCristian Vaccari\nReader in Political Communication\, Loughborough University\nEditor-in-Chief\, the International Journal of Press/Politics \nPresentations: \nShelley Boulianne\nAssociate Professor\, MacEwan University\nProblems of Democracy or Problems of Disposition? The Role of Personality and Ideology in Political Talk and Like-Minded Discussion \nErik Bucy\nProfessor\, Texas Tech University\nBuilding Societal Resilience to Digital Disinformation \nCody Buntain\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, New York University\nCross-Platform State Propaganda: Russian Trolls on Twitter and YouTube During the 2016 US Presidential Election \nJessica Collier\nPhD Candidate\, University of Texas\, Austin\nExposure to Fact-Checks on Facebook: Field Experiments in Four Continents \nEdda Humprecht\nSenior Research and Teaching Associate\, University of Zurich (IKMZ)\nResilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research \nEleonora Kirkizh\nPhD Candidate\, GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences\nPopulist Attitudes and Selective Exposure to News \nOzan Kuru\nPostdoctoral Fellow in Science of Science Communication\, University of Pennsylvania\nUnderstanding Political Informational Processing in WhatsApp Groups: A Comparative Study of User Perceptions and Practices in Turkey\, Singapore\, and the USA\n\nGordon Ramsay\nSenior Research Fellow\, University of Westminster\nRussian Needles in Western Media Haystacks: Propaganda Detection through Text Matching in British and U.S. Media \nChris Tenove\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow\, University of British Columbia\nDisinformation as a Democratic Threat: Conceptual Models and Policy Approaches\n\nShawn Walker\nAssistant Professor\, Arizona State University\nThe IMPED Model of Misinformation \nJenifer Whitten-Woodring\nAssociate Professor\, University of Massachusetts\, Lowell\nLessons from Myanmar’s Facebook-Driven Communal Violence: The Divisive Potential of Social Media in an Intolerant Society \nMagdalena Wojcieszak\nAssociate Professor\, University of California\, Davis\nand Andreu Casas\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, New York University\nDetecting Long-term Media Effects on Affective Polarization: Evidence from Web-tracking and Longitudinal Surveys in Three Countries Guests \nOther Guests: \nDavid Karpf\nAssociate Professor\, the George Washington University \nBaird Howland\nData Scientist\, Harmony Labs
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/digital-threats-to-democracy-comparative-lessons-and-possible-remedies-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T180000
DTSTAMP:20210813T155123Z
CREATED:20200924T144908Z
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SUMMARY:Abe Fellowship Colloquium - Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots\, Gender\, Family\, and the Japanese Nation
DESCRIPTION:Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade\, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes\, hospitals\, offices\, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots\, Gender\, Family\, and the Japanese Nation (University of California Press\, 2018)\, Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan\, this book explores how actual robots—humanoids\, androids\, and animaloids—are “imagineered” in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. She traces the early 20th century and wartime backstories informing the images\, applications\, and receptions of robots today. In addition\, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether “civil rights” should be granted to robots. How robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the “normal body” (gotai manzoku 五体満足) is discussed together with a critique of Mori Masahiro’s much-invoked but misconstrued concept of bukimi no tani (不気味の谷)\, or “uncanny valley”.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-fellowship-colloquium-robo-sapiens-japanicus-robots-gender-family-and-the-japanese-nation/
LOCATION:International House of Japan\, 5-11-16 Roppongi\, Minato-ku\, Tokyo\, 106-0032
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190604
DTSTAMP:20210819T164033Z
CREATED:20200820T211052Z
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SUMMARY:A Modern History of the Disinformation Age: Communication\, Technology\, and Democracy in Transition Workshop
DESCRIPTION:What are the roots of our “epistemic crisis” regarding what counts as facts and as “reality?” Participants focused on actors who benefit from the questioning of truth claims\, how institutions that once served as gatekeepers for such claims have been weakened and are now unable to adjust to new media ecosystems\, and how new maladapted gatekeeping institutions have taken their place. \nParticipants included: \nSteven Livingston\, Professor of Media and Public Affairs & Professor of International Affairs\, George Washington University \nPatricia Aufderheide\, University Professor of Communication Studies\, American University \nYochai Benkler\, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies\, Harvard University \nBenjamin Epstein\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, DePaul College \nDavid Karpf\, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs\, George Washington University \nNancy MacLean\, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy\, Duke University \nMark Major\, Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science\, Pennsylvania State University \nNaomi Oreskes\, Professor of the History of Science\, Harvard University \nVictor Pickard\, Associate Professor of Communication\, University of Pennsylvania \nPaul Starr\, Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs & Professor of Sociology\, Princeton University
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/a-modern-history-of-the-disinformation-age-communication-technology-and-democracy-in-transition-workshop/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190530
DTSTAMP:20210819T165554Z
CREATED:20200820T211236Z
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SUMMARY:Media & Democracy at ICA 2019
DESCRIPTION:The Media & Democracy program was thrilled to be at the International Communication Association (ICA) 2019 annual meeting in Washington\, DC. \nAs part of the ICA proceedings\, we sponsored an ICA theme panel entitled “A Modern History of the Disinformation Age” at the Washington Hilton\, held on May 25. The panelists presented research from our December 2018 workshop of the same name. \nWe also co-hosted an SSRC reception on May 28\, 2019 at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in collaboration with the Social Data Initiative. \nFinally\, we were proud to co-sponsor “The Rise of Platforms: Individual\, Institutional\, and Governance Questions for Communication Research\,” an ICA post-conference that convened an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to present comparative analyses of platforms across economics\, political\, and social contexts. The conference took place at George Washington University in Washington\, DC and was held on May 29\, 2019.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/media-democracy-at-ica-2019/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T170000
