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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180514T173000
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SUMMARY:Confronting Algorithms of Oppression
DESCRIPTION:Safiya Umoja Noble\, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California\, gave a public talk on her new book\, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism\, on Monday\, May 14th at the Roosevelt House at Hunter College. \n \nAlgorithms of Oppression contests the idea that search engines are unbiased marketplaces of ideas. Rather\, Noble argues that search engines reflect the underlying power structures of the societies in which they are built\, and often weaken the voices of historically underrepresented groups. Following Prof. Noble’s talk\, Meredith Broussard\, Assistant Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, New York University and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World\, responded. A book signing and reception followed. \n \nThis event was made possible by funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Democracy Fund.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/confronting-algorithms-of-oppression/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T170000
DTSTAMP:20200930T165810Z
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SUMMARY:Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Anxieties of Democracy program’s Working Group on Climate Change\, in collaboration with Princeton University\, hosted “Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change” a workshop on the ethics of professionals in the face of climate change. Chaired by Professor Nancy Rosenblum and Professor Melissa Lane\, “Witnessing Professionals” featured panels with lawyers\, scientists\, public health\, and university officials in order to discuss the role of professionals and institutions in combating climate change. \nVideo proceedings of the workshop may be found here. Some of the presenters have also made lightly-edited transcripts of their remarks available (links in the agenda below). \nThis event was made possible with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. \nAgenda \n9:00 am – Welcome: Melissa Lane\, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University and director of the University Center for Human Values \n9:15 am – Introduction: Nancy Rosenblum\, Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard University (emerita) \n9:30-10:00 am – Witnessing Professionals: Robert Jay Lifton\, Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Psychology at the City University of New York \n10:00-11:15 am – Panel 1: Scientists\nChair: Elke Weber\, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment\, and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University \nRobert Socolow\, Princeton University\, Climate Futures Initiative and Carbon Mitigation Initiative [Transcript] \nNaomi Oreskes\, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University \n11:30-12:45 pm – Panel 2: Public Health\nChair: Adriana Petryna\, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania \nPatrick Kinney\, Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health\, Environmental Health\, Boston University School of Public Health \nLise Van Susteren\, The Climate Project; Our Children’s Trust \nMark A. Mitchell\, President\, Mitchell Environmental Health Associates; Co-Chair\, National Medical Association Commission on Environental Health; Founder and Senior Policy Advisor\, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice \n12:45-1:30 pm – Lunch Break \n1:30 – 2:30 pm – Panel 3: Law\nChair: Samuel Issacharoff\, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law\, New York University School of Law [Transcript] \nJustice Antonio Herman Benjamin\, National High Court\, Brazil; Chair of the World Commission on Environmental Law \nKatrina F. Kuh\, Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University [Transcript] \n2:30-4:00 pm – Panel 4: Academia\nChair: Nancy Rosenblum\, Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard University (emerita) \nHarold T. Shapiro\, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University \nJessica F. Green\, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University\nJacob Lipton\, Program Director of the Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School \n4:00-5:00 pm – Summary and Discussion\nDennis F. Thompson\, Professor of Government and the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (emeritus) [Transcript]
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/witnessing-professionals-and-climate-change-workshop/
LOCATION:Princeton University\, Wallace Hall\, Room 300
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180421
DTSTAMP:20201008T165914Z
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SUMMARY:Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions
DESCRIPTION:The 2016 American elections intensified popular as well as scholarly interest in the relationship between media and democracy on topics like fake news\, information bubbles\, and algorithmic propaganda. \n“Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions” was the Media & Democracy program’s inaugural event. It convened researchers as part of a two-day conference to assess the current literature on social media and democracy\, and  set a research agenda for the field moving forward. \nConference chairs: \nNate Persily\, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law\, Stanford University\nDiana Mutz\, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication\, University of Pennsylvania \nConference hosts:\nMedia & Democracy Program\, Social Science Research Council\nStanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society\, Stanford University\nCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, Stanford University \nWith support from:\nThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\nThe Democracy Fund\nThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation \nAgenda:  \nThursday\, April 19 \n8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast \n9:00 – 9:30 am: Opening Remarks \n9:30 – 11:00 am: Inflammatory Speech and Incivility Online \nSusan Benesch\, Harvard University\nBryan Gervais\, University of Texas\, San Antonio\nDiana Mutz\, University of Pennsylvania\nMonica Stephens\, University of Buffalo \n11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break \n11:30 – 1:00 pm: Distribution and Effects of Fake News \nRenee DiResta\, Data for Democracy\nKelly Garrett\, The Ohio State University\nDavid Rand\, Yale University\nJosh Tucker\, New York University \n1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:30 pm: Correcting Disinformation \nJonathan Albright\, Columbia University\nMatt Baum\, Harvard University\nAdam J. Berinsky\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nMatt Gentzkow\, Stanford University\nEmily Thorson\, Syracuse University \n3:30 pm: Adjourn \nFriday\, April 20 \n8:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast \n9:00 – 10:30 am: Homophily in the Social Media Sphere \nDamon Centola\, University of Pennsylvania\nShanto Iyengar\, Stanford University\nJaime Settle\, College of William and Mary \n10:30 – 10:45 a.m: Coffee Break \n10:45 – 12:15 pm: Globalization of the Marketplace of Ideas \nNina Jankowicz\, The Wilson Center\nLinda Kinstler\, Freelance Journalist\nJennifer Pan\, Stanford University \n12:15 – 1:30 pm: Concluding Discussion Over Lunch
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/social-media-and-democracy-assessing-the-state-of-the-field-and-identifying-unexplored-questions/
LOCATION:Frances C. Arillaga Alumni Center\, Stanford University
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T200000
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SUMMARY:National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum 2018
