Social Science Research Council

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New York, New York 10019
United States

Telephone:: 212 377-2700
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Topic(s) of work:: Intellectual property, Public Sphere, Internet, Civil Society
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

Books

Joe Karaganis (ed.). Structures of Participation in Digital Culture. SSRC Books, 2007
Rohan Samarajiva, Ayesha Zainudeen. ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks. Sage & IDRC, 2007
Robert Latham. Bombs and Bandwidth: The Emerging Relationship Between Information Technology and Security . New Press, 2005

Journal Articles

Philip M. Napoli, Joe Karaganis. Toward a Federal Data Agenda for Communications Policymaking. CommLaw Conspectus. 2007.

Reports

Guinevere Jobson. On the Public's Right to Proprietary Data. 2007.
Volker Grassmuck, Gabriella Coleman, Joe Karaganis (ed.), 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.