DTSTAMP:20210921T144633Z
CREATED:20210921T144633Z
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SUMMARY:Religion and Social Justice Movements in Transatlantic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Given the rise of nationalist and exclusionary movements on both sides of the Atlantic\, which have mobilized against (and racialized) immigrant groups and communities of color\, the symposium brings US- and Europe-focused research more directly into dialogue with regard to scholarship on religious responses to Islamophobia\, the demonizing of migrants\, and the broader attacks on growing racial and religious diversity. This full-day event is arranged around three sessions of relatively informal roundtables\, addressing how religious transformations influence social action; the ways in which social mobilization has changed in the past fifty years and the effects on religious engagement with social justice; and the religious and social movement responses that may hold promise in advancing a more just and democratic future.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/religion-and-social-justice-movements-in-transatlantic-perspective/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190518
DTSTAMP:20210819T182834Z
CREATED:20200820T211603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T182834Z
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SUMMARY:Media\, Technology\, and Democracy in Historical Context
DESCRIPTION:If you consult recent headlines\, the news media is in crisis\, and the problems are manifold: disruptive changes to media technology\, the spread of misleading news\, and anonymous harassment of public figures are causing serious concerns about the quality and trajectory of our democracy and the place of the news media in it. At the same time\, these phenomena are not new; disruptions\, falsehoods\, and harassment have been topics of public concern at various moments throughout the history of media and democracy. \nHow does the current moment\, dominated by concerns over the rise of social media\, the prevalence of online harassment\, the commercial viability of the print press\, and the loss of local journalism\, compare to previous moments of crisis? Which developments have echoes in the past\, and which concerns are truly novel or unprecedented? \n“Media\, Technology\, and Democracy in Historical Context” is a research workshop directed at scholars in the social sciences and the humanities that encourages historically-informed research on the impact of recent technological changes on media and democracy. \nTopics covered at the workshop will include “Historicizing Mis and Disinformation in the American Press”\, “Partisan Influence on Media Development”\, “Shaping the Public Through Cinema”\, “Race\, Gender\, and Institutional Bias in American Mass Media”\, and “Technological Change and American Political Development.” \nThe original call for proposals may be found here
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/media-technology-and-democracy-in-historical-context/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190412
DTSTAMP:20241213T153101Z
CREATED:20200827T172458Z
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SUMMARY:Next Generation African Peacebuilding: New Voices\, Perspectives\, and Approaches
DESCRIPTION:Next generation African peacebuilding: new voices\, perspectives and approaches (WP1676) \n \nWilton Park\, in collaboration with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the African Leadership Centre (ALC)\, organized and hosted a conference on “Next generation African peacebuilding: new voices\, new networks and new strategies” in Steyning\, England\, from April 10-12\, 2019. The three-day conference was supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). \nThis conference is the fifth in an annual series on peacebuilding in Africa that started in 2015. Previous events assessed the changing dynamics of conflict and other evolving challenges\, the ways in which African peacebuilding actors have been responding to these challenges\, how to sustain civil society engagement in peacebuilding\, and how to build more effective interaction between African and global peacebuilding. \nThe SSRC was represented by Ron Kassimir\, the Vice President of Programs\, along with seven African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) fellows: Arsene Brice Bado of the Centre for Research and Action for Peace in Ivory Coast (APN 2018); Chantal Ingabire of Community Based Sociotherapy in Rwanda (APN 2017); Edmore Chitukutuku of the Wits University in South Africa (Next Gen 2013; APN 2018); Fredrick Ogenga of Rongo University in Kenya (APN 2014); Toyin Ajao of the African Leadership Centre in Kenya (Next Gen 2017); Admire Mare of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (APN 2013); and Samaila Suleiman of Bayero University\, Kano (Next Gen 2012\, 2013 and APN 2018). \nThe overarching objective for the 2019 conference was to reflect on and generate innovative ideas for transforming peacebuilding in the following areas: (1) how to bring new voices into peacebuilding and how to help empower those new voices as effective peacebuilding actors\, (2) how new networks could usefully be created between traditional peacebuilding actors and organizations and how to bring emerging and new voices into both existing and new networks; and (3) how to use the leverage derived from new voices and networks to facilitate the implementation of new strategies such as applying nonviolent social action towards achieving sustainable peacebuilding. \nOpening remarks were delivered by Wilton Park Program Director Robert Grant\, Ron Kassimir\, and ALC Executive Director Shuvai Nyoni. Participants represented a host of institutions\, including the United Nations (UN)\, the African Union (AU)\, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). There was also scholarly participation from universities and think-tanks across Africa\, Europe\, and the United States\, including: International Crisis Group\, Brussels; Institute for Security Studies (ISS)\, Pretoria; African Institute for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (AIPECT)\, Rabat; International Peace Institute (IPI)\, New York; Chatham House\, London; and the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)\, Accra. \nSSRC’s APN and Next Gen fellows who attended the conference made presentations\, chaired sessions\, contributed to discussions and networked with some of the world’s leading thinkers\, practitioners\, and funders in the field of peacebuilding. The theme of the conference was a good fit for their APN and Next Gen-supported projects as scholars based in post-conflict and conflict-affected African countries. The fellows later wrote a short article for the Kujenga Amani blog based on their experience at the conference where they spoke about being able to use their research as a basis “for rethinking methodological\, epistemological\, and