NASEM Social and Behavioral Sciences

New Publication! In June,?the Committee on Law and Justice?held a workshop exploring law enforcement's use of person-based and place-based predictive policing strategies. The workshop explored effectiveness, legal, ethical, and social considerations, and concluded with discussions on future approaches to predictive policing. ? This new proceedings of a workshop—in brief summarizes the workshop’s key themes, touching on key challenges for successful predictive policing, including effective community engagement, ensuring data quality and transparency, aligning predictions with suitable interventions, and evaluating program effectiveness.? Read the Proceedings—in Brief: https://ow.ly/cv6w50Ue4mx #Policing #Law #Justice

The National Academies are seeking experts for a consensus study to assess current data available on the care economy considered broadly, including care givers, care for adults and children, long-term care, and intersections with both the health care and education sectors. The study report will provide conclusions and recommendations on the potential for improving, expanding, and integrating the care data infrastructure to more fully understand the care economy in the United States. We are looking for expertise particularly in the following areas: ? Statistics ? Survey methodology ? Economics ? Quantitative social science ? Technical or policy aspects of measuring informal and formal market work in the care sector ? Caregiving, caregivers, and care workers ? And other related areas We invite you to submit your suggestions by November 29: https://ow.ly/OOR250Ue1MZ #CareEconomy #Childcare #Eldercare #Caregivers #Economics #SocialSciences #DataScience

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) promise to improve productivity significantly, but how will AI affect jobs and workers? An upcoming report from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine evaluates recent advances in AI technology, such as generative AI that can produce text, images, or other content based on user requests, and their potential to complement or replace human labor in specific tasks and reshape demand for certain types of expertise in the labor market. Join us on November 21 at 1:30 p.m. ET for a public webinar to explore the report’s findings: https://ow.ly/yjLM50U9u8X #AI #Work

Experiencing poverty during childhood can lead to lasting harmful effects in which poverty is passed on to future generations - a cycle that disproportionately affects Native American families. Our publication summarizes a workshop that identified policies and programs that can reduce long-term, intergenerational poverty among Native Americans in the United States. Key historical and structural factors that lead to entrenched poverty were examined as well as promising interventions for addressing them. Importantly, these sessions included a conversation with community leaders on their experiences with and work on intergenerational poverty as well as key data and trends on this topic. Learn more: https://ow.ly/N1l350U9oZR #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #Poverty #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #PublicPolicy

Women’s empowerment, population dynamics, and socioeconomic development have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. However, attempts to reconcile these perspectives and apply a holistic view to the relationships among these concepts have been rare, and this lack of consensus limits the extent to which these concepts can be applied toward accomplishing global health and development goals. ? Our new report looks to advance the state of knowledge on the impact of women’s empowerment and associated population dynamics on socioeconomic development by developing a conceptual framework describing these dynamics and setting an agenda for future policy-relevant research and data collection. ? Learn more: https://ow.ly/VIRy50U7WA9 ? #WomensEmpowerment #Women #Demography #Socioeconomic #DataCollection #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are seeking suggestions for experts to serve on the Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication. The standing committee staff are seeking diverse nominees with expertise in research or practice in science communication and related fields, such as health or risk communication, boundary spanning, informal science education, science journalism or community engagement. They are also seeking experts from other social science disciplines relevant to science communication such as political science, psychology, or sociology, as well as experts in ethics, science policy and decision-making, research design and program evaluation, and AI/social media. Learn more and submit your nominations by November 29: https://ow.ly/BS5r50U6gnK #ScienceCommunication #SciComm #ScienceEducation #SocialScience

The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences held its 50th annual Fall meeting on November 8th. The meeting featured a presentation by board member Mo Wang, titled "Is Retirement a Curse or a Blessing? Work and Retirement Pathways Matter." This insightful talk synthesized key findings from his extensive research on retirement and the employment of older workers. View the Recording Now: https://ow.ly/fVuN50U6g4k #CognitiveScience #BehavioralScience #Retirement #Workforce

Childhood vaccinations have long-established benefits in preventing illness, averting deaths, and reducing healthcare and other societal costs. In September, the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN) released "Guidance on Routine Childhood Immunizations." This Rapid Expert Consultation?explored multifaceted approaches that incorporate?systems-level changes and strategic partnerships to?support effective interventions at the clinical practice, individual, and family levels. Join our webinar to learn strategies from the social and behavioral sciences to support routine childhood immunizations. Register Now: https://ow.ly/6TO150U5iii #PublicHealth #Medicine #Pediatrics

New Publication! To aid in our analysis of the Department of Defense's Autism Care Demonstration (ACD) Program, a second public workshop was held on June 20, 2024, focusing on applied behavioral analysis (ABA), neurodiversity-affirming approaches, and trauma-informed care. The workshop included insights on the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs’ Autism Research Program and updates from the Exceptional Family Member Program.?This proceedings of a workshop—in brief summarizes the presentations and discussions. Get the new publication here: https://ow.ly/hSP750U3eWz #DOD #Autism #Children

Communicating the unique responsibilities of federal statistical agencies—and best practices on achieving them—remains essential to a well-functioning statistical system. The Committee on National Statistics has released the 8th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency, which articulates five principles and ten practices as part of its mission to provide an independent review of federal statistical activities. This eighth edition retains the five principles and ten practices established in prior edition, with updated examples and extensive appendices to reflect the many and varied changes across the national statistical system that have occurred since the passage of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 ("Evidence Act"), the CHIPS and Science Act, and implementing regulations. Access the report now: https://ow.ly/bKmB50U0lVQ #Statistics #DataScience #Data #FederalGovernment