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Social Science Research Council
United States
Contact information
Telephone: 212 377-2700Website: Institutional Web Page
- Topic(s) of work
- Intellectual property, Internet, Civil Society, Public Sphere
Institutional Type
- Academic
Description
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. We work with practitioners, policymakers, and academic researchers in all the social sciences, related professions, and the humanities and natural sciences. With partners around the world, we mobilize existing knowledge for new problems, link research to practice and policy, strengthen individual and institutional capacities for learning, and enhance public access to information. We bring necessary knowledge to public action.
Publications and Resources
Reports
- Volker Grassmuck, Gabriella Coleman, Joe Karaganis, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Kenneth Cukier, Bildad Kagai, Eugene Kim, Robert Latham, Jennifer M. Urban, Shay David, Nicolas Kimolo. The Politics of Open Source Adoption . 2005.
- Guinevere Jobson. On the Public's Right to Proprietary Data.
Projects
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Reconceptualizing Public Spheres in the Middle East and North Africa
Principal Investigators: Seteney Shami
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Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere
Principal Investigators: Minna Aslama, Joe Karaganis
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The Digital Cultural Institutions Project
Principal Investigators: Joe Karaganis
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Information Technology and International Cooperation
Principal Investigators: Robert Latham
Members
Researcher
- Minna Aslama, Program Officer
- Craig Calhoun, President
- Joe Karaganis, Program Director -- Media, Technology and Culture
- Diana Rhoten, Program Director, Knowledge Institutions
- Seteney Shami, Program Director
Staff/Administration
- Jaewon Chung, Program Assistant
- Ravi Rajakumar