ontological ways of producing and consuming knowledge on peacebuilding in Africa and decolonizing peacebuilding research and practice.” The fellows particularly enjoyed being able to bring their own voices to debate the idea of disrupting dominant narratives of violence and opening up new paths to peace and unity in diversity. \nAmong the key points made at the conference were the need for peacebuilding to adapt to diverging internal trends on the continent\, the failure of the traditional liberal peacebuilding model\, and the changing nature and scope of the activities of newly assertive external state actors in Africa. Participants at the conference also discussed the challenges facing peacebuilding networks with respect to sustainability\, relevance and effective leadership\, the lack of support for and recognition of networks led by youth and women\, and the importance of new online media sources and the need to incorporate new technologies and media in peacebuilding strategies. Among others\, it was observed that Next Generation peacebuilding in Africa requires bringing together the extensive knowledge and experience of youth organizations\, women’s networks\, community groups\, and nonviolent movements. Participants at the conference were also of the view that peacebuilding in Africa should be contextual and cautioned against one-size-fits-all approaches that fall short of addressing the diverse challenges facing the continent.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/next-generation-african-peacebuilding-new-voices-perspectives-and-approaches/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190329T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190329T170000
DTSTAMP:20210817T155837Z
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SUMMARY:Immigration: The Politics of Inclusion and the Politics of Threat
DESCRIPTION:Immigration: The Politics of Inclusion and the Politics of Threat was a one-day research workshop that took place at Social Science Research Council headquarters in Brooklyn\, New York on March 29\, 2019. \nThe workshop gathered scholars to address the politics of immigration\, with a particular focus on how and why Latin American immigration is politicized (sometimes as virtue and increasingly as threat) in the United States in the contemporary period. Scholars were organized into panels on three themes: Parties\, Voter Linkages\, and Immigration Politics; Framing Immigrants; and Policies of the State. \n  \nPanels and Participants \nParties\, Voter Linkages\, and Immigration Politics\nWhat is the partisan/electoral basis of xenophobic and restrictive policies – within the US and at the border?  To what degree is this stable/changing and why?  What explains when and why parties promote inclusive/exclusive platforms and policies towards immigrants? To what degree are state/local level parties replicating/breaking from national party platforms?   How have immigrants in the US reacted/responded to the country’s changing party dynamics? What explains variations in reaction? \nChair\nNancy Bermeo\, Senior Research Fellow\, Nuffield College\, University of Oxford \nDiscussant\nKatherine Cramer\, Professor of Political Science\, University of Wisconsin\, Madison \nPresenters\nMatt Barreto\, Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Studies\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nJames McCann\, Professor of Political Science\, Purdue University\nMelissa Michelson\, Professor of Political Science\, Menlo College\nVeronica Terriquez\, Associate Professor of Sociology\, University of California\, Riverside \n  \nFraming Immigrants\nWhat explains the contours of public opinion towards immigrants (undocumented\, daca-mented\, documented)?  To what degree does public opinion distinguish between a) un/documented immigrants and b) between Latin American immigrants and Latinos?  How do immigrants respond to the anxieties of the receiving society—how do they respond to xenophobia?  Are there differences by legal status\, by region\, by national origin group? \nChair\nMichael Jones-Correa\, President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science\, University of Pennsylvania \nDiscussant\nSara Wallace Goodman\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, University of California\, Irvine \nPresenters\nAbigail Fisher Williamson\, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Law\, Trinity College\nShannon Gleeson\, Associate Professor of Labor Relations\, Law & History\, Cornell University\nSofya Aptekar\, Assistant Professor of Sociology\, University of Massachusetts\, Boston\nCecilia Menjívar\, Professor of Sociology\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nMatthew Wright\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, American University \n  \nPolicies of the State\nPolicies towards immigrants range from the inclusionary (extending social welfare) to the punitive (criminalizing and penalizing undocumented workers).  What explains the range of policies and laws that are adopted and what are the consequences for the immigrant community (documented and undocumented)?  What impact have these policies had on immigration and immigrants? \nChair\nDeborah Yashar\, Professor of Politics and International Affairs\, Princeton University \nDiscussant\nMarie Gottschalk\, Professor of Political Science\, University of Pennsylvania \nPresenters\nAmada Armenta\, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nDavid Cortez\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, University of Notre Dame\nRoberto G. Gonzales\, Professor of Education\, Harvard University\nKarthick Ramakrishnan\, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy\, University of California\, Riverside
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/immigration-the-politics-of-inclusion-and-the-politics-of-threat/
LOCATION:Social Science Research Council\, 300 Cadman Plaza West\, 15 Fl\, New York\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190209
DTSTAMP:20210817T162659Z
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SUMMARY:Identity\, Community\, and Political Participation
