The goals of ANCHRR are to 1. establish a central communication hub that anchors and supports our collective efforts to reduce Alaska Native youth suicide risk and promote wellness.2. Focus on the strengths of Alaska Native people, culture and communities.3. Use research as a way to understand how to increase community health and strategically strengthen… Continue reading Alaska Native Collaborative Hub for Research on Resilience (ANCHRR)
Research Theme: ISR
Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES)
Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES) is a community health intervention designed, supported, and implemented by the remote communities of northwestern Alaska.
Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA)
Since its establishment in 1976, the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) has been the leader in creating new and innovative qualitative and quantitative research methods to understand the lives of African American and African descendant communities. Our mission is to generate high-quality data, analyses, and interpretations of findings to advance academic scholarship and… Continue reading Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA)
Mexican Exposures (MEXPOS)
Mexican Exposures (MEXPOS) brings together medical anthropologists, environmental health scientists and environmental engineers to arrive at a better understanding of the larger histories, life circumstances, and environments that shape health, disease, and inequality in Mexico City. Through several collaborative projects, our aim is to ask and answer complex questions that cannot be answered through only… Continue reading Mexican Exposures (MEXPOS)
BioSocial Methods
The BioSocial Methods Collaborative bridges biology and behavior by developing new methodologies for integrating and visualizing data. By bringing together researchers from across the scientific spectrum, our work facilitates the translation and exchange of insightful discoveries. Our focus is methods development; types of research projects include: Tightly integrated co-created, trans-disciplinary research Methods consultations in spaces… Continue reading BioSocial Methods
Aggression Reseach Group
The Aggression Research Program, directed by L. Rowell Huesmann and Eric F. Dubow studies the etiology and prevention of aggressive and antisocial behavior. The group’s focus is on understanding the development of aggressive and antisocial behavior from a cognitive, information-processing perspective. The program emphasizes the integration of laboratory experiments, longitudinal survey studies, and randomized clinical field trials to advance… Continue reading Aggression Reseach Group
World Values Survey (WVS)
The World Values Survey (WVS) is an international research program devoted to the scientific and academic study of social, political, economic, religious and cultural values of people in the world. In order to monitor changes in values and understand their implications, the WVS has carried out successive waves of surveys since 1981 in over 120 countries, containing… Continue reading World Values Survey (WVS)
The Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab | Laboratorio Puertorriqueño de Opinión Pública
Amplifying the Voice and Representation of Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab (PR-POL) is a project that aims to amplify the voice and political representation of people living in Puerto Rico. Specifically, we are designing and administering the first panel survey of a large, representative sample of Puerto Ricans living on the island.… Continue reading The Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab | Laboratorio Puertorriqueño de Opinión Pública
The Continent of International Law (COIL)
The Continent of International Law (COIL) research program lies at the intersection of international relations and international law. Principal Investigator Koremenos argues that the design provisions of international law matter, and, when chosen correctly, help states confront harsh international political realities and thereby increase the incidence and robustness of international cooperation. Because the set of cooperation problems… Continue reading The Continent of International Law (COIL)
Mobilizing Social Assets for Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Rural Tanzania
Building on research and data from the “Transformations in Poverty and Property Rights in Rural Tanzania” project (2009-present), the key objectives of this study are to: Strengthen understanding of the types of social assets that can advance productive uses of renewable energy in rural Tanzania; Enhance capacity in regional universities for assessment of village-based social assets that… Continue reading Mobilizing Social Assets for Productive Use of Renewable Energy in Rural Tanzania