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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

CHANGING SOCIOCULTURAL DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY:
A WORKSHOP

October 11, 2017

Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Room 206

8:30 a.m. Workshop Registration Opens
9:00 a.m. Workshops Commence
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Events (Webcast from room 201)

Sujeeta Bhatt, Study Director
Audience Information

Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota, SBS Decadal Survey Chair
Welcome

David Honey, Director of Science and Technology, ODNI, Study Sponsor
Sponsor Perspective and Context for Study and Workshops

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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9:30 a.m. Workshop Welcome and Ethical Considerations for SBS Research in Support of National Security

Jeffrey Johnson, University of Florida, Workshop Steering Committee Chair, SBS Decadal Survey Committee Member

Joy Rohde, University of Michigan, SBS Decadal Survey Committee Member, Workshop Steering Committee Member
Ethical Considerations for Digital SBS Research in Support of National Security

9:45 a.m. Linking Culture, Language, Behavior, and Data
This session will bring together experts involved in the measurement of culture with those engaged in the study of culture, language, and behavior using big data and natural language processing to explore ways for applying these theoretical advancements in big data contexts. There have been recent theoretical developments in the study and measurement of culture. These approaches provide for a better conceptualization and quantification of culture and their potential relationship to behavior, and they have been applied to research at relatively small scales involving mostly primary data collection (e.g., face-to-face interviews). Can these approaches be applied to address larger scale issues in the study of culture at the regional and societal levels involving big data and data mining?

Susan Weller, University of Texas Medical Branch, Session Moderator, Workshop Steering Committee Member

Dan Kahan, Yale University
What Does Cultural Cognition Imply for National Security Risk Perceptions? You Tell Me!

William Dressler, University of Alabama
Cultural Consonance and Health: An Overview with Special Reference to Measurement

Dhiraj Murthy, University of Texas at Austin
Small Data to Big Data—Coding and Culture with Social Media Data

10:45 a.m. BREAK
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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11:00 a.m. Linking Culture, Language, Behavior and Data Panel Discussion
Susan Weller, Moderator

U. S. Government Participant Reaction
Speakers will engage in a lively discussion regarding larger scale data issues in the study of culture

11:45 a.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. Cultural, Linguistic, and Behavioral Research and the Triangulation of Data
Multiple-method (or triangulation) and multiple-site (replication) research designs are increasingly used across the behavioral and social sciences. Although triangulation facilitates the validation of data through cross verification from more multiple sources and can be used to minimize the effects of bias and deepen one’s understanding and insights into the study results, a number of questions still remain. For example, in cultural, linguistic, and behavioral research, how many sources of data are necessary to trust a conclusion? How do common elements across different contexts improve or hinder triangulation of cultural, linguistic, or behavioral data? What are key challenges in triangulating data that spans a variety of cultures, languages, geographies, data types, and levels of analyses? Thinking ahead to the next 10 years, where might a moderate investment lead to significant improvements in analysis of data using triangulation from a cultural, linguistic, and behavioral perspective?

Mark Liberman, University of Pennsylvania, Session Moderator, Workshop Steering Committee Member

