REU Site: Accountability, Behavior, and Conflict in Democratic Politics

该项目由社会、行为和经济科学理事会本科生研究经验（REU）站点计划资助。它具有科学和社会效益，并将研究和教育相结合。这个为期8周的暑期项目每年为10名不同的学生提供指导研究经验，他们参与一系列旨在培养技能和研究紧迫的社会政治问题的活动。一个关键的社会效益是研究成果，产生新的见解，和平的条件，行为和大厦，使社会繁荣。这一目标对国家安全具有积极影响：主要的全球挑战是物质安全日益下降，以及提供有效政策和保护基本自由的机构日益缺乏。为了应对这些挑战，我们需要为研究人员提供尖端能力，我们需要进行与政策相关的科学研究。对教育的一个重要贡献是培养学生对严谨的社会科学研究的发展、解释和交流的兴趣和技能。对国家福利的一个重要贡献是准备和支持年轻公民从事涉及严谨的社会科学研究的生产、展示和消费的职业，特别是以促进强大的社会和制度的方式。此外，该项目通过吸引和创建来自少数族裔服务机构、教学机构和大型研究机构的学者的网络，有助于建立一个更强大的研究社区。REU参与者通过两个互补的经验指导：一个指导的独立研究项目和一个教师附属项目的合作。学生参加有关研究设计、科学推断、数据分析、专业化、研究交流、教师研究报告和职业小组的技能建设会议。该网站与少数族裔服务机构、大学、地方学院和专业组织的合作伙伴合作，扩大该项目的知名度，并招募广泛的参与者。该网站将在问责制、行为和冲突如何塑造民主政治方面产生新的发现。主题包括有争议的政治、治理失败及其后果、政治两极分化和政府机构的反应能力。REU网站将(1)为不同群体的学生提供指导研究的机会；(2)培养教师和学生导师；(3)为学生提供研究技能、网络和其他职业发展资源；(4)提高弱势群体的知名度和发言权；(5)与少数族裔服务机构的教职员工和多元化的研究人员网络建立联系，并将其纳入其中；(6)为学生提供有效地将研究成果传达给学术和非学术受众的工具。该网站将提供与民主政治中的问责制、行为和冲突相关主题的指导研究经验；在社会科学研究的前沿培养兴趣、技能和知识；并准备和支持学生进入涉及生产，演示和科学研究的知情消费的职业道路。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and integrates research and education. This 8-week summer program provides mentored research experiences to a diverse group of 10 students per year, who engage in a set of activities designed to build skills and produce research on pressing socio-political questions. A key societal benefit is the production of research that generates new insights into the peaceful conditions, behaviors, and edifices that permit societies to flourish. This objective carries positive implications for national security: key global challenges are declining physical security and growing deficiencies in institutions that deliver effective policies and protect basic freedoms. To meet these challenges, we need to equip researchers with cutting-edge capabilities and we need to produce policy-relevant scientific research. A critical contribution to education is to build students’ interest and skills in the development, interpretation, and communication of rigorous social science research. An important contribution to national welfare is to prepare and support young citizens in the pursuit of careers involving the production, presentation, and consumption of rigorous social science research, especially in ways that advance strong societies and institutions. In addition, the program contributes to building a stronger research community by engaging and creating networks for scholars from minority-serving institutions, teaching institutions, and larger research institutions.REU participants are guided through two complementary experiences: a mentored independent research project and collaboration on a faculty affiliate’s project. Students attend skill-building sessions on research design, scientific inference, data analysis, professionalization, research communication, faculty research presentations, and career panels. The site engages collaborating partners at minority-serving institutions universities, local colleges, and professional organizations to amplify awareness of the program and recruit a wide range of participants. The site will generate new discoveries on how accountability, behavior, and conflict shape democratic politics. Topics include contentious politics, governance failings and their consequences, political polarization, and responsiveness in government institutions. The REU site will (1) provide mentored research opportunities to a diverse group of students; (2) train faculty and student mentors; (3) equip students with research skills, networks, and other resources for career development; (4) elevate the visibility and voices of individuals from under-represented groups; (5) connect with and include faculty from minority-serving institutions and a diverse network of researchers; and (6) provide students with the tools to effectively communicate research findings to academic and non-academic audiences. The site will provide mentored research experiences on topics related to accountability, behavior, and conflict in democratic politics; build interest, skillsets, and knowledge at the cutting edge of social science research; and prepare and support students entering career paths that involve the production, presentation, and informed consumption of scientific research.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.