Public Sphere Guide

SSRC Programs

Public Institutions and the Public Good

Public Sector

SSRC Essay Forums

• Privatization of Risk
• Understanding Katrina: Perspectives from the Social Sciences

SSRC Program Links

• Public and Private Responses to Risk and Catastrophe Projects
  • Privatization of Risk Project
    • Privatization of Risk Book Series
    • Privatization of Risk (Essay Forum)
  • Learning from Katrina Program
    • The Katrina Research Hub
    • Understanding Katrina: Perspectives from the Social Sciences (Essay Forum)
• Intellectual Property, Markets, and Cultural Flows Program
• Transformation of Public Universities (completed project); related forthcoming SSRC Book: Calhoun, Craig, and Diana Rhoten, eds. forthcoming. Knowledge Matters: The Public Mission of Research Universities. New York: Columbia University/SSRC Books.
• Public Housing: Mixed Income Research Design Project (completed project)

Private Action and the Public Good

SSRC Program Links

• Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (completed program); related SSRC Book: Hammack, David C., and Steven Heydemann, eds. 2009. Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society: Projecting Institutional Logics Abroad. Bloomington (IN): University of Indiana Press.

Differentiation of the Public Sphere

Politics – Media – Economy

SSRC Essay Forum

• Media Reform: Making Communications Research Matter

SSRC Program Links

• Media Research Hub
• Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Program

Religion and the Public Sphere

SSRC Blog

• The Immanent Frame

SSRC Program Links

• Religion and the Public Sphere Program
• The Religious Engagements of American Undergraduates (Essay Forum)
• Rethinking Secularism Event Series (SSRC/IPK)

Academia and the Public Sphere

SSRC Essay Forum

• Academia & the Public Sphere

SSRC Program Links

• Academia in the Public Sphere Grants Program

Experts and Elites versus Laypeople

SSRC Essay Forum

• Academia and Public Policy: The Minerva Controversy

SSRC Program Links

• Politics of Expertise Program
• Initiative on Think Tanks

Effects of Technological Innovation

SSRC Program Links

• Culture, Creativity, and Information Technology Program

Political Geography

Non-Western Countries

SSRC Program Links

• Initiative to explore the role of the Arab university in the Arab public sphere: University Governance and Autonomy in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education in the Arab World
• Reconceptualizing Public Spheres in the MENA Region (completed project); related SSRC Book: Shami, Seteney, ed. 2008. Publics, Politics and Participation: Locating the Public Sphere in the Middle East and North Africa. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Responding to Hegemony: The Dynamics of Social Movements (completed project); related forthcoming SSRC Book: Kubik, Jan, ed. forthcoming. Justice, Hegemony, and Social Movements: Views from East/Central Europe and Eurasia. New York: SSRC Books.

Post-Socialist Countries

SSRC Program Links

• Responding to Hegemony: The Dynamics of Social Movements (completed project); related forthcoming SSRC Book: Kubik, Jan, ed. forthcoming. Justice, Hegemony, and Social Movements: Views from East/Central Europe and Eurasia. New York: SSRC Books.