Societal Security Research Center

One of the fairest criticisms of academic research is that it is inaccessible. It’s inaccessible because of the length and complexity of the individual pieces, because it is often ‘hidden’ behind pay walls, and fails to focus on application. When you read about the SSRC Network’s latest research, you are reading summaries of peer-reviewed academic research from the network’s members formatted and summarized to emphasize actionable insights for application.

Each summary will provide:

• The central take-away point summarizing the applied contribution
• Background and Context
• Aim and Objective
• Methods or Approach
• Key Findings and Results
• Practical Application or Translation – identifying how the findings can be directly deployed into field, industry, and/or practice
• Actionable Conclusion(s)
• Full reference with link to the original work