Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy (SCIP)

  • About
  • People
  • Events
  • Research Projects
  • Publications
  • Working Papers
  • PITF
    • Political Instability Task Force
    • Archived: Political Instability Task Force
      • PITF Problem Set Event-Type Annual Data
      • PITF Phase V Papers
      • Archived: PITF Reports and Replicant Data Sets
      • Archived: PITF Problem Set Codebook
  • Research Grants

About

The Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy (SCIP), by Schar School of Policy and Government professor Jack A. Goldstone, conducts research on a wide range of global issues.  Current topics include the effects of migration and ethnic and population change on political stability and conflict; the diffusion and decline of democracy; the impact of network structure on national politics and international relations; how long-term and radical changes in technology affect social welfare; and the causes and consequences of changing national and global inequality.   In short, we study some of the most important changes that are shaping the modern world.

The Center conducts research using a variety of methods, including historical case studies, ethnographic research, analysis of global data sets, network theory and analysis, and agent-based modeling.

The Center also develops and serves as the home to several major cross-national data projects and resources for tracking global trends.  This includes the data and analysis of the Political Instability Task Force (up to 2012), and other data sets shown on the Research Projects page.

About the Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government prepares undergraduate and graduate students to be leaders and managers who solve problems and advance the public good in all sectors and levels of government—in the United States and throughout the world. Learn more at schar.gmu.edu.

Contact Information

Jack Goldstone
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Professor; Director, Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy (SCIP),
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University
3351 North Fairfax Drive, MS 3B1
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 993-1409
Fax: (703) 993-8215

The Director's Blog: NewPopulationBomb

Email: jgoldsto@gmu.edu

 

Schar School of Policy and Government
Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy (SCIP)

3351 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22201