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America’s Sarah Burd-Sharps will speak at the National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum about Measure of America’s collaboration with the San Diego Workforce Partnership to address youth disconnection in San Diego.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/national-association-of-workforce-boards-annual-forum-2018/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180319T190000
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SUMMARY:National Reengagement Plus! Convening
DESCRIPTION:Co-director Kristen Lewis will speak about Measure of America’s latest disconnected youth research at the Philadelphia Youth Network’s sixth National Reengagement Plus! Convening. The convening is sponsored by the National League of Cities and will focus on strategies to reengage young people disconnected from school and work.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/national-reengagement-plus-convening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180315T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180315T150000
DTSTAMP:20210830T141544Z
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SUMMARY:Opportunity Youth San Diego Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Kristen Lewis participated in “New Data on Youth Disconnection: State of Opportunity Youth in San Diego County\,” a webinar unveiling the latest numbers on disconnected youth in San Diego calculated by Measure of America. The data is part of a collaboration between the San Diego Workforce Partnership and Measure of America to assess youth disconnection\, set goals and track progress in the county. \nYou can watch the recorded webinar and see the slides. For more information on the effort to reduce youth disconnection in San Diego\, visit OpportunitySD.org.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/opportunity-youth-san-diego-webinar/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180210
DTSTAMP:20200930T191050Z
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SUMMARY:Distribution Conference
DESCRIPTION:On February 9th\, 2018\, the Anxieties of Democracy program’s working group on distribution convened at Yale University. The conference brought our working group members together to explore how changes in the structure of the global economy affect the viability of long settled features of distribution. \nThe conference was organized by the working group’s co-chairs: Frances Rosenbluth\, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science at Yale University\, and Margaret Weir\, Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Brown University. The conference was generously supported by Yale’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies\, and Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. \nConference participants will discuss extended paper outlines on the following themes: \nMacro Transformations: \nAlice Kessler-Harris (Columbia University) \nCarles Boix (Princeton University) \nSabeel Rahman (Brooklyn Law School) \nJacob Hacker (Yale University) \nThe New Precariat: \nBen Ansell (Oxford University) and Jane Gingrich (Oxford University) \nKathleen Thelen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)\, Andreas Wiedemann (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)\, and Bruno Palier (Paris School of International Affairs) \nElizabeth Ananat (Duke University)\, Anna Gassman-Pines (Duke University)\, and Yulya Truskinovsky (Harvard University) \nFrances Rosenbluth (Yale University)\, Ian Shapiro (Yale University)\, and Christian Salas (Yale University) \nJonathan Rodden (Yale University) \nExperiencing Inequality: \nKris-Stella Trump (Social Science Research Council) \nAndra Gillespie (Emory University) \nThe New Politics of Old Divisions: \nAndrea Campbell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Kimberly Morgan (George Washington University) \nMargaret Weir (Brown University) and Desmond King (Oxford University) \nDouglas S. Massey (Princeton University) and Jacob S. Rugh (Brigham Young University)
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/distribution-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180203T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180205T170000
DTSTAMP:20211013T165945Z
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SUMMARY:The SSRC Supports the National Vietnam Encyclopedia Project to Gain Experience from US Encyclopedia Projects
DESCRIPTION:The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia\, one of four Atlantic Fellows programs that have partnered with the SSRC for strategic learning and assessment and developmental support\, recently graduated 18 fellows from 9 ASEAN countries and China at the fellowship’s second Annual Forum in Hua Hin\, Thailand. Throughout the six module induction year program\, the fellows have developed their leadership capabilities and tackled issues related to health equity and its social determinants both within and beyond national borders. After graduation\, they returned to their home countries to begin working on collaborative projects geared toward addressing health inequities at home and across the region\, particularly among vulnerable and marginalized populations. \n \nMary McDonnell guided graduating fellows through instructions for the SSRC’s end-of-program reflection.\nAs a part of ongoing evaluations and continual feedback provided to the Program\, Vietnam Program Staff (Mary McDonnell and Van Tran) participated in the Annual Forum to engage fellows in final program reflections and to take part in the graduation ceremony. Mary McDonnell led fellows through a word cloud exercise aimed at capturing change in words that reflect how fellows thought of leadership and their core values before and after participating in the fellowship induction year. Through the in-depth written reflection exercise\, fellows provided key insights into successful components of the program experience\, identified areas for improvement\, and illustrated the changes they have seen in their thinking about leadership for health equity and the actions they have taken to advance equity as a result of participating in the Program.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/17657/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180111
DTSTAMP:20201005T145053Z
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SUMMARY:Announcing the 2017-2018 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Grant Recipients
DESCRIPTION:The Anxieties of Democracy program is excited to announce the recipients of the 2018 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants initiative.  The 2017 Selection Committee elected to make awards to the following scholars: \nRuth Bloch Rubin\nAssistant Professor\, Political Science\, University of Chicago\nHow Factional Discord Shapes Patterns of Party Leadership and Policymaking in Congress \nLogan Dancey\nAssistant Professor\, Government\, Wesleyan University\nCaught in the Middle: Congressional Moderates in a Polarized Era \nJonathan Lewallen\nAssistant Professor\, Government\, University of Tampa\nTurnover\, Agreement\, and Dissent in Congressional Committees \nMamie Locke\nProfessor\, Political Science\, Hampton University\nStrategies of The Congressional Black Caucus in Negotiating Agreements in Congress:2000 –Present \nLynda Powell\nProfessor\, Political Science\, University of Rochester\nNegotiating Bipartisan Agreements: A Comparative Study of Congress and the Fifty US State Legislatures \nJason Roberts\nProfessor\, Political Science\, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\nParty Effectiveness in Congress \nTracy Sulkin\nProfessor\, Political Science\, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign\nOn Good Behavior: Self-Policing of Norms in the U.S. House of Representatives \nDanielle Thomsen\nAssistant Professor\, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs\, Syracuse University\nDo Primary Voters Want Partisan Polarization? \nSophia Wallace\nAssociate Professor\, Political Science\, University of Washington\nImmigration Reform Breakdown: Examining the Causes of Failure in Congress and Possibilities for Agreement \nMichelle Whyman\nPostdoctoral Research Associate\, The Political Institutions and Public Choice Program\, Duke University\nThe Provision Timeline Database: Connecting Compromise in Congress with Legislative Durability
