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The Mercury Project is pleased to add two new research teams to the consortium of researchers evaluating cost-effective, scalable interventions to boost demand for vaccines and science-based health decision-making. In Senegal, researchers will evaluate offering Senegalese mothers Covid vaccinations during well-child visits. And in rural Sierra Leone, a research team will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of mobile vaccine delivery teams. More about all of the research projects is available here.

With support from the William + Flora Hewlett Foundation and in partnership with New York University, the Digital Platforms Initiative of the Social Science Research Council hosted a two-day conference that attracted 100 leading social scientists and industry thought leaders to share policy-relevant empirical research addressing economic aspects of social media  platforms.

At the 100th anniversary of the Council’s founding, we are proud to honor its founders and to celebrate the achievements of policy-relevant and solutions-oriented social and behavioral science. Every month Frontiers features an article from the most recent issue of each founding association’s flagship journal. Across disciplines, the frontiers of social and behavioral science are rapidly advancing, and with them, our collective capacity to support global well-being. Explore the seven articles featured in the July research roundup here.

In partnership with The Conversation and Sage Publications, the SSRC’s Agenda Fund hosted an important conversation at The Rockefeller Foundation’s NYC convening center bringing together social and behavioral scientists, policymakers, and climate thought leaders to discuss “Is Behavior the Solution? Setting a Research Agenda for Climate Change Mitigation.”  Discussions focused on R&D aimed at finding programs and policies that shift behavior in the direction of reducing harmful emissions. Recordings of panelists’ remarks can be found here.

At the 100th anniversary of the Council’s founding, we are proud to honor its founders and to celebrate the achievements of policy-relevant and solutions-oriented social and behavioral science. Every month Frontiers features an article from the most recent issue of each founding association’s flagship journal. Across disciplines, the frontiers of social and behavioral science are rapidly advancing, and with them, our collective capacity to support global well-being. Explore the seven articles featured in the June research roundup here.