Contreras new assistant director at SSRI
The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) at Penn State is pleased to welcome Danilo Antonio Contreras as its new assistant director. Contreras first came to Penn State in 2023 as a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Workers’ Rights in the School of Labor and Employment Relations while on…
Impacts of protests focus of new research funding
Protests can direct attention toward an injustice, but some activist group tactics may turn people away rather than align them with the cause. A team of researchers at Penn State are launching a project to better understand how protests and other activist group approaches impact how people think…
Blog on politics and policy seeking submissions
3Streams is a looking for blog submissions focusing on the convergence of politics, policy, and ideas, according to Chris Witko, blog editor and professor of public policy and political science at Penn State. Blog editors are particularly interested in elevating the work of scholars with novel…