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/announcing-the-2017-2018-negotiating-agreement-in-congress-grant-recipients/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171216T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171216T203000
DTSTAMP:20201005T145529Z
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SUMMARY:“Political Equality\,” a public talk by Danielle Allen
DESCRIPTION:Renowned scholar\, author and political theorist Danielle Allen concluded her activities as the 2017 Democracy Fellow of the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program last week with a public lecture in New York City. Professor Allen presented a powerful\, provocative lecture on political equality to a capacity audience at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Nov. 16\, followed by a response from NYU Law professor Jeremy Waldron. \nFollowing the formal program Professor Allen signed copies of her recent books Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A and Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality. Professor Waldron also signed copies of his book One Another’s Equals: The Basis of Human Equality. \nAs the 2017 Democracy Fellow\, Professor Allen also conducted three graduate seminars for New York-area students and junior faculty from University Fund institutions. Professor Allen is among the most respected political theorists today\, and serves as the James Bryant Conant Professor at Harvard\, as well as director of the university’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Much of her work and writings have been focused on issues surrounding democracy\, race\, and inequality in all its forms – educational\, economic\, political\, and judicial.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/political-equality-a-public-talk-by-danielle-allen/
LOCATION:Roosevelt House at Hunter College
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T120000
DTSTAMP:20210913T134351Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Ms. Zhang Dan\, VP and Director General of UNA-China
DESCRIPTION:UVC Director\, Tatiana Carayannis\, meets with Ms. Zhang Dan\, Vice-President and Director-General of the United Nations Association China to discuss China’s role and interest in UN peace building. \nDr. Carayannis gifted Ms. Zhang Dan a book on the history of the UNA.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/meeting-with-ms-zhang-dan-vp-and-director-general-of-una-china/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171215T163000
DTSTAMP:20200930T165941Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change Working Group Meeting 2017
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: a workshop on diplomatic methods to encourage mitigation activity\, a conference at Stanford on the comparative politics of climate change\, and a conference at Princeton on the ethical responsibilities of professionals who witness climate change. The group is also workshopping a summer institute on climate change for young political scientists. \nThe working group on climate change comprises the following members: \nRobert O. Keohane\, Co-Chair\nProfessor of International Affairs\, Princeton University \nNancy Rosenblum\, Co-Chair\nSenator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government\, Harvard University \nScott Barrett\nLenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics\, Columbia University \nBruce Cain\nCharles Louis Ducommun Professor in Humanities and Sciences\, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment\, SIEPR\, and the Precourt Institute for Energy\, Stanford University \nJessica Green\nAssistant Professor of Environmental Studies\, New York University \nDavid M. Konisky\nAssociate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs\, Indiana University \nMelissa Lane\nClass of 1943 Professor of Politics & Director\, University Center for Human Values\nPrinceton University \nDouglas McAdam\nRay Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology\, Emeritus\, Stanford University \nMichael Oppenheimer\, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs; Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs; Director\, Program in Science\, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP)\, Princeton University \nNaomi Oreskes\nProfessor of the History of Science\, Harvard University \nMichael L. Ross\nProfessor of Political Science\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nElke Weber\nGerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Psychology\, Princeton University
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/climate-change-working-group-meeting-2017/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171209
DTSTAMP:20210816T183032Z
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SUMMARY:SSRC-IFS Conference: "Democracy and Future Generations"
DESCRIPTION:https://www.iffs.se/en/research/research-projects/anxieties-of-democracy/\n\n  \nThis workshop\, held in Stockholm\, Sweden\, was the second convening organized as part of a collaboration between the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and our namesake Swedish partner program\, The Anxieties of Democracy Program. \nThe workshop provided an opportunity for American and European scholars to present research that addressed the ability of democratic polities and institutions to ensure protections and resources for future generations. The workshop was generously supported by the Swedish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Institute for Future Studies.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/ssrc-ifs-conference-democracy-and-future-generations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T134500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T160000
DTSTAMP:20210830T140327Z
CREATED:20210830T140243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T140327Z
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SUMMARY:A Portrait of Los Angeles County Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the launch of the Portrait of Los Angeles County! Please join us for an optional pre-launch lunch starting at 12:45 followed by a presentation of key findings from the Portrait of Los Angeles County. Hear perspectives from different sectors about how we can use these findings to improve well-being throughout LA County. The Portrait of Los Angeles County examines well-being using the human development framework and index. In addition to exploring life expectancy and health data\, the Portrait looks at data focused on access to knowledge (school enrollment rates and educational degree attainment rates) as well as measures related to standards of living and median earnings for full and part-time workers. The report will present Human Development Index scores for LA County places and demographic groups and explore a range of critical issues\, including education\, living standards\, environmental justice\, homelessness\, inequality\, and access to opportunity.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/a-portrait-of-los-angeles-county-launch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171129T140000
DTSTAMP:20210830T140626Z
CREATED:20210830T140626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T140626Z
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SUMMARY:DATA2GO.NYC Demo at the US Census Bureau
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America will join other organizations using data to expand opportunity at the US Census Bureau’s Opportunity Project. MOA’s Laura Laderman will demo DATA2GO.NYC and discuss how the tool can help with outreach for Census 2020. Click here to watch live at noon!
