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The Center for the Study of Guns in Society is a first-of-its-kind initiative that brings social science approaches to the gun debate and forges a forum for those across the debate to engage, learn, and elevate.
The adidas-ASU Center for Engagement Science is a hotbed for discovery where industry and academia join forces to create a systematic approach to understanding the cognitive, emotional and environmental processes that drive individuals toward engagement with products, experiences and stories.
The center's mission is to advance economics so it can better address issues in how to achieve greater economic efficiency.
The Center for Archaeology and Society investigates the organizational strategies, management of resources and technological developments of ancient societies to understand the ways in which they adapted to their environments.
The Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR) strives to understand past peoples by examining their health, heritages, identities, ideologies, diets and patterns of mobility.
The Center for Child and Family Success is an interdisciplinary research center focused on producing pioneering research on the structures and processes that impact daily life for children and families in a rapidly evolving world.
CCICS supports the research agendas, portfolios, and creative activities of faculty in the arts, humanities and cultural studies.
The Center for Digital Antiquity is dedicated to ensuring the long-term preservation of irreplaceable achaelogical data and broadening access to the data.
The Center for Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy (CEESP) develops research in environmental and resource economics that is relevant to policy needs. Special attention is given to issues of sustainability in the context of environmental, energy, climate, and resource management.
The center actively drives the discourse and experiences of underrepresented girls in STEM by owning, generating and critiquing the collective body of scholarship on girls of color and STEM education.
The CSC is an interdisciplinary group of scholars at ASU and partner institutions who are interested in applying knowledge of human communication to issues of countering ideological support for terrorism (CIST), diplomacy and public diplomacy, propaganda and disinformation, and public health.
The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes is an intellectual network aimed at enhancing the contribution of science and technology to society’s pursuit of equality, justice, freedom, and overall quality of life.
The Future Security Initiative explores the social, political, economic and cultural implications of the changing character of war and conflict.
ISSR advances the research mission of the social sciences at ASU, and helps students and faculty develop the research skills needed in today’s world.
The Institute of Human Origins pursues an integrative strategy for research and discovery. The institute bridges social, earth and life science approaches to the most important questions concerning the course, causes, and timing of events in the human career over deep time.
The Knowledge Exchange for Resilience is committed to solving perplexing problems through use-inspired research that builds community resilience.
SPARC advances the science and technology of GIScience and earth observing and leads the transdisciplinary application of spatial data science solutions for addressing novel and impactful research questions.
The mission of the T. Denny Sanford Harmony Institute is to promote children’s well-being and relationships with the people in their lives.