Graduate Training in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Workshop

在科学教育委员会和高等教育与劳动力委员会的赞助下，美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院将举办一次公开研讨会，探讨社会科学和行为科学研究生培训的未来方向。商业、政府和学术界对行为和社会科学的需求很大，而且还在不断增长。然而，研究生培训制度没有跟上科学问题和工具以及潜在雇主的机会和需求的变化。这次研讨会将汇集来自学术和非学术场所以及学术生涯不同阶段的专家，就为培养未来的行为和社会科学家而必须解决的主要问题展开亟需的讨论。研讨会的讨论将总结在一份已发表的报告中，将为行为和社会科学研究生培养的转变奠定基础，这将促进科学的持续进步，并有助于改善多个机构环境和日常生活中的知识、政策和实践。企业、政府和学术界对行为和社会科学的需求很大，而且还在不断增长。最好的行为科学和社会科学正在成为越来越多的交叉学科，对其他科学做出了重要贡献并向其学习。因此，行为和社会科学培训制度的富有成效的转变将有助于改善多机构环境和日常生活中的知识、政策和实践。研讨会将把广泛的利益相关者聚集在一起，他们可以利用研讨会作为重新设想社会科学和行为科学研究生培训的起点。研讨会涵盖以下主题：1)社会科学和行为科学博士S的当前生产和就业，包括不同的培训途径以及持有社会科学和行为科学博士学位的人目前受雇于何处；2)科学、学术界、政府和企业的变化如何为未来的社会和行为科学工作人员创造新的需求和挑战；3)雇主如何看待他们未来的需求；4)社会科学和行为科学研究生的培训和职业道路将如何转变，以应对不断变化的数据资源、研究实践和职业机会；5)上述问题在社会、行为和经济科学中可能有何不同；以及6)数据需求和潜在研究领域，为重塑研究生培训和确定最佳实践提供信息。研讨会的讨论将在一份已发表的报告中进行总结，这将有助于促进讨论、规划和变革的进程，这应该会导致美国乃至全球研究生博士教育的变革。

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, under the auspices of the Board on Science Education and the Board on Higher Education and the Workforce, will hold a public workshop to explore future directions for graduate training in the social and behavioral sciences. The demand for behavioral and social science is large and growing in business, government, and academia. However, graduate training regimes have not kept pace with changes in the problems and tools of science and the opportunities and demands of potential employers. This workshop will bring together experts from academic and non-academic venues and from different stages of the academic career to initiate a much-needed discussion of the major issues that must be addressed to prepare future behavioral and social scientists. The workshop discussions, to be summarized in a published report, will lay the groundwork for a transformation of graduate training in the behavioral and social sciences that will promote continued progress in science and contribute to improved knowledge, policy, and practice in multiple institutional settings and in everyday life.The demand for behavioral and social science is large and growing in business, government, and academia. The best behavioral and social science is becoming more and more interdisciplinary making important contributions to and learning from the other sciences. Thus, a productive transformation of the training regime in the behavioral and social sciences will contribute to improved knowledge, policy, and practice in multiple institutional settings and in everyday life. The workshop will bring together a broad set of stakeholders who can use the workshop as a starting point for re-imagining graduate training in the social and behavioral sciences. The workshop cover the following themes: 1) Current production and employment of PhD?s in the social and behavioral sciences, including different pathways for training and where individuals holding PhD?s in social and behavioral sciences are currently employed; 2) How changes in science, academia, government, and business are creating new demands and challenges for the future social and behavioral sciences workforce; 3) How employers perceive their future needs; 4) How training and career pathways for graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences will need to be transformed in order to respond to changing data resources, research practices, and career opportunities; 5) How the issues above might vary across the social, behavioral, and economic sciences; and 6) Data needs and potential research areas to inform reshaping graduate training and to identify best practices. The workshop discussions, to be summarized in a published report, will help to catalyze a process of discussion, planning, and change that should lead to a transformation of graduate doctoral education in the U.S. and, perhaps, across the globe.