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/data2go-nyc-demo-at-the-us-census-bureau/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171125T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171203T170000
DTSTAMP:20211013T165716Z
CREATED:20211013T165716Z
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SUMMARY:The SSRC Supports the National Vietnam Encyclopedia Project to Gain Experience from US Encyclopedia Projects
DESCRIPTION:The SSRC’s Vietnam Program organized a study tour in the US for a delegation from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)\, with the National Vietnam Encyclopedia Project. The project\, which began in 2014\, sets out to publish a 36-volume national encyclopedia\, ranging in topic from society and culture to science and technology. The project expects to mobilize more than 600 scientists and scholars in Vietnam and around the world. To inspire the encyclopedia compilation efforts\, the SSRC organized visits with disciplinary\, state and regional encyclopedia projects in New York\, Philadelphia and Washington\, DC to learn about the conceptualization\, processes and styles of organizing and compiling encyclopedias across different organizations. \nVisiting delegation members of the Vietnam Encyclopedia Project include Dr. Lai Van Hung\, Dr. Vu Ngoc Ha\, Dr. Dang Thi Phuong\, Dr. Pham Anh and Dr. Pham Thi Thu Phuong. \n(From left to right) Dr. Dang Thi Phuong\, Dr. Pham Thi Thu Phuong\, Dr. Vu Ngoc Ha\, Van Tran (SSRC) Dr. Pham Anh Tu and Dr. Lai Van Hung visit the Brooklyn Heights Promenade near the SSRC headquarters in Brooklyn\, NY.\nIn addition to meeting with members of the SSRC\, several experts shared their experience and successes that helped to widen the delegation’s perspectives on how to conceptualize and structure the encyclopedia and engage a broader audience and contributors: \nVan Tran\, Associate Director of the SSRC’s Vietnam Program\, shared the SSRC’s experience in compiling the International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences.\nWilliam Ferris\, co-editor of the Pulitzer Prize nominee Encyclopedia of Southern Culture\, talked about place-based encyclopedia\, and how to conceptualize a region and organize the sections based on cultural aspects.\nEdward Zalta\, principal editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy\, provided insights in meeting updating challenges and collaborating internationally with their web-based\, dynamic reference model.\nCharlene Mires\, editor in chief of Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia\, Howard Gilette\, co-editor of the online Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia\, Tamara Gaskell\, the public historian in residence at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for Humanities\, and other project advisorshighlighted the importance of using a digital platform\, civic engagement and shared authority.\nJames Grossman\, project director and co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago\, discussed the encyclopedia’s conceptualization and organization as both an in-print and online encyclopedia.\nNadina Gardner and Joel Wurl at the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access discussed their funding support for encyclopedia projects in the US and abroad. \nDr. Lai Van Hung\, secretary general of the Vietnam Encyclopedia Project\, and Jim Grossman\, project editor and co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago discuss the process of organizing print and online encyclopedias.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-ssrc-supports-the-national-vietnam-encyclopedia-project-to-gain-experience-from-us-encyclopedia-projects/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T203000
DTSTAMP:20210915T163010Z
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SUMMARY:“Political Equality\,” a public talk by Danielle Allen
DESCRIPTION:Renowned scholar\, author and political theorist Danielle Allen concluded her activities as the 2017 Democracy Fellow of the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program last week with a public lecture in New York City. Professor Allen presented a powerful\, provocative lecture on political equality to a capacity audience at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Nov. 16\, followed by a response from NYU Law professor Jeremy Waldron. \nFollowing the formal program Professor Allen signed copies of her recent books Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A and Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality. Professor Waldron also signed copies of his book One Another’s Equals: The Basis of Human Equality. \nAs the 2017 Democracy Fellow\, Professor Allen also conducted three graduate seminars for New York-area students and junior faculty from University Fund institutions. Professor Allen is among the most respected political theorists today\, and serves as the James Bryant Conant Professor at Harvard\, as well as director of the university’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Much of her work and writings have been focused on issues surrounding democracy\, race and inequality in all its forms – educational\, economic\, political\, and judicial.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/political-equality-a-public-talk-by-danielle-allen-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171110T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171110T193000
DTSTAMP:20211007T161556Z
CREATED:20200924T145641Z
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SUMMARY:Abe Global NYC | Japan and the Leadership of the World Trading System
DESCRIPTION:Broad structural changes over the last quarter century are reverberating through the global economy and the institutions that regulate it. Recent US policy has shifted away from a leadership position in both long-standing institutions such as the WTO and newer trade agreements such as TPP-11 and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). These shifts are creating room for stronger regional ties and raise the question of which nation(s) will lead trade initiatives in Asia. Additionally\, a shift toward populism across the world threatens to lead countries towards greater economic protectionism. Our speakers addressed questions related to these issues as they relate to Japan\, the US-Japan relationship\, and East Asia. \n  \nA new initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program\, the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) is designed to bring Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global will host several events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations throughout the United States. The Abe Fellowship Program is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-nyc-japan-and-the-leadership-of-the-world-trading-system/
LOCATION:Columbia University Faculty House\, 64 Morningside Drive\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T170000
DTSTAMP:20211013T170057Z
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SUMMARY:The SSRC Connects a Vietnamese National History Project Delegation with American Scholars and Primary Sources
