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Art Kendall

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Subject: You're Invited! April 27 Symposium on Social Interactions, Social Networks, and Implications for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:50:48 -0400
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Contact: Doug Sprunger, Communications Director Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) phone: 202.334.2300 e-mail: <a href=[log in to unmask] Public Symposium on Social Interactions, Social Networks, and Implications for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:30 p.m. National Academies’ Keck Building 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Room 100 DBASSENews" usemap="#map0" vspace="0" align="Left" border="0" hspace="0">

Public Symposium on Social Interactions, Social Networks, and Implications for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:30 p.m. National Academies’ Keck Building 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Room 100 The Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education would like to cordially invite you to attend a public symposium on Social Interactions, Social Networks, and Implications for the Behavioral and Social Sciences on Tuesday, April 27 at the National Academies’ Keck Building, Room 100. This symposium will feature well-known social scientist, Nicholas Christakis and economist, Charles Manski who will discuss their research in social networks and social interactions. Human beings exist as individuals within groups—such as nuclear families, extended families, tribes, nation-states, and voluntary associations such as workplaces, religious congregations, political parties, neighborhood organizations, and online sites. Within such groups, however, there are particular patterns of ties and particular structures of interactions. A fundamental challenge for social and behavioral science research is understanding how genetics, environment, and group processes affect individual behaviors that are important for public policy and the public good. Christakis will discuss his observational, genetic, and experimental research on the spread of such phenomena as smoking cessation and charitable giving within social networks. Manski will discuss his research on social planning under ambiguity in settings in which treatments interact and each person’s outcome depends not only on his or her treatment (e.g., vaccination), but also on the population treatment allocation. Robert Moffitt, who has studied the effects of social welfare programs on labor market, fertility, and marriage behaviors, will comment on the implications of Christakis’s and Manski’s research for fut ure work in the social and behavioral sciences. You may register online as well as download a copy of the agenda. Workshop Registration — Register Online Symposium Agenda Location:  Keck Center Room 100 500 5th St., NW Washington, DC directions

 

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