2022 Albert O. Hirschman Prize Ceremony

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ 5:30 p.m. Eastern, in person and livestream On December 7, 2022, the Social Science Research Council, in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study, will award the 2022 Albert O. Hirschman Prize to Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Professor Glaeser will give the Hirschman Prize Lecture, “The Connecting Machine: Cities in the Rich and Poor World,” during a ceremony in Wolfensohn Hall at IAS. To register to attend the lecture either in person or …

Policy Dialogue on Peace, Trade, and Youth: Investing in US-Africa Cooperation

On Monday, December 12th, 2022, the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC’s) African Peacebuilding Network (APN) co-organized a policy dialogue as a side event ahead of the US-African Leaders Summit, in conjunction with Search for Common Ground, the African Union Youth Ambassadors for Peace, the United States Institute of Peace, and the George Washington Elliott School’s Institute for African Studies in Washington, D.C. The event, titled “Peace, Trade, and Youth: The Future of US-Africa Cooperation,” brought together policymakers, academics, youth, and civil society from the United States and Africa to discuss the most pressing issues facing African youth and US-Africa cooperation. …

Just Tech Fellowship Public Information Session 2022

The SSRC’s Just Tech program is proud to host a public information session answering your questions about the new Just Tech Fellowship, a two-year, full-time, $100,000 per year (plus supplementary funding) remote fellowship supporting a diverse community of researchers and practitioners investigating the intersection of technology and social justice. The upcoming public information session is scheduled for Friday, December 16, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET. The session will cover details on application guidelines, eligibility requirements, and answer any questions that participants may have. Register here. The Just Tech program is funded by a broad range of philanthropic foundations committed to cultivating critical …

Centennial Lecture – “Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success”

A lecture by Leah Boustan, Princeton University Immigrants to the US today move up the economic ladder and engage in cultural assimilation at the same pace as immigrants during the Ellis Island generation. What's more, the children of immigrants experience rapid social mobility, even if their parents hailed from poor countries. So, why are prospects for immigration reform so dim? This stalemate is more surprising in light of new evidence from the Congressional Record showing that political attitudes toward immigration have never been more positive in US history, albeit more divided by political party. Textual analysis reveals that the partisan …

Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success

Immigrants to the US today move up the economic ladder and engage in cultural assimilation at the same pace as immigrants during the Ellis Island generation. What's more, the children of immigrants experience rapid social mobility, even if their parents hailed from poor countries. So, why are prospects for immigration reform so dim? This stalemate is more surprising in light of new evidence from the Congressional Record showing that political attitudes toward immigration have never been more positive in US history, albeit more divided by political party. Textual analysis reveals that the partisan divide on immigration is not driven by economic considerations. Rather, the most polarized topics are crime on one side, and positive views of refugees on the other. The lecture will conclude with new insights on immigration and crime, and on refugees, throughout US history.

Abe Global 2023 | Hedging Against Risk – Japan in an Uncertain World: Geo-Dynamics of Northeast Asia

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During the last decades of the twentieth century, there were major changes in the world economic organization as the end of the Cold War, the birth of the WTO, and the off-shoring of manufacturing to lower-wage developing countries created a highly integrated global economy dependent on complicated supply chains linking production and consumption. Similarly, sophisticated systems of data collection have distributed previously private or nationally-held data across state borders and spawned an industry around its global trafficking, resulting in security risks to individuals, businesses, and nations. A series of crises over the last several years—including the Covid pandemic, rising tensions …

CPPF Meeting on Guatemala

On 20 February 2023, CPPF convened the 13th meeting in a series of meetings on the situation rule of law, corruption, and impunity in Guatemala.

Cultural Heritage, Violent Conflict, and Atrocity Crimes Workshop

On 22 February 2023, the Cultural Heritage, Violent Conflict, and Atrocity Crimes workshop was held at the Penn Club. The workshop brought together scholars and United Nations (UN) representatives to develop a shared understanding of the key debates in the academic literature about the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in violent conflicts, situations at risk of atrocity crimes, and their aftermaths. The participants also discussed the evidence of and intersection between heritage destruction and the act of atrocity crimes; and explored how the UN system can better prepare and respond.  

Health Care as Social Insurance: The Role of Medicaid in Improving US Health

About the Lecture Expanded access to healthcare in the United States through the nation’s public health insurance program, Medicaid, has led to meaningful–and measurable–improvements in people’s health. Insurance expansions that have targeted pregnant women, children, and adults have all had important short- and longer-term effects on health, and this talk will discuss some of those outcomes and the ways that researchers are exploring and measuring Medicaid’s impact. Event Recording About Laura Wherry Laura Wherry's primary area of research focuses on the changing role of the Medicaid program and its impact on access to health care and health. Recent work examines …

CPPF Meeting on Sudan and the region

On 1-2 March CPPF convened a meeting on Sudan and the region at the request of the UN Eastern Africa Division of DPPA, the meeting aimed to reflect on national developments and regional trends and on the role of the UN.

Discrimination in Hiring: Why Do Firms Vary So Much in Whom They Hire?

US employers are segregated by race, which likely contributes to racial inequalities in earnings. While the composition of an employer’s workforce is shaped by powerful social and economic forces, it is not inevitable. This talk reviews recent evidence from around the world on how policy can influence the demographic composition of an employer’s workforce.

What are the Long-Run and Inter-Generational Impacts of Child Health Investments in East Africa?

About the Lecture It has been challenging to establish how health investments in childhood affect individuals' life trajectories, especially in low- and middle-income regions of the world, due to pervasive data limitations. This talk discusses a new project that leverages recent methodological innovations in development economics and a unique dataset tracking thousands of Kenyans over two decades (the Kenya Life Panel Survey). The evidence indicates that investments in child health radiate out over time and across generations in multiple, and perhaps surprising, ways. Event Recording About Edward Miguel Edward Miguel is the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and …

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