DESCRIPTION:A Vietnamese research delegation working on a national-level research project\, entitled “Studying and Compiling the History of Vietnam\,” received support from the SSRC during their visit to the US to meet with experts and obtain primary sources. The national project will produce 25 volumes of Vietnamese History\, five volumes of Vietnamese Historical Chronicles\, and a Historical Database of Vietnam to be used in education and research on the country’s history. \nMembers of the delegation included Professor Tran Duc Cuong\, Vice Chairman of the national history project\, Professor Nguyen Manh Ha\, Professor Nguyen Van Nhat and Dr. Pham Thi Hong Ha from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)\, the SSRC’s local partner in Vietnam. The members are editors and authors for two volumes covering the time period from 1954-1975. \nThe VASS History Delegation visits the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda\, California with Professor Gregory Daddis.\nThe delegation met with scholars and visited archives to gather materials related to American foreign policy and US involvement in the Vietnam War. They visited the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda\, CA\, the National Archives at College Park\, MD\, the Library of Congress in Washington\, DC and the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. They also visited the SSRC in Brooklyn\, NY\, and met with various scholars of the Vietnam War\, including Professor Pierre Asselin of San Diego State University\, Professor Lien-Hang Nguyen of Columbia University\, Professor Jeffrey Kimball of Miami University\, and members of the Cold War International History Project at the Wilson Center. \nThe VASS History Delegation and the SSRC’s Vietnam Program visit the National Archives at College Park\, Maryland.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-ssrc-connects-a-vietnamese-national-history-project-delegation-with-american-scholars-and-primary-sources/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T020000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T180000
DTSTAMP:20220103T200251Z
CREATED:20200924T150109Z
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SUMMARY:Abe Global Stanford | Confronting Climate Change: What Can the US and Japan Contribute to Creating Sustainable Societies?
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nEnergy-intensive production has been both a leading contributor to climate change as well as one of the keys to modern economic growth over the last several centuries. In the post-WWII era\, the “economic miracles” of Asian growth—starting with Japan\, and followed by South Korea\, Taiwan\, China\, and now increasingly India—have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. At the same time\, these “economic miracles” have created huge pollution problems which have adversely affected the health of millions of people while speeding up the effects of climate change. \nSome early developers from this group—including Japan—have made efforts to clean up their air and water\, created more energy efficient economies\, lowered their carbon footprints and contributed to initiatives to slow global warming. The Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster forced Japan to take even more aggressive action to reduce energy consumption and lessen its impact on the global environment. In contrast\, the United States\, as a sizeable nation-state both in its geographic area and economy\, is one of the world’s largest polluters and recently made recent headlines when it withdrew from the Paris Agreement negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). \nPutting into place effective measures to curtail climate change while creating sustainable societies requires international cooperation. The series of extreme weather events in the US this fall are only the most recent disasters to remind us of climate change’s threat to our economy\, our society\, and our individual daily lives. \nOver the last 25 years\, the Abe Fellowship Program has supported a number of fellows whose research projects address the issues related to climate change and environmental degradation. For this event\, a selection of these expert fellows addressed strategies for limiting carbon emissions while sustaining growth\, to what extent renewable energies can contribute in slowing climate change\, and other issues pertinent to climate change and sustainable societies. \n*Michael Armacost will join the panel discussion after presentations \nA reception will follow the event. \n  \nA new initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program\, the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) is designed to bring Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global will host several events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations throughout the United States. The Abe Fellowship Program is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-stanford-confronting-climate-change-what-can-the-us-and-japan-contribute-to-creating-sustainable-societies/
LOCATION:Bechtel Conference Center\, 616 Serra St.\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305-6055\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T200000
DTSTAMP:20211216T145607Z
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SUMMARY:Abe Global Houston | Confronting Climate Change: What Can the US and Japan Contribute to Creating Sustainable Societies?
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nPlease click here to view a video of the event. \nEnergy-intensive production has been both a leading contributor to climate change as well as one of the keys to modern economic growth over the last several centuries. In the post-WWII era\, the “economic miracles” of Asian growth—starting with Japan\, and followed by South Korea\, Taiwan\, China\, and now increasingly India—have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. At the same time\, these “economic miracles” have created huge pollution problems which have adversely affected the health of millions of people while speeding up the effects of climate change. \nSome early developers from this group—including Japan—have made efforts to clean up their air and water\, created more energy efficient economies\, lowered their carbon footprints and contributed to initiatives to slow global warming. The Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster forced Japan to take even more aggressive action to reduce energy consumption and lessen its impact on the global environment. In contrast\, the United States\, as a sizeable nation-state both in its geographic area and economy\, is one of the world’s largest polluters and recently made recent headlines when it withdrew from the Paris Agreement negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). \nPutting into place effective measures to curtail climate change while creating sustainable societies requires international cooperation. The series of extreme weather events in the US this fall are only the most recent disasters to remind us of climate change’s threat to our economy\, our society\, and our individual daily lives. \nOver the last 25 years\, the Abe Fellowship Program has supported a number of fellows whose research projects address the issues related to climate change and environmental degradation. For this event\, a selection of these expert fellows addressed strategies for limiting carbon emissions while sustaining growth\, to what extent renewable energies can contribute in slowing climate change\, and other issues pertinent to climate change and sustainable societies. \n  \nA new initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program\, the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) is designed to bring Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global will host several events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations throughout the United States. The Abe Fellowship Program is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. \nFlooding from Hurricane Harvey Image Credit: SC National Guard/Flickr (All rights reserved)
