2.1.2: Social Science Research Institute

Achieve excellence and distinctiveness through an ambitious series of interrelated efforts that connect research - both basic and applied - and teaching.

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Three years into its development, the SSRI is poised to achieve excellence and distinctiveness through an ambitious series of interrelated efforts that connect research - both basic and applied - and teaching. Noteworthy among these are the SSRI Faculty Fellows' Program, its series of peer-reviewed conferences, and the SSRI's proposed interdisciplinary initiative in social science statistics, designed to provide graduate and undergraduate students with quantitative skills needed to work at the forefront of social and behavioral research. Understanding how to create, evaluate, and transmit new knowledge is essential if our students are to become leaders in academia, industry, science, and management, and the SSRI programs support and train scholars at all levels so that they have the skill sets to assume these roles.

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• Social Science Research Institute: Founded in 2003, the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) catalyzes pioneering research and methods across the social and behavioral sciences. The SSRI provides an integrated set of research facilities focused on the collection, assessment, analysis, and transmission of data at the frontiers of social and behavioral sciences research. The SSRI supports initiatives that foster the development of interdisciplinary teams devoted to creating and disseminating new knowledge within areas that promote excellence among Duke scholars, are relevant to policy, and hold intellectual importance.

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