DESCRIPTION:Identity\, Community\, and Political Participation  was a two-day research design workshop that took place at Social Science Research Council headquarters in Brooklyn\, New York on February 7 and 8\, 2019. The workshop convened primarily younger scholars to develop in-progress or planned research projects on how political participation is fundamentally shaped by individual identity and/or community membership (and vice versa). \nThe workshop was organized from an open call for proposals from the Anxieties of Democracy program’s Identity\, Community\, and Participation working group\, whose members provided feedback and commentary on research design presentations. Working group member Adam Seth Levine also presented on how to build relationships with practitioners. \nResearch Design Presentations\nSarah Bruch\, Assistant Professor of Sociology\, the University of Iowa\nOrganizing Authority for Citizenship: Examining the Civic and Political Impacts of Authority Relations \nBernard Fraga\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Indiana University\, Bloomington\nAn Inventory and Analysis of GOTV Efforts Targeting Communities of Color \nStacey Greene\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Rutgers University\nThe Effects of Cross Group Comparisons \nPhilip Jones\, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations\, University of Delaware\nThe Mobilizing Effects of Emphasizing the Sameness or Difference of LGBTQ Identities \nJoshua Kalla\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Yale University\nReducing Prejudice and Changing Policy Attitudes With Narrative Persuasion: New Field Experimental Results and Proposed Extensions \nSamara Klar\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, the University of Arizona\nBridging Political Polarization within American Communities \nBiko Koenig\, Assistant Professor of Government\, Franklin and Marshall College\nOrganizing and Mobilizing Class Identities in an Era of Rising Populism \nDaniel Laurison\, Assistant Professor of Sociology\, Swarthmore College\nWho “Feels Like a Voter?” How Poor and Working Class People Understand US Electoral Politics – the Pennsylvania Participation Project \nJulie Lee Merseth\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Northwestern University\nAsian American Political Activism: Mobilizing Group Identities \nEmily Pechar\, PhD Candidate in Environmental Policy\, Duke University\nUnderstanding Rural Identities and Environmental Policy Engagement in America \nBenita Roth\, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies\, Binghamton University\, SUNY\nMarginalized Voices and Activism Around the Opioid Epidemic in Upstate New York: Marginalized Voices\, Activism\, and Community \nLaFleur Stephens-Dougan\, Assistant Professor of Politics\, Princeton University\nDo All Lives Matter? To Whom? \nWorking Group on Identity\, Community\, and Participation\nClaudine Gay (co-chair)\, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences\, Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African American Studies\, Harvard University\nZoltan Hajnal (co-chair)\, Professor of Political Science\, University of California\, San Diego\nAndra Gillespie\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, Emory University\nHahrie Han\, Anton Vonk Professor of Political Science and Environmental Politics\, University of California\, Santa Barbara\nAdam Seth Levine\, Associate Professor of Government\, Cornell University\nDara Strolovitch\, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies\, Princeton University\nRich Yeselson\, Contributing Editor\, Dissent magazine
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/identity-community-and-political-participation-2/
LOCATION:Social Science Research Council\, 300 Cadman Plaza West\, 15 Fl\, New York\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190205T210000
DTSTAMP:20210924T165402Z
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SUMMARY:2019 SSRC Fellow Lecture: Lorraine Daston
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nLong before there were computers or even reliable calculating machines\, there were algorithms\, recipes\, and other rigid rules. But for just as long\, stretching back to ancient Greece and Rome and continuing through the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century\, the rule-as-algorithm coexisted peacefully and fruitfully with another idea of a rule: the rule-as-pattern. For us\, who live in the age of algorithms\, this centuries-long cohabitation between the most rigid of rules—the algorithm to be followed to the letter—and the most supple of rules—the pattern or model to be imitated but not slavishly copied—seems paradoxical. Lorraine Daston’s new work analyzes how this paradox became thinkable\, and how rules became rigid. \nAbout Lorraine Daston\nDaston is director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. She has published on a wide range of topics in the history of science\, including the history of probability and statistics\, wonders in early modern science\, the emergence of the scientific fact\, scientific models\, objects of scientific inquiry\, the moral authority of nature\, and the history of scientific objectivity. Recent books include How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind: The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality (with Paul Erickson et al.\, 2013) and Against Nature (forthcoming\, 2019). Her current projects include a history of rules\, based on her 2014 Lawrence Stone Lectures at Princeton University; the emergence of Big Science and Big Humanities in the context of nineteenth-century archives; and the relationship between moral and natural orders. \nEvent Details\nLorraine Daston\nDirector of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin \nSpeaks on:\nMechanical Rules before Machines: Rules and Paradigms \nWith responses by: \nHelen Nissenbaum\nProfessor of Information Science and Director of the Digital Life Initiative\, Cornell Tech \nFrank Pasquale\nProfessor of Law\, University of Maryland Carey School of Law \nFebruary 5\, 2019\, 5:30 PM\nRoosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College\n47-49 East 65th Street\nNew York\, NY 10065
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2019-ssrc-fellow-lecture-video-lorraine-daston/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190131T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190201T170000
DTSTAMP:20210817T165921Z
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SUMMARY:Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The “Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective” conference\, co-organized by the Social Science Research Council’s Anxieties of Democracy program and Stanford University’s Global Populisms project\, brought together scholars of comparative and American politics to present research on the role of parties\, the legislature\, the judiciary\, the bureaucracy\, and other institutions in moments that challenge democracy. The conference was held in New York City January 31-February 1\, 2019. Questions addressed at the conference included: \n• What role\, if any\, do democratic institutions play in enabling or exacerbating the growth of antisystem sentiment and/or populist appeals? How do the responses of mainstream parties and politicians affect the electoral chances of antisystem candidates? \n• Can unresponsive or underperforming democratic institutions contribute to the popularity of populist or antidemocratic candidates? If so\, what causes institutions to be(come) unresponsive? What reforms can address these concerns? \n• What role do party primaries and other electoral rules play in the electoral success of antisystem politicians? How do the roads to power for populist candidates vary between electoral systems? \n• What are the consequences of populist leaders in power for state institutions\, such as the bureaucracy\, the courts\, and other branches of government? What are the consequences for democracy of hollowed out bureaucracies?
