Recent Appointments

Former Head of Ag Stats Service Takes Reins at COPAFS
Recent Appointments
November 28, 2018

Former Head of Ag Stats Service Takes Reins at COPAFS

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Geographer Gardner to Head Academy of Social Sciences
Announcements
September 28, 2018

Geographer Gardner to Head Academy of Social Sciences

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Wendy Larner Assumes Role as President of NZ Royal Society
Announcements
September 6, 2018

Wendy Larner Assumes Role as President of NZ Royal Society

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SSRC Adds Richeson, Nobles to Board
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July 3, 2018

SSRC Adds Richeson, Nobles to Board

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Shamit Saggar New Chair for Campaign for Social Science

Shamit Saggar New Chair for Campaign for Social Science

Shamit Saggar from the University of Essex has been appointed to be the new head of the UK’s Campaign for Social Science.

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Former Census Director Tapped to Head COPAFS

Former Census Director Tapped to Head COPAFS

The recently resigned head of the U.S. Census Bureau will head the umbrella organization that serves as an advocate and liaison to federal statistical organizations.

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Canadian Social Science Federation Names New Chief

Canadian Social Science Federation Names New Chief

The Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada has settled on the sitting public affairs chief of the Canadian Cancer Society as the federation’s new permanent executive director.

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Four New Members to Join the National Science Board

Four New Members to Join the National Science Board

President Obama intends to name four new members to the 25-member National Science Board, including social scientist Emilio F. Moran, the White […]

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Mary Ellen O’Connell Promoted to Head DBASSE

Mary Ellen O’Connell Promoted to Head DBASSE

Mary Ellen O’Connell has been appointed as the executive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, or DBASSE, […]

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Jean-Marc Mangin Steps Down as Head of Canada’s HSS Umbrella Federation

Jean-Marc Mangin Steps Down as Head of Canada’s HSS Umbrella Federation

After more six years at the helm of Canada’s Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Jean-Marc Mangin has stepped down. Christine Tausig Ford, formerly of Universities Canada,has been named interim executive director.

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Sharon Witherspoon Joins AcSS as Policy Chief

Sharon Witherspoon Joins AcSS as Policy Chief

Sharon Witherspoon, the former director of the Nuffield Foundation and a guiding light of the Q-Step initiative, has been named the acting […]

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Sociologist Jane Elliott In Place at Head of ESRC

Sociologist Jane Elliott In Place at Head of ESRC

As announced earlier in the year, sociologist Jane Elliott took the reins of Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council on October 1. […]

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