An ad hoc steering committee will convene a two-day, open workshop to bring together experts to help define educational changes that may be needed in order to better prepare Ph.D. students in the behavioral and social sciences for the job market and scientific challenges of the future.
The workshop will address the following themes:

• Current production and employment of Ph.D.’s in the social and behavioral sciences, including different pathways for training and where individuals holding Ph.D.'s in SBS are currently employed.
• How changes in science, academia, government, and business are creating new demands and challenges for the future SBS workforce.
• How employers perceive their future needs.
• How training and career pathways for graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences will need to be transformed in order to respond to changing data resources, research practices, and career opportunities.
• How the issues above might vary across the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
• Data needs and the potential research areas to inform reshaping graduate training and to identify best practices.

A rapporteur-authored brief workshop summary will summarize the workshop and be subject to institutional review.