2006-2009 Theme Project
Contentious Knowledge: Science, Social Science and Social Movements
In the News 2006-2013

Frequent moves harm children - if they're poor (March 2013)

Economist Acemoglu to speak March 28 on theory of prosperity (March 2013)

Female farmers are growing in importance in global development (March 2013)

Rebecca Givan, ISS CK Team Member, earns labor research award (December 2011)

ISS Contentious Knowledge affiliate Sidney Tarrow receives Mellon fellowship to study rights and warfare (October 2011)

Team Member Comments on Effects of Olympic Protests (April 2008)

Coverage of Protests Hurts Firms, Cornell-Y. Study Says (November 20087)

Publicity of Protest Can Make Stock Fall (November 2007)

To the Ramparts! Study Says Stock Prices Rise and Fall with Protest Coverage (November 2007)

Protests and Publicity Impact Business Norms (October 2007)

The Power of Protest (October 2007)

Social Protests Hurt Stock Prices: Media Coverage, Not Size, Matters, Contentious Knowledge Team Member Finds (October 2007)

Author Chris Mooney to Lead Public Forum on the Intertwining of Science and Politics (September 2007)

Someone (Other Than You) May Own Your Genes (April 2006)

Next Theme Project for Institute for Social Sciences: Contentious Politics (April 2006)