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On October 3 – 4, 2024, the Mercury Project, together with the University of Nairobi’s Institute for Development Studies, welcomed leaders from the public, private, and philanthropic communities to the Mercury Project Solutions Summit. Abdul El-Sayed, doctor, epidemiologist, and director of the Wayne County, Michigan, Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services, reflects on what he learned about how researchers and policymakers can work together to develop and implement evidence to improve well-being.

Frontiers in Social and Behavioral Science features new research in the flagship journals of the Social Science Research Council’s founding disciplinary associations. Every month we publish a new selection of articles from the most recent issues of these journals, marking the rapid advance of the frontiers of social and behavioral science.

With support from Arnold Ventures, the Council is announcing a new initiative designed to incubate research and evaluation collaborations between U.S.-based College and University Fund member institutions and their state and local government partners. The program will offer funding and support for universities to work with state and local governments to co-host convenings connecting campus-based researchers with agencies seeking research and evaluation support.