Social Science and the Public Good" Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes the President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Craig Calhoun, NYU's University Professor of the Social Sciences, for a discussion of the challenges confronting social science research. Topics covered include studying social movements; the changing nature of the research university; adaptation and change in the social sciences; and revitalization to of the public good. Professor Calhoun also analyzes the role of ideas in contributing to the current economic crisis and discusses the Obama movement in comparative perspective. globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/

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