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/political-institutions-and-challenges-to-democracy-america-in-comparative-perspective/
LOCATION:Columbia University School for International & Public Affairs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190202
DTSTAMP:20210923T151750Z
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SUMMARY:Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The “Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective” conference\, co-organized by the Social Science Research Council’s Anxieties of Democracy program and Stanford University’s Global Populisms project\, brought together scholars of comparative and American politics to present research on the role of parties\, the legislature\, the judiciary\, the bureaucracy\, and other institutions in moments that challenge democracy. The conference was held in New York City January 31-February 1\, 2019. Questions addressed at the conference included: \n• What role\, if any\, do democratic institutions play in enabling or exacerbating the growth of antisystem sentiment and/or populist appeals? How do the responses of mainstream parties and politicians affect the electoral chances of antisystem candidates? \n• Can unresponsive or underperforming democratic institutions contribute to the popularity of populist or antidemocratic candidates? If so\, what causes institutions to be(come) unresponsive? What reforms can address these concerns? \n• What role do party primaries and other electoral rules play in the electoral success of antisystem politicians? How do the roads to power for populist candidates vary between electoral systems? \n• What are the consequences of populist leaders in power for state institutions\, such as the bureaucracy\, the courts\, and other branches of government? What are the consequences for democracy of hollowed out bureaucracies?
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/political-institutions-and-challenges-to-democracy-america-in-comparative-perspective-2/
LOCATION:Columbia University School for International & Public Affairs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190125
DTSTAMP:20210824T180639Z
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SUMMARY:DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America and the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York present DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC in the webinar “Unlocking Potential: New Health-Related Data for Decision Making & Community Well-Being.”
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/data2gohealth-nyc-webinar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190107T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190107T180000
DTSTAMP:20210920T170731Z
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SUMMARY:The Other Uncertainty: Social\, Political\, and Cultural Forms of Uncertainty in Weather Contexts.
DESCRIPTION:Earlier this month\, program staff from SSRC’s Scholarly Borderlands initiative attended the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Phoenix\, where they hosted a series of panels entitled “The Other Uncertainty: Social\, Political\, and Cultural Forms of Uncertainty in Weather Contexts.” These multidisciplinary panels aimed to bring deeper understanding of the complex social aspects of uncertainty into conversation with a field that is primarily focused on eliminating uncertainty from probabilistic forecasting models. Invited speakers from across the social sciences spoke to the myriad sources of individual\, social\, and cultural ambiguity that emerge\, interact\, operate\, and propagate throughout the life cycle of hazardous weather events which are far less understood. \nOver the course of the presentations\, several themes emerged. The first concerned how individuals and groups interpret and process uncertainty and risk after it is communicated. Susan Joslyn (University of Washington) explained that this requires an understanding of the different mental models and schemata that people have to process information\, and therefore an understanding of the educational\, cultural\, and social diversity of what are in fact many “publics”. To understand how this information is then processed and shared\, Melissa Bica (University of Colorado\, Boulder) discussed the uses of qualitative methods to analyze social media engagement with images that depict probabilities and uncertainty over the course of extreme weather events.   Panelists also stressed that uncertainty is not merely a condition or context- it can be conceptualized as a produced commodity or a political tool\, especially concerning marginalized groups. Amber Wutich (Arizona State University)\, emphasized the importance of examining uncertainty both up and down the power continuum\, as it plays a drastically different role in each context. Likewise\, who decides what an “acceptable” level of uncertainty is and where that threshold lies for various populations is an incredibly political situation. Robert Soden\, (University of Colorado- Boulder)\, drew on his experience working on federal flood insurance maps to depict just how political the process of determining risk can be\, as government agencies and property owners attempt to resist and influence where supposedly objective lines of flood risk and probability are drawn. \nWhen examining the uncertainty that arises from extreme weather events\, social science methods and perspectives can help give a more nuanced view of how people process risk and make decisions in uncertain contexts. Jenniffer Santos-Hernández (University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras)\, observed that while much effort goes into giving people in uncertain situations the illusion of control\, this should not be