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-houston-confronting-climate-change-what-can-the-us-and-japan-contribute-to-creating-sustainable-societies/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171015T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T170000
DTSTAMP:20210916T163901Z
CREATED:20210916T163806Z
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SUMMARY:2017 College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural gathering of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences brought together representatives from the then thirty-five institutional members of the Fund for a full day to discuss opportunities and challenges for the social sciences on their campuses and more broadly\, and to explore the concerns of the SSRC’s recently launched To Secure Knowledge Task Force. Born from the SSRC’s essential obligation to support the infrastructure of social research\, the College and University Fund community discussed the current state of social science research\, the integrity and accessibility of data and national statistical systems\, and the institutional arrangements necessary for social research and policy knowledge. \nThe members of the Fund will meet every eighteen to twenty-four months to explore important topics in the social sciences.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2017-college-and-university-fund-for-the-social-sciences-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171008
DTSTAMP:20210816T182238Z
CREATED:20210816T182238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T182238Z
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SUMMARY:SSRC-DFG Workshop: "Polarization\, Institutional Design and the Future of Representative Democracy"
DESCRIPTION:http://www.democratic-anxieties.eu/berlin/\n\n  \nThis workshop\, held in Berlin\, Germany\, continued the partnership between SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and the Democratic Anxieties project supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). \nThe workshop provided an opportunity for American and German scholars of political institutions to present their research. Topics included legislative polarization\, democratic institutional safeguards\, the positives and setbacks of majoritarian institutions\, and more.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/ssrc-dfg-workshop-polarization-institutional-design-and-the-future-of-representative-democracy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171004T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171004T170000
DTSTAMP:20210830T135903Z
CREATED:20210830T135903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T135903Z
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SUMMARY:Health\, Wealth\, and Housing: Promoting Cross-Sector Collaborations for Equity Conference
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps will participate in the Health\, Wealth\, and Housing: Promoting Cross-Sector Collaborations for Equity Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Sarah will discuss the latest research and evidence-based strategies that move the needle on improving the quality of life for low-income families with other expert panelists.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/health-wealth-and-housing-promoting-cross-sector-collaborations-for-equity-conference/
LOCATION:The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco\, Los Angeles\, CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170926T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170926T170000
DTSTAMP:20210830T135526Z
CREATED:20210830T135526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T135526Z
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SUMMARY:Portrait of Los Angeles County Sneak Peek
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America’s Kristen Lewis will present a sneak peek of our upcoming Portrait of Los Angeles County report at the Southern California Grantmakers annual conference.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/portrait-of-los-angeles-county-sneak-peek/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170819
DTSTAMP:20200903T153731Z
CREATED:20200827T195847Z
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SUMMARY:Lineages of the People: Embedded and transregional histories of contemporary populism
DESCRIPTION:Alte Mensa\, Wilhelmsplatz 1\, University of Göttingen\, Germany\nhttps://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/lineages-of-the-people-embedded-and-transregional-histories-of-contemporary-populism/565338.html\n\n  \nOrganizers\nSrirupa Roy\, Paula Chakravartty\, Gianpaolo Baiocchi \nInstitutions\nUniversity of Göttingen (Centre for Modern Indian Studies & Global and Transregional Studies Platform)\nSocial Science Research Council\, New York (InterAsia Program)\nNew York University (Urban Democracy Lab) \nOverview\nThe US presidential elections of November 2016 have shaken the enduring myth of American exceptionalism. For many international observers\, the surprise and shock of Donald Trump’s electoral victory and the ascendancy of populist politics have occasioned a strong sense of political déjà-vu. The Trump victory seems to fit well into a wider global series. India\, Turkey\, Indonesia\, Thailand\, the Philippines\, China under Xi Jinping\, Russia under Putin\, Egypt under Sisi: the populist style of politics is clearly the new commonsense in much of our world. \nThis international workshop explores the causes and the democratic consequences of this contemporary populist zeitgeist (Mudde 2004). We are specifically interested in developing embedded histories of populist politics that go beyond the “shock and exception” mode of analysis to examine how contemporary populisms build on\, refract\, and contest earlier projects of people-making and other\, non-populist notions of the people. What is the relationship between racial\, ethnic\, religious\, and class-based projects of boundary-making\, and the populist politics of “frontier-making” (Laclau 2006)? What are the social\, political\, and cultural repertoires that the populist “moral monopoly claim” of being the only representative of the “true people” (Müller 2016) draws upon? How do contemporary ideas of the people-versus-elites divide resonate with earlier\, equally Manichean binaries of the war on terror\, Cold War\, or colonialism? Did the phenomena of technocratic politics\, judicialized politics and other forms of non-electoral politics pave the way for the contemporary rise of populist outsiders? How have the legacies of economic reform that unfolded across much of the global South in the 1990s shaped the populist imaginaries of political reform in these regions two decades later? What exactly is the relationship between “truth” and “post-truth” – what are the political and institutional continuities between “fake news” and the media logics and news values of commercial\, mainstream media? \nWe will address these questions from a transregional perspective that widens the usual Euro-American terrain of populism scholarship to include Asia and the Middle East. The point is not to update