Social Science Research Council
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The Social Science Research Council "leads innovation, builds interdisciplinary and international networks, and focuses research on important public issues. Independent and not-for-profit, the SSRC is guided by the belief that justice, prosperity, and democracy all require better understanding of complex social, cultural, economic, and political processes." [1]
"The Social Science Research Council is an independent, not-for-profit research organization founded in 1923. Based in New York City, it mobilizes researchers, policy makers, professionals, activists, and other experts from the private and public sectors to develop innovative approaches to issues of critical social importance." [2]
Contents
Directors
Accessed December 2007: [3]
- Lisa Anderson - Chair of the Board; Executive Committee Member
- John Seely Brown - Executive Committee Member
- Lincoln C. Chen
- Michael C. Dawson
- Barry Eichengreen - Executive Committee Member
- Arminio Fraga
- Evelynn Hammonds
- William H. Janeway - Executive Committee Member
- Michael D. Kennedy - Treasurer; Executive Committee Member
- Gilles Kepel
- Ellen Levy
- Claudio Lomnitz - Secretary
- Richard R. Nelson
- Walter W. Powell - Executive Committee Chair
- Claude Steele
- Alexander Stille
- Michael J. Watts
Contact
- Web: http://www.ssrc.org