the goal of weather scholars or practitioners. A more productive engagement with uncertainty acknowledges that is not a thing that can in fact be eradicated – while forecasters strive to provide the most accurate information in a clear way\, the goal is for people to make informed decisions based on a better understanding of their own circumstantial level of risk. Rather than prescribing what the “right” decision is for an individual\, family\, or group in an extreme weather situation\, social science research designed with inclusion in mind from the start (Tamara Marcus\, University of New Hampshire) offer a means to understand decision-making and behavioral processes to empower people in times of uncertainty. \nMore information about the panelists who participated in these sessions can be found here. A full recording of the day’s sessions will available through the American Meteorological Society.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-other-uncertainty-social-political-and-cultural-forms-of-uncertainty-in-weather-contexts/
LOCATION:American Meterological Society Annual Meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190110
DTSTAMP:20200827T155524Z
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SUMMARY:Bi-Annual Fellows Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Nairobi\, Kenya – Fellows from the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program gathered in Nairobi\, Kenya\, during the second week of January for the 14th bi-annual fellows workshop.  The event was held in partnership with United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa)\, and in collaboration with the SSRC’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) program\, which held its grantees workshop from January 9-11\, 2019. \n28 doctoral dissertation proposal development and research fellows from eight African countries were joined by five dynamic workshop facilitators and convened in Nairobi for the three-day event.  The workshop was designed to help early-career faculty engage in scholarly reflections\, research and writing.  Activities included a series of plenary lectures along with working and one-on-one sessions with facilitators on interdisciplinary perspectives relating to peace\, security and development. \nDuring the workshop\, dissertation proposal development fellows worked on creating networks while refining\, developing and strengthening research questions.  They also learned to align research questions to methods\, engage key literature in their fields\, and finalize their dissertation proposals.  Dissertation research fellows focused on further developing and strengthening their research while engaging with key literature in their fields\, preparing to embark on fieldwork-based research\, and developing their capacity for scholarly writing\, including academic publications. \nProfessor Paul Zeleza\, vice-chancellor of USIU-Africa\, opened the workshop on the first day with a brilliant keynote titled “Reckoning with the Pasts and Reimagining the Futures of African Studies for the 21st Century.”  He presented an engaging history of the development of African Studies and the struggle to decolonize the humanities and social sciences in Africa and ended with a call to action urging the discipline to confront its “racialized and racially fraught” history and abandon Euro/America-centric African Studies. \nThe following day\, a panel chaired by Ron Kassimir\, vice president of programs at the SSRC\, was convened to discuss “The State of Social Science Research in Africa: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives.”  Panelists included Dr. Mutuma Ruteere\, director of the Center for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS)\, Steve Ouma Akoth\, director of The Pamoja Trust\, Anthony Diala\, a senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape\, Joyce Omwoha\, a lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya\, and Charles Ukeje\, a professor at Obafemi Awolowo University. The panel included a conversation between the panelists and fellows in which questions were raised interrogating the practical limits of social science research and how knowledge could be disseminated more broadly. \nOn January 9\, workshop attendees participated in the first-ever joint session between APN and Next Gen\, designed to build synergies between the two programs and foster new connections between fellows and grantees.  This inaugural and historical event was headlined by a distinguished keynote from Ambassador Macharia Kamau\, the Kenyan Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  In his keynote\, Ambassador Kamau stressed the importance of peace\, security and stability and how fundamental they are in the transformation of peoples’ lives for the development of society.  He notably stated that\, “We live in an over-securitized and over-militarized world that has led to an underappreciation for peacebuilding initiatives that help sustain new democracies that create more inclusive societies.” \nAfter the morning’s joint session\, fellows and grantees from both programs visited the national Commission for Science\, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) where they were given a brief but illuminating presentation on how the organization was working to integrate science and technology into the daily lives of Kenyans.  Representatives from NACOSTI also discussed the process of being granted clearance in Kenya to conduct research\, which many bourgeoning research fellows found profoundly helpful. \nRon Kassimir\, who represented the SSRC at both workshops\, remarked that\, “With the quality of the discussions\, and the warm collegiality with which the participants engaged each other\, the workshop exceeded our (already) high hopes.”
