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Because How Would We Understand the World Without It?
Here are just a few examples: Public Health. The COVID dashboard maps we followed during the pandemic were created and maintained by geographers using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Geographers like Trang VoPham also work on the spatial links between environment and illness. Climate and Environment.
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Because Our Work Helps Us Envision and Build a Better Future
POP has hosted two events showcasing tangible examples of how sociologists have used their research findings to promote sound policy.
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Because Social Science Is a Form of Service that Improves Quality of ...
If you are reading these words, chances are you are a social scientist or someone who cares about social science. Either way, I am grateful to you and everyone who devotes significant parts of their lives to social science’s development and practice. Social science is a distinct and valuable form of service. Social science helps us understand ourselves, our relationships to others, and our ...
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Because We Need Good Data to Predict the Future
Understanding population trends, migration patterns, and shifts in household composition allows planners to anticipate future needs for housing, infrastructure, and land use. For example, an area with an aging population might need to expand on-demand transportation services, accessible housing, and more frequent public transit. A community facing population decline might need to focus on ...
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Because It’s the Most Reliable Way to Understand the Public’s Point of ...
When it comes to opinion research, it sometimes isn’t just a matter of meeting scientific standards, but about assuaging doubts about whether measuring should be done at all. This is especially true these days when questions have been raised about the accuracy of scientific polling in recent electio
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Because Social Science Is Necessary to Achieve Health Equity
Examples of the types of social science studies that recently have been supported by NIMHD include: Influence of social networks on post-neonatal infant mortality disparities
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Why Social Science?
Examples of unintended consequences abound. Social media connect people and cultures, but they are also weaponized to marginalize individuals based on race, culture, and personal attributes and to spread false information.
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Because It Can Improve Government Efficiency via Evidence-Based Policy
Although research is not always driving decision-making, key examples from the bipartisan evidence-based policy movement offer hope, such as the Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting program, which is backed by evidence and has received bipartisan support.
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Because It Is in the National Interest, Both in Interdisciplinary Work ...
All of my colleagues on the Science Committee can attest to the fact that I have consistently and passionately made the case for the value of social science research by laying out numerous examples of how it has benefitted our nation.
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Because the Social and Behavioral Sciences Contribute to Improving the ...
In the social and behavioral sciences, there are many examples of how prior research has led to improved public health. For example, we now have effective interventions for health risk behaviors such as smoking, poor diet, and sedentary behavior.