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Social and Economic Systems Program Area

This program area addresses the social and behavioral sciences—including anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology—to understand and address complex relationships among people, communities, and their environments.

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Projects

Exploring the Power of Youth Leadership in Creating Conditions for Health and Equity: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed
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Improving Federal Science Funding Outcomes: Process Experimentation and Evaluation. A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Roundtable on Macroeconomics and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities

Roundtable/Forum

Recently Completed

Assessment of the Impact of Social Media on the Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents and Children

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

2020 Census Data Products: Workshop on the Demographic and Housing Characteristics Files

Workshop

Completed

Responding to the Current Youth Mental Health Crisis and Preventing the Next One: A Virtual Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Children’s Environmental Health: A Workshop on Future Priorities for Environmental Health Sciences

Workshop

Completed

Study and Recommendations on the HIMS, FADAP, and Other Drug and Alcohol Programs within the USDOT

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

Standing Committee

Recently Completed

Measurement and Analysis of Public Opinion: A Workshop to Discuss an Analytic Framework

Workshop

Completed

Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

An Integrated System of U.S. Household Income, Wealth, and Consumption Data and Statistics to Inform Policy and Research

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Mechanisms for Organizational Behavior Change to Address the Needs of People Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

A New Vision for High Quality Pre-K Curriculum

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Structural Racism and Rigorous Models of Social Inequity: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed
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