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/bi-annual-fellows-workshop/
LOCATION:United States International University-Africa\, Nairobi\, Kenya
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181219
DTSTAMP:20211230T135043Z
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SUMMARY:Anticipatory Social Research Working Group Inaugural Convening
DESCRIPTION:The Social Science Research Council was pleased to convene a group of seventeen esteemed scholars who have been working in ways that might be identified as Anticipatory Social Research (ASR). This group will begin the work of defining ASR\, identifying potential sites for ASR inside and outside the academy\, and ascertaining examples of emerging phenomena that may be opaque to existing methodologies and in need of a more anticipatory approach. \n \nAttendees\nCrystal Abidin \nSimone Browne \nCourtney Cogburn \nKate Crawford \nJen Croissant \nCarl DiSalvo \nGary Downey \nVirginia Eubanks* \nMarion Fourcade \nDavid Custon \nAva Kofman \nAndrew Lakoff \nBill Maurer \nShobita Parthasarathy \nFrank Pasquale \nLaurel Smith-Doerr \nFred Turner \nMatthew Zook \n  \n*was not able to attend\, but participated in the group
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/anticipatory-social-research-working-group-inaugural-convening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
DTSTAMP:20200930T165343Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change Working Group Meeting 2018
DESCRIPTION:The working group on climate change seeks to make the study of climate change a distinct and recognized area of study in the social sciences. Its steering committee convened to discuss several meetings and events of the past year\, as well as new initiatives.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/climate-change-working-group-meeting-2018/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
DTSTAMP:20201026T163141Z
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SUMMARY:The Netware of the New Asian Economy under the Industrial Revolution 4.0
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Directors\nSalvatore Babones\nAssociate Professor\, Sociology\, University of Sydney\nsbabones@sydney.edu.au \nVinh Duc Nguyen\nVice-Director\, Institute of Sociology\, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences\nnguyenducvinh@ios.org.vn \nCall for Workshop Papers\nSocial networks\, the sharing economy\, and the internet of things are all forms of netware: networks in which value is generated by bringing people and things together (consumers\, providers\, cars\, bicycles\, payment systems\, etc.). These digital networks are driving forward a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” or “Industrial Revolution 4.0.” The fourth industrial revolution builds on the electronics revolution (IR3.0) to connect people and things in digital networks. The electronics and computer hardware value chains of IR3.0 were central to the economic development of East Asia\, though the region largely missed out on the computer software boom that represented the maturity of this wave of innovation. Now we are seeing the emergence of a new kind of technology value chain for what might be called “netware” — platforms that bring people and things together to create value through integration. Netware is at the heart of IR4.0 and is ripe for sociological\, political\, and political-economic study. It has the potential to change not just business practice\, but the structure of society itself. \nThe new netware economy is even more focused on the Asia-Pacific region than was the hardware economy of IR3.0\, with major value chains seemingly concentrated either on the west coast of the United States or on the east coast of China. The position of China in the netware economy is particularly interesting because it is home both to a large\, semi-closed internet and to a large\, very open maker hub. Both of these Chinese networks are focal points for pan-Pacific production networks\, but neither is exclusively Chinese. The firewalled Chinese internet may be to some extent a walled garden\, but mobile access to it is dominated by Android and Apple operating systems and app stores. The world’s maker hub may be concentrated in southeastern China\, but it uses components from across Asia and attracts participants from around the world. Thus although China and California loom large in the netware economy\, the tentacles of the netware economy are especially thick in advanced technology hubs like Japan\, South Korea\, and Taiwan\, and they are increasingly reaching out to new assembly sites like Vietnam\, Indonesia\, and India. Success in netware is likely to be crucial for any of these countries (Chine included) if they hope to climb Asia-Pacific value chains like the Japan\, the Asian tigers\, or indeed China itself. \nWe invite contributions on all aspects of the Asia-Pacific netware economy: value chains\, production networks\, social networks\, creative commons\, open source software\, open source hardware\, maker culture\, hardware accelerators\, hackathons\, venture capital\, digital entrepreneurship\, blockchain\, fintech\, the sharing economy\, the internet of things\, and similar topics that we may not have heard of (yet). Given the emerging nature of this topic\, we welcome conceptual contributions as well as papers based on empirical data. We are especially interested in contributions from scholars who are at an early stage in their research processes.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-netware-of-the-new-asian-economy-under-the-industrial-revolution-4-0/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
DTSTAMP:20201026T162934Z
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SUMMARY:States of Fortification: Connecting Asia through Technologies of Food and Health
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Directors\nMelissa L. Caldwell\nProfessor\, Anthropology\, University of California\, Santa Cruz\nlissa@ucsc.edu \nIzumi Nakayama\nResearch Officer & Honorary Assistant Professor\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, The University of Hong Kong\nnakayama@hku.hk \nCall for Workshop Papers\nThis workshop will focus on how technological interventions in food and health have informed projects of modernity\, sovereignty\, empire building\, and subjectivity across Asia\, with particular attention to the temporal and geopolitical modalities that have shaped and been shaped by these phenomena. Central to the workshop will be considering how “Asia” and its regions might be retheorized and remapped – as places\, concepts\, or constellations of networks – through food technologies. We anticipate pursuing three interrelated themes. First\, what are the ways in which efforts to create and protect strong nation-states and subjects have harnessed technology to feed\, nourish\, and fortify the bodies and minds of the subjects who have constructed those nation-states? Second\, how have individual and state-level concerns with food and health productively generated new opportunities for technological innovation\, experimentation\, and intervention that have alternately connected and disconnected people and communities throughout this region? Third\, how does critical attention to the intersection of food\, health\, and technology provide new perspectives for scholarly research design\, analysis\, and collaboration across the social sciences and humanities? \nSocieties in Asia have been\, and continue to be\, shaped by historical experiences with food. Across this geopolitical region there has long been a mutual entanglement of food\, health\, and technology that has simultaneously connected and disconnected people\, their bodies\, their histories\, and the social worlds in which they live. For instance\, new methods to improve and ensure productivity\, efficiency\, quality\, and safety across all stages of the food system from production and distribution to consumption and disposal often foregrounded technological innovations not only for ensuring greater stability in food supplies\, but also for building stronger and healthier citizens\, societies\, and states. New chemical and mechanical technologies for agricultural production\, manufacturing\, and food preservation and storage enabled foods and accompanying values and philosophies to circulate through longer supply chains and into new networks\, thereby connecting people who were otherwise culinarily\, culturally\, and geographically distinct. At the same time\, the monopolization of raw materials such as salt\, sugar\, grains\, and tea by imperial powers distorted these circulations and established boundaries within communities. One key moment in the early 20th century was the introduction of Western nutritional knowledge that prompted Asian societies to grapple with fundamental challenges to “traditional knowledge” about health\, family rituals\, and household provisioning practices. \nToday these challenges continue\, as many Asian societies try to recover and return to “traditional” food practices such as pre-Western nutritional precepts\, rural farming\, native organics philosophies\, and other food-centered lifestyles. More recently\, technological advances from the digital and artistic worlds have enabled new modes of social and corporeal interactivity\, such as with social media that facilitate new relationalities at multiple scales\, wearable technologies that allow access into people’s most intimate\, bodily spaces\, or robots and artificial intelligence programs that replace the humans who labor as pickers\, processors\, cooks and chefs\, and health care professionals. We invite empirically rich\, historically sensitive\, and methodologically grounded projects that will shed light on the ways in which food and health technologies have been formative to projects of nation-state building and separation across Asia. We are especially interested in curating contributions representing different historical periods\, regions\, and scholarly disciplines that\, when put in collaborative conversation at the workshop\, will both facilitate greater understanding of the technological\, political\, and cultural processes that have inspired different modes of governance\, subjectivity\, personhood\, and reveal the dynamics by which modalities of cultural and regional sameness\, distinction\, convergence\, and divergence underlie constructions of “Asia.”
