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July 2018

Social Science One: Public Launch

Today, we are launching Social Science One with the rollout of this website and the issuing of our first RFP; academics can now apply for data access and funding to study the role of social media in elections and democracy.

Our news release:

Independent Research Commission Partnering with Facebook and 7 Nonprofit Foundations to Study Role of Social Media in Elections and Democracy Reveals New Name and Announces First Data Set is Available for Academic Research

Social Science One will foster academic-industry partnerships around...

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Introducing “Social Science One: Building Industry-Academic Partnerships”

On April 9, 2018, we released a paper, A New Model for Industry-Academic Partnerships. By providing incentive-compatible ways to share data and expertise, the paper offers an organizational model to advance the goals of social science in understanding and ameliorating society’s greatest challenges, and to help those in industry and academia to pursue their individual goals. We also reported on an implementation of our idea -- in the area of “the effects of social media on...

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