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Founded in 2004 with the broad goal of advancing social science research at Stanford, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) trains social scientists in advanced and innovative research methods, undertakes high-quality interdisciplinary research, and disseminates research findings that address significant global challenges.

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Events

Tony Atkinson, "Where Is Inequality Headed?"

Tony Atkinson will speak on "Where Is Inequality Headed?" Part of Stanford's Bowen H.

05/17/2013 - 12:30am - 2:00am

IRiSS In The News

IRiSS Awards First Computational Social Science Fellowships

The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) is pleased to announce the awardees of Stanford’s first competition for graduate student Fellowships in Computational Social Science. The three winners are Henning Piezunka (Management Science and Engineering), Bertrand Schneider, (School of Education and Computer Science) and Rebecca Weiss (Communication).

Snipp Assumes New Role with IRiSS

May 21, 2012. Karen Cook announced the appointment of C. Matthew Snipp as deputy director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences. Snipp, who is the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Humanities and Sciences, has worked with the Institute since its founding in 2004. He will continue to serve as director of the Institute’s Secure Data Center, providing access to microdata of the federal government through the U.S Census Bureau’s network of research data centers.

Annual Conference on Computational Social Science

Save the date. On January 11, 2013, IRiSS will host an all-day Conference on Computational Social Science. The first conference held last June attracted over 130 faculty and graduate students from 19 departments and schools throughout the university. A schedule for the 2013 conference will be posted later this month.

Presentations from the last conference are available online at the CSS-2012 conference website.

REP Welcomes New Program Director

IRiSS is pleased to welcome Carolyn Ybarra (Stanford PhD in Anthropology) as the new program director of the Research Experience Program. Ybarra succeeds Lynn Chin (Stanford PhD in Sociology), who served as the program director from its founding in 2005. Chin left Stanford to accept a position as assistant professor at Washington and Lee University.

The Research Experience Program is a collaboration with Foothill Community College. REP introduces college students to experimental research in the social sciences. For additional information, see the Research Experience Program website.