ISR Insights Speaker Series: Research Universities and the Public Good in the Time of COVID-19
Join us for the next ISR Insights Speaker Series event, Wednesday, December 2 at 2pm EST.
America’s most research intensive universities represent about 3% of higher education institutions, but they conduct 90% of the nation’s academic research. Drawing on his recent book, Research Universities and the Public Good: Discovery for an Uncertain Future and the work of ISR’s Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS), which he directs, Jason Owen-Smith will explain how these unique and essential organizations serve as an important form of “social insurance” in the face of an uncertain future, such as during the pandemic.
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ISR consists of five separate but interdependent research centers, each with a particular focus and capabilities.
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We conduct research in a wide variety of areas. View some of our recent project highlights or explore them all by topic area.
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Faculty Profiles
ISR’s faculty experts conduct groundbreaking and wide-ranging social science research — representing more than 20 academic disciplines. Included below are two examples of the type of work being done by members of our team.
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Jacob C. Fisher
Research Investigator, Innovation, Networks & Knowledge
Dr. Fisher's research focuses on developing and testing better network diffusion models, to understand how ideas, innovations, and information … more -
Dan Slater
Faculty Associate, CPS Director Academic Program, LSA II: Weiser Emerging Democr Professor, LSA Political Science
Dr. Slater specializes in the politics and history of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus on Southeast … more
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