Build and Broaden: Advancing fundamental knowledge of social, behavioral, and economic responses to pandemics in minority communities

新冠肺炎为社会、行为和经济科学的研究人员提供了一个机会，以开发和测试有关应对流行病的社会文化差异的新理论。SBE研究的不同视角对于制定造福社会所有成员的成果和促进科学进步至关重要。少数族裔服务机构的教师S对新冠肺炎有独特的看法，并有潜力为少数群体社区应对流行病的基础研究做出重大贡献。北亚利桑那大学(NAU)在全州拥有20个校区，包括弗拉格斯塔夫山主校区和瑙尤马校区。NAU-Yuma是一名MSI，74%的学生认为自己是西班牙裔/拉丁裔。NSF奖将支持在NAU-FlagStaff举办的研讨会，以促进对少数族裔社区流行病的社会、行为和经济应对的基本知识。讲习班的目标是在NAU-FlagStaff和NAU-Yuma为SBE研究人员建立能力，以获得有竞争力的赠款资金，并扩大与MSI教员在SBE研究方面的合作。研讨会将持续两天，召集国际公认的行为和区域经济学专家，社会、行为和经济科学领域的不同和职业早期研究人员，以及赠款撰写专家。协作研讨会的形式包括主旨演讲者的演讲、专家主导的小组讨论和小组分组会议。参与者将回答两个基本的研究问题：1)什么社会文化因素决定了对流行病的行为反应？2)大流行后偏好的变化如何影响依赖旅游业的经济体？该项目的成果包括开发可检验的假设，将创新的研究想法与不同的视角结合在一起，并与MSI教师合作者提交竞争性研究提案。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

COVID-19 provides an opportunity for Social, Behavioral and Economic science (SBE) researchers to develop and test new theories regarding sociocultural differences in responses to pandemics. Diverse perspectives in SBE research are essential to develop outcomes that benefit all members of society and promote the progress of science. Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)’s have a unique perspective on COVID-19 and the potential to make significant contributions to fundamental research regarding minority community responses to pandemics. Northern Arizona University (NAU) has twenty statewide campuses, including the main Flagstaff mountain campus, and NAU-Yuma. NAU-Yuma is an MSI with 74% of students identifying as Hispanic/Latino. The NSF award will support a workshop at NAU-Flagstaff to advance fundamental knowledge of the social, behavioral and economic responses to pandemics in minority communities. The goal of the workshop is to build capacity at NAU-Flagstaff and NAU-Yuma for SBE researchers to obtain competitive grant funding and broaden collaborations with faculty from an MSI in SBE research. The workshop will span two days and convene internationally recognized experts in behavioral and regional economics, diverse and early-career researchers in social, behavioral and economic sciences, and grant-writing specialists. The collaborative workshop format includes presentations from keynote speakers, expert led panels and small group breakout sessions. Participants will address two fundamental research questions: 1) What sociocultural factors determine behavioral responses to pandemics? and 2) How do changes in post-pandemic preferences impact tourism-dependent economies? The project deliverables include development of testable hypotheses that incorporate innovative research ideas with a diverse perspective and submission of competitive research proposals with MSI faculty collaborators.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.