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Pages 27-34

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... should undertake RECOMMENDATION 1 a systematic and fully transparent strategic planning process to provide a clear articulation of the most important scientific questions in the social, behavioral, and economic (SBE) sciences that is consistent with NSF's mission.
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From page 28...
... Particular attention should be paid to opportunities for SBE research to be integrated with other fields in ways that further understanding of interdisciplinary topics and that address complex societal issues. The planning process should include engagement with other federal agencies that fund SBE research so that all agencies can better specify their unique roles and contributions.
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From page 29...
... The committee encourages NSF to adopt the same goals, adjusting them to fit more closely with NSF's mission. To date, much of the knowledge gained from the social, behavioral, and economic sciences has advanced with data collected and ana lyzed on a relatively small scale.
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... Some examples that appear to be worthwhile for enabling and accelerating scientific advances include the following: •  improving access to and making usable existing data for answering scientific questions, such as administrative data collected by federal and state agencies, commercial data, and data that people generate every day as they use social media or electronic devices; •  better integrating the SBE sciences with international data collection efforts and data in other sciences; • embedding data from social, behavioral, and economic research into geographic information sys tems and expanding existing geographic information systems to include historical data; and •  transforming analog data (e.g., linguistic and cultural heritage data) to digital form, preferably with geocoding.
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From page 31...
... Their tary applications that are now part of daily life for many people, ubiquitous in vehicle navigation systems, mobile solution depends not only on telephone and tablet computers; as well as in wearables for personalized health monitoring.164 technological developments In similar ways, SBE research is becoming an increas- but also on understanding ingly important component of this convergence for solv ing important problems with global impact.165,166,167 A their social, behavioral, and 2017 National Academies' report specifically calls for the involvement of social scientists in the conduct of cen economic dimensions. ter-based engineering research and the conduct of team science.168 In addition, the need to understand and address the potentially life-changing effects and unintended consequences of the rapid advance of technology, such as changes in the nature of work as a result of automation, requires the assessment and research of the SBE sciences.169 The integration of biology and genetics with SBE research is another example of convergence.
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From page 32...
... Patent and Trademark Office.172 Studies using both traditional and people desire, experience, and new methodologies are recognized as a high priority by many organizations, including the National Bureau of use these technologies, as well Economic Research.173 as their ultimate effect on people Finally, many additional issues facing American society and the larger society. could benefit from the advances in understanding that the SBE sciences can provide.
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... The program can also enable midcareer scientists to expand their skills and collaborations with scientists in both other SBE sciences and non-SBE sciences. Training considerations should be part of the strategic planning process in Recommendation 1.
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... The commit tee believes that NSF should continue to develop and advance its approaches to communication, including The committee believes that how the research it supports contributes to knowledge on topics of interest and concern to policy makers, fed NSF should continue to develop eral agencies, journalists, researchers in fields outside and advance its approaches to the SBE sciences, and the public. Objectives to consid er in the communication of the SBE sciences include communication, including how the fostering awareness, understanding, and engagement of diverse stakeholders and enabling the use of SBE research it supports contributes research.
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