Provost Announces Penn Social Science and Policy Forum

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Social Science and Policy Forum.

Under the leadership of Thomas J. Sugrue, David Boies Professor of History and Sociology, the Forum will serve as a cross-University hub for scholarly research on key social, economic, legal and policy challenges confronting the United States and the world. It will foster cutting-edge scholarship across the social sciences, connect Penn research to policymakers and opinion leaders and disseminate knowledge to diverse audiences through workshops, public lectures, annual conferences, working papers, scholarly articles, innovative courses and a series of books published by Penn Press. It will be administered by the School of Arts and Sciences.

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