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The Social Science Research Council’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel Goroff, a leading figure in social science, philanthropy, and science policy, as its 16th president.
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The Individual Research Fellowship (IRF) serves to enhance the quality and visibility of independent African peacebuilding research both regionally and globally.
Fellows will receive awards of up to $12,000: ssrc.secure-platform.com/a
#AfricanScholarship #Research #Fellowships
Our October edition of Items & Issues newsletter is out. This month, we highlight research on conflict and peacebuilding, including intersections with cultural heritage, traditional authority, youth networks, and media.
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Conflict and peacebuilding has been the central focus of our @SSRC_APDD program, which welcomes applications for its current round of fellowships and research grants from African researchers, analysts, and practitioners. Learn more:
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In an essay for @ImmanentFrame, John Lardas Modern analyzes AI-driven systems through theories of neural networks and information processing, as well as the human mechanics that make and sustain the AI industry.
Read more: tif.ssrc.org/2026/10/07/a-wo…
In a new Just Tech article, Mika Noh examines how AI models are trained on cultural production, and argues that a new AI law that now covers artists under employment insurance in South Korea is a model for letting creators decide how their work is used.
just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/…
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NEW on KUJENGA AMANI | “Beyond Physical Return: Transformative Peacebuilding for Durable Solutions to Internal Displacement in Ethiopia” by Getahun Fenta Kebede.
Read More: kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/.../b…
#Africa #Peacebuilding #Ethiopia #Displacement #Migration #InternalDisplacement
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AI and local democracy | Policy Innovation Day at @UCIrvine brings together researchers and practitioners to share civic chatbot expertise, lessons learned
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Applications are now open for the @SSRC_APDD 2027 fellowships. Apply now to advance your research, strengthen your networks, and shape Africa’s peacebuilding future. Please share widely! Learn more:
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ALT Applications are now open for the African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics (APDD) program’s fellowship awards. Research Policy Fellowship Deadline: November 6, 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships & Individual Research Fellowship Deadline: January 15, 2027
In a new book, Against Tech Oligarchy, JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine describe the nascent push for collective organizing in the tech sector.
Just Tech has published an excerpted chapter on conflict in union building. Read here: just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/…
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The 2027 African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics (#APDD) Call for Applications is officially open!
Learn More About Applying: bit.ly/3UoFMVW
Learn More About Fellowships: bit.ly/47kVioF
#Africa #Peacebuilding #AfricanScholarship #Research #Fellowships
Congratulations to SSRC President and CEO Daniel L. Goroff, who will be inducted into the @americanacad this weekend as part of its 2026 class of new members.
The Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology is now accepting applications for the 2027 competition! Open to undergraduate and graduate students worldwide. Learn more and apply: racheltanurmemorialprize.ssr…
ALT Applications open now for the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology
An essay in @AmAnthroJournal summarizes the work of Costs of War, a project creating public knowledge toward the goal of challenging US militarism and confronting pillars of belief about war that are shaped by the powerful military-industrial complex.
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![This article lays out the work of Costs of War, a project of scholars creating public-facing knowledge toward the goal of challenging US militarism. Emerging from literature that critiques US imperial violence and deconstructs the commonplace understandings that support it, our efforts identify and confront pillars of belief about war that are shaped by the powerful military-industrial complex and rooted in an underlying devaluation of the lives of Muslims, people of color, women, and oppressed groups who bear the brunt of militarization both at home and abroad. We use our research and associated website (costsofwar.org) to reach out to journalists, editors, Congress, policymakers, civic groups, social movements, and the US public. [continued at link]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HT94pYqWUAEV-Eo.png?name=orig)
ALT This article lays out the work of Costs of War, a project of scholars creating public-facing knowledge toward the goal of challenging US militarism. Emerging from literature that critiques US imperial violence and deconstructs the commonplace understandings that support it, our efforts identify and confront pillars of belief about war that are shaped by the powerful military-industrial complex and rooted in an underlying devaluation of the lives of Muslims, people of color, women, and oppressed groups who bear the brunt of militarization both at home and abroad. We use our research and associated website (costsofwar.org) to reach out to journalists, editors, Congress, policymakers, civic groups, social movements, and the US public. [continued at link]
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The AUSS-SA 2026 National Seminar provided a substantive platform for examining the relationship between #peace, #security, and #democracy in contemporary #SouthAfrica, concluding with a clear commitment to carry the intellectual work forward.
A new essay by Sarah Sharma in @theimmanentframe analyzes the gendered logics of big tech and artificial intelligence alongside a theologically coded “anxiety about being able to reproduce and instrumentalize the world.”
Read more: tif.ssrc.org/2026/09/23/ctrl…
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We are excited to officially introduce the 2026 APDD Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellows! 📚
Learn More: lnkd.in/g4YyarJS
#APDD #Africa #Peacebuilding #AfricanScholarship #Research #Fellowships
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed writes about Bangladeshi workers who annotate the data of online posts stoking religious friction, rating "toxicity" in order to make information legible to AI, in a new essay in @ImmanentFrame. Read more: tif.ssrc.org/2026/09/09/the-…
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We are excited to officially introduce the 2026 APDD Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellows!
Learn more: lnkd.in/g-69ib6k
#APDD #Africa #Peacebuilding #AfricanScholarship #Research #Fellowships
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NEW on KUJENGA AMANI | "Aligning Research Methodology with Budgeting for Fieldwork in African Peacebuilding Research Landscape – Article (3)” by Dr. Zainab Nuhu.
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#APDD #Africa #ResearchMethods #Fieldwork #AfricanScholarship #Peacebuilding
The SSRC is proud to announce the ten scholars selected to receive 2026 Innovation in Religion and Spirituality seed grants, which aim to foster research on the wider implications of new forms of religious and spiritual life.
Read more: ssrc.org/uncategorized/2026/…