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/states-of-fortification-connecting-asia-through-technologies-of-food-and-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
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SUMMARY:Sport Mega-Events as Hubs for InterAsian Interactions
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Directors\nSusan Brownell\nProfessor\, Anthropology & Archaeology\, University of Missouri-St. Louis\nsbrownell@umsl.edu \nGwang Ok\nProfessor\, Physical Education\, Chungbuk National University\, Republic of Korea\ngwangok47@gmail.com \nCall for Workshop Papers\nBetween 2018 and 2022\, three consecutive Olympics will take place in East Asia: the PyeongChang Winter Olympics (2018)\, Tokyo Summer Olympics (2020)\, and Beijing-Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics (2022). In the 122-year history of the Olympic Games\, this will be the first time that multiple installments will be held consecutively in one world region outside the cultural West. Further\, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar\, only the second hosting of this event in Asia (after the 2002 Japan/Korea contest). The Asian Games are the world’s largest regional games\, including many more sports disciplines than the Olympic Games and nearly as many athletes. After the 2018 games in Jakarta\, the next two will be in East Asia: Hangzhou (2022) and Nagoya (2026). Pundits have wondered whether the geographic shift of mega-events indicates the decline of the West and the rise of Asia. Will the Asian events strengthen intra-regional solidarity\, or do Asian actors primarily strive to form relationships with Western counterparts? Does East Asia occupy a discrete role in Asia as a whole? \nScholars have argued that global mega-events (Olympic Games\, FIFA Soccer World Cups\, World Expos) operate as hubs of global flows of capital\, people\, knowledge\, and technology\, and perform important ritual and symbolic functions. However\, this general insight remains to be researched at a more concrete level. Furthermore\, although there has been a growing body of literature on sports\, Olympic Games\, and Asian Games in Asia in recent years\, few scholars have specifically focused on the way in which sports and sport mega-events serve as a platform for elite networking and the strengthening of regional social and cultural interconnections. Stefan Huebner’s focus on mega-events in the formation of Asian identity in Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia\, 1913-1974 (2016) pursued what is still a novel approach to understanding the construction of “Asia.” As he documented there\, official efforts to craft a pan-Asian identity run into countercurrents: sporting events are just as likely to inflame nationalist rivalries\, and different sporting legacies of colonialism and imperialism mark off different sub-regional identities (E.g.\, cricket in South Asia\, baseball in East Asia) and different preferences for mega-events (E.g. India’s hosting of the 2010 Commonwealth Games and South Asian hosting of the Cricket World Cup versus the East Asian hosting of Olympic Games or Qatar’s hosting of the Soccer World Cup). Further\, “national” sports such as kabbadi (India)\, wushu (China)\, or karate (Japan) serve to reinforce national identities and compete with each other for inclusion in the mega-event programs. \nThe proposed panel will be innovative in that it will focus on the question of whether mega-events strengthen regional Asian networks that serve as an infrastructure facilitating the emergence of a stronger Asian identity – which might not yet be evident. It will analyze how these mega-events form a multi-layered system of “hard” and “soft” infrastructures including construction mega-projects\, technology\, and finance\, but also the “transfer of knowledge” (the organized process by which know-how is transferred from one event to the next)\, cultural borrowing\, social networking\, and the sharing of emotions. It will provide an open-ended forum for identifying all of the different types of connections that Asian sport mega-events generate. At the same time\, it will identify the obstacles that might obstruct potential connections\, such as nationalist sentiments\, legal limits on the mobility of people and capital\, wealth disparities between nations and social classes\, or hierarchies within elites and sport organizations. By pulling together a picture of the networks that historically coalesced around Asian sport mega-events – and are now coalescing around the upcoming events – this panel will produce a larger picture of globalization and Asia’s position in it.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/sport-mega-events-as-hubs-for-interasian-interactions/
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