the Fukuyama thesis of global convergence by asserting that all political roads must lead to populism and that a universal\, one-size-fits-all theory of populism is at hand. Nor is it to reverse modernization teleology and assert that America’s present is India’s (or Turkey’s) past; that the answer to the question of “why Trump?” can be found in Modi’s or Erdogan’s rise. Instead\, the relocation of the populism debate outside Europe and America can bring us to formulate the question of populist politics in new ways\, and move us from choice-centric and electoralist discussions of the “populist vote” to a consideration of the organizational contexts\, quotidian rhythms\, and historical pathways that shape populist political agency. \nParticipants\nSinem Adar\, University of Göttingen\nWalter Armbrust\, University of Oxford\nGianpaolo Baiocchi\, New York University\nAnuj Bhuwania\, South Asian University\nPaula Chakravartty\, New York University\nRiccardo Chesta\, European University Institute\nGholam Khiabany\, Goldsmiths College Cedric de Leon\, Tufts University\nManali Desai\, University of Cambridge\nDenise Ferreira da Silva\, Univ. of British Columbia\nGhassan Hage\, University of Melbourne\nYoav Halperin\, New York University\nRan Hirschl\, University of Göttingen\nSrirupa Roy\, University of Göttingen\nAradhana Sharma\, Wesleyan College\nOlle Törnquist\, University of Oslo\nCihan Tugal\, University of California-Berkeley\nGulay Türkmen\, University of Göttingen\nGabriel Vommaro\, National University of General Sarmiento\, Argentina \nChairs/discussants\nRupa Viswanath\, Dominic Sachsenmeier\, Matthias Koenig\, Andreas Busch\, Srirupa Roy: University of Göttingen\nPaula Chakravartty\, Gianpaolo Baiocchi: NYU\nFor more information\, contact:\nbirgit.priemer@cemis.uni-goettingen.de
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/lineages-of-the-people-embedded-and-transregional-histories-of-contemporary-populism/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170816T142000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170816T151000
DTSTAMP:20201012T040230Z
CREATED:20200821T164721Z
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SUMMARY:Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated\, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law\, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration.\n\nThe latest investigation carried out by CEDD\, which brings together researchers from 9 Latin American countries\, shows that despite the lively debate taking place across the region\, the number of people incarcerated for drug offenses continues to grow. The SSRC’s Drugs\, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program is carrying out an investigation on drug courts in Latin America and the Caribbean. The research to date offers an analysis and critique of drug courts as a public policy option that is increasingly under consideration by Latin American and Caribbean countries\, and the lessons to be learned from the U.S. experience. The session will conclude with a discussion of other alternatives to incarceration\, including measures taken prior to the initiation of a criminal proceeding.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/alternatives-to-incarceration-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170719
DTSTAMP:20211013T170843Z
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SUMMARY:Policy Roundtable: "Improving the Quality of Health Care at the Grassroots Level in Viet Nam"
DESCRIPTION:Professor Hy Van Luong presents key findings and policy recommendations from the Population Health Study.\nOn July 18\, 2017\, SSRC Vietnam Program staff organized a Policy Roundtable to engage stakeholders in the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)-SSRC logitudinal “Population Health Study in Three Provinces” and highlight key findings and policy recommendations from the study. The 49 roundtable participants comprised high-level and influential Party and government members\, representatives from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and key national agencies and local NGOs\, and project team members. The policy community welcomed the study’s focus on commune-level health\, emphasizing their importance to policymakers and relevance to ongoing policy debates. \nThe Population Health Study was designed to measure the results of the Atlantic Philanthropies’ comprehensive programming aimed at improving the commune health center (CHC) system in rural areas. The project goals include an assessment of how well the CHC model and its components work for different populations\, particularly the disadvantaged\, and an examination of change over time with respect to health-seeking behaviors and care utilization and satisfaction\, perceptions of CHCs\, health knowledge and practices\, and health status. \nKey findings from the Population Health Study:\n(1) From 2013-14\, among the 12 communes surveyed\, from 19% to 63% of insured patients did not use their health insurance for care and treatment of an acute illness. Investment in CHCs has helped increase utilization of health services among insured patients.\n(2) CHCs that received more investment in facilities\, equipment\, customer service and professional training have operated more effectively than those with less investment. In the more treated communes\, average self-reported health improvement has also increased from Round 1 to Round 2\, both overall and in sub-groups\, whereas in the less treated communes\, average self-reported health improvement remained the same or decreased. \nThe study’s researchers presented on seven topics: \n\nIntroduction to the Population Health Study in three provinces of Vietnam\nThe big picture: overview of main findings\nChoices of health facility among disadvantaged groups: a case study in Thai Nguyen\, Khanh Hoa and Vinh Long\nWhat makes investments in CHCs effective? Lessons from the case studies of selected CHCs in Thai Nguyen\, Khanh Hoa and Vinh Long\nAssessing the quality of CHCs: key elements of models that work\nImproving the quality of health insurance and health services at the grassroots level\nImproving maternal care among vulnerable women\n\n     \nParticipants from the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; the Ministry of Labor\, Invalids\, and Social Affairs (MOLISA); Vietnam Women’s Union; and the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs consider the policy implications of the findings presented.\n\n\n\n“Iron supplement intake and antenatal care visits have increased in CHCs that have received Atlantic Philanthropies investments\, compared to those that did not.” \nProf. Minh\, Director\, Institute for Family and Gender Studies (right) \n“We would like to know more [about] the demand side. Are the CHCs sufficiently meeting the demands for antenatal and postnatal care?” \nHead\, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health\, MoH\n\n \nProf. Minh presents data on maternal care among vulnerable women in Vietnam.\n\n\n \nAssoc. Prof. Dr. Sang presents flexible\, diversified models for CHCs\, based on context\, demand\, population\, geography and available resources.\n \n“The model of the CHC for today must be different from the one we had before. I really appreciate the model that you’ve proposed. My recommendation is that you social researchers\, SSRC\, and we should find funding to continue this type of study.” \nDirector\, Institute of Health\, Environment and Development\, Health Strategy and Policy Institute\, MoH and Vice President\, Vietnam Association of Family Physicians \n“There is still little assessment of family doctor model or effectiveness of public-private partnership. If CHCs are [privatized]\, how can this be done with equity and equality? There should be more policy analysis research on this.” \nActing Director\, Institute of Sociology\, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics\n\n\n“We can still have more opportunities to continue with this research. Your research is of good value and it has introduced very good procedures and recommendations.” \nHead\, Dept. of Health Insurance\, MoH\n\n \nThe Head of the Dept. of Health Insurance\, upon hearing that there is perceived discrimination in service quality in using health insurance as opposed to paying directly for services\, agrees that the MoH would like more research to help solve this problem.\n\n\n\nDuring the two discussion sessions on Feasibility and Implementation Challenges\, participants voiced their appreciation for the value of the information and timeliness of policy recommendations provided\, and also identified several of the Study’s critical focus areas that address immediate policy concerns. These include health insurance (HI) utilization and perceived discrimination\, or inferior services\, when using HI as opposed to out-of-pocket pay; assessing whether CHCs have the capacity to provide antenatal and postnatal care needs; and determining whether CHCs can form effective public-private partnerships that will not undermine their function in providing public health care and preventative health services. \n“The MoH has not agreed on the policy of public-private partnership for healthcare for the CHC\, because we have had very short assessment … As a person who would advice MoH leaders in making policies\, I welcome all the opinions and recommendations today. I wish that in there future there would be cooperation between the [Vietnam] Academy of Social Sciences and the healthcare sector in research. I believe the result would be more helpful to the recommendations for policymaking.”\n-Deputy Head\, Dept. of Personnel and Organization\, MoH\n \nParticipant recommendations included sharing access to data\, presenting findings to the highest tier of policymakers\, increasing the pace of dissemination to meet the rapidly changing policy context\, and continuing policy-oriented research with even closer cooperation between social scientists and the health sector. Many participants expressed their appreciation for the findings\, the opportunity for dialogue\, the value of social research on health topics and a hope for continued engagement among researchers\, the health sector\, civil society and government. \n“I’m now 80 years old and this is the first time I heard social researchers talk about health care. I would like to thank [Atlantic Philanthropies] for the money to organize this and SSRC in helping with this\, so that we can have a seminar like this. I have only one recommendation: How we can have similar opportunities like this so that we can share our opinions. We would really like to hear your opinions and contributions. What we heard today in the report is very good.”\n-Director\, Institute of Health\, Environment and Development\, Health Strategy and Policy Institute\, Ministry of Health and Vice President\, Vietnam Association of Family Physicians\n \n“…[S]eminars like this should have been put in a different level\, organized at a higher level. For example\, I think there should have been the participation of the National Assembly and leaders in the MoH\, because these are the agents that make recommendations for policies for healthcare at the grassroots level\, they research issues related to the backbone of the healthcare sector in Vietnam … Therefore\, if possible\, I think when there are research findings like this\, if we could have disseminated these findings to those people\, I think it would have been very good.”\n–Head\, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health\, MoH\n \n“…[T]his is the first time we had the chance to sit with each other like this between social researchers and healthcare experts to share our opinions. We hope we have similar opportunities in the future\, because it is impossible to separate what is called healthcare and what is called society or sociology\, because they are related to humans and their related issues. If we separate the two\, we cannot solve the current problems.”\n-President\, Vietnam Public Health Association
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/policy-roundtable-improving-the-quality-of-health-care-at-the-grassroots-level-in-viet-nam/
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SUMMARY:SSRC and VASS Workshop on Developing Policy-oriented Presentations
DESCRIPTION:On July 14-16\, 2017\, SSRC Vietnam Program staff organized a workshop on developing policy-oriented presentations\, in which the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) – SSRC research team participated. This was the final workshop of the longitudinal “Vietnam Population Health Study in Three Provinces.” The study is meant to measure the results of the Atlantic Philanthropies’ comprehensive programming aimed at improving the commune health center (CHC) system in rural areas. The project goals include an assessment of how well the CHC model and its components work for different populations\, particularly the disadvantaged\, and an examination of change over time with respect to health-seeking behaviors and care utilization and satisfaction\, perceptions of CHCs\, health knowledge and practices\, and health status. \n    \n  \n    \nThis workshop provided an opportunity to clarify policy messages and ensure their close alignment with evidence\, make effective oral and visual presentations to policy stakeholders\, develop dissemination plans for each topic\, and finalize the agenda for the July 18 Policy Roundtable. \nGroups presented their findings and policy recommendations and revised them after getting feedback from workshop participants in a mini-workshop on refining policy presentations. The team presentations included: \nChoices of health facility among disadvantaged groups\nWhat makes investments in Commune Health Centers effective\nAssessing the quality of Commune Health Centers: Key elements of models that work\nImproving the quality of health insurance and health services at the grassroots level\nImproving maternal care among vulnerable women\nAt the end of the workshop\, the teams developed dissemination plans for their findings and recommendations. \n \nInternational advisors\, SSRC program staff and Vietnamese project team members.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/ssrc-and-vass-workshop-on-developing-policy-oriented-presentations/
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SUMMARY:County of Los Angeles 2017 Leadership Conference
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps participated in the County of Los Angeles’ 2017 Commissioners’ Leadership Conference\, Embracing a Changing Demography as a speaker. Sarah presented the upcoming Portrait of Los Angeles County report to the County’s public policy community. See Sarah’s presentation here: https://vimeo.com/219230958 \n     
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/county-of-los-angeles-2017-leadership-conference/
LOCATION:Los Angeles\, CA
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