DFR Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Social Sciences

Projects on eviction and persuasion receive Dean for Research innovation awards
April 28, 2023
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

Two projects – one on who finances eviction and the other on using AI to study persuasive speech — have been awarded grants through the Dean for Research Innovation Fund for…

Two projects awarded Dean for Research Innovation Funds for New Ideas in the Social Sciences
Oct. 2, 2022

Two projects have been selected to receive support through the Dean for Research Innovation Funds for New Ideas in the Social Sciences. 

Social sciences projects receive Dean for Research Innovation awards
June 8, 2020
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
New ideas in the social sciences

This fund encourages scholarship on new and enduring questions. The selected projects are ones that will result in the advancement of a discipline through the development of new directions, working groups, conferences, technologies, or expanded access to research resources, or lead to…

Innovative ideas in the social sciences awarded Dean for Research funding
April 18, 2019
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
Projects that explore the role of online video platforms in generating partisan "information bubbles" and address gender-based violence in India have been chosen to receive grants from the Dean for Research Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Social Sciences.
Dean for Research awards emphasize innovation in the social sciences
April 23, 2018
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Social Sciences

This fund encourages innovation and scholarship on enduring questions through the development of new ideas, working groups, conferences, technologies or other scholarly work. The funded projects are:

Workshop on historical systemic collapse