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The Center for International Social Science Research is an eclectic intellectual community devoted to nourishing empirical international research across the social sciences. We seek to spark and sustain critical discussions that traverse disciplinary, methodological, and geographic boundaries. CISSR supports work that informs and transforms debates on global issues within the academy and beyond.
News & Research Updates
UChicago scholar inspires students to engage with our environment by Max Witynski
Sabina Shaikh, Senior Lecturer & PGE (Program on Global Environment) Director
How Authoritarians Turn Rural Areas Into Their Strongholds
Michael Albertus, Associate Prof. of Political Science
Global burden of maternal bereavement: indicators of the cumulative prevalence of child loss
Jenny Trinitapoli, CISSR Director
Rochelle Terman, Assistant Prof. of Political Science
Racism, misogyny, and anti-sex work stigma intersect in Atlanta Shootings in Vox
Kimberly Kay Hoang, Associate Prof. of Sociology
The time to return land to Native Americans is long overdue in The Hill
Michael Albertus, Associate Prof. of Political Science
Brokers and Bribes in India in Contexts
Sneha Annavarapu, Teaching Fellow in Social Sciences
A Scientific Research Agenda for Water Sustainability in the Mekong in SSRN
