Center for Social Science Research

03/23/2024

Join Next System Studies on March 29th and April 2nd for talks by Gabriel Hetland and Tracy Corley on democracy, municipal politics, and transformative science. Read more and register in advance: https://nextsystem.gmu.edu/speakers/2024-speakers

> Join us in Fairfax or online on March 29 for a talk by Dr. Gabriel Hetland: Democracy on the Ground: "Is democracy possible only when it is safe for elites? Join us for a presentation about an exciting new book "Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn"(Columbia University Press, 2023).

> Join us in Arlington or online on April 2nd for a talk by Dr. Tracy Corley: Transformative Science for Transitional Times: "Scientists have engaged everyday people in research for centuries. But, in recent decades, community-engaged and participatory practices are engaging researchers in new ways, blurring the line between scholarship and social activism. Critics claim that this approach to research weakens the validity of scientific inquiry, but is this true?"

https://nextsystem.gmu.edu/speakers/2024-speakers

01/05/2024

Mason students & staff: We're hiring a part time Communications Specialist. See

Next System Studies (NSS) at Mason is looking for a part-time Communications Specialist to boost our public engagement and streamline our...

04/12/2022

Thursday morning: "Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy" with Melissa K. Scanlan . . . next in GMU's Next System Speakers series.

Thursday, April 14, 2022 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM EDT: Join us as Melissa Scanlan, author of, "Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy: Cooperatives and...

01/11/2021

In the summer of 2020, The Justice 21 Committee of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) released two rapid-response digital volumes: Social Problems in the Age of COVID‐19 to clarify the far-reaching effects of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic on an array of national and global social problems, from mass incarceration, isolation and inequality in education, and access to mental health care, to precarious and crowded housing and homelessness, unemployment, workplace closures, and exposure risk.

As social scientists, sociologists who study social problems are guided by a clear and simple directive: reduce human suffering. COVID-19, the disease and its attendant policies has not only intensified human suffering, it has laid bare a host of institutional failures—the building blocks of a healthy society and the structures upon which life depends. Though the full effects of the pandemic are not yet known, Social Problems in the Age of COVID‐19 recognizes the vital need for rigorous research to inform social problems solutions, identify their root cause, and chart a realistic and effective policy response.

Please join the Center for Social Science Research on January 28, 2021 (12:00-1:15 EST) for a lively conversation with SSSP Justice 21 Committee members, Kristen Budd, David Lane, Glenn Muschert, Jason Smith and SSSP President Corey Dolgon as they offer sociological insight and understanding of COVID-19’s impact on social problems, both old and new, and offer recommendations for action by citizens, elected officials, policy makers, and the public.

Register for this event at https://gmu.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416080624428/WN_inYUiRJ3RSiVeybI8snwJw.