Science and Social Transformation: A Collaboration between The University of Wisconsin System and Spelman College

威斯康星州系统和斯佩尔曼学院的大学将使用这个SGER奖的一系列规划活动，以发展科学家的国际网络，以促进科学和社会变革的相互作用的知识。将汇集美国和撒哈拉以南非洲的社会和行为科学家的专门知识，重点关注通过人力资源开发介导的社会变革。 这些活动将最终影响到目前在科学和技术领域代表性不足的群体的参与。 美国、南非、加纳和乌干达的学者网络将研究科学进步政策及其对高等教育机构的影响之间的联系。 已确定具体机构作为这项研究的伙伴，包括大学以及国家和国际组织。 规划会议将用于创建教师网络，以进一步沟通，交流思想和研究优先事项的发展为目标。 这将为第二阶段奠定基础，第二阶段的重点是将高等教育作为社会变革的工具进行改革，从而使人们更多地参与高等教育。

The University of Wisconsin System and Spelman College will use this SGER award for a series of planning events to develop international networks of scientists to advance knowledge on the interactions of science and social transformation. The expertise of social and behavioral scientist in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa will be pooled to focus on social transformation as mediated through human resource development. The activities will ultimately impact the inclusion of groups now underrepresented in science and technology. Networks of scholars in the United States, South Africa, Ghana, and Uganda will examine links between policies on the advancement of the sciences and their impact in institutions of higher education. Specific institutions have been identified as partners in this research, including universities as well as national and international organizations. Planning meetings will be used to create faculty networks with the goal of further communication, exchange of ideas, and development of research priorities. This will set the stage for a second phase focusing on transforming higher education as an instrument of social change leading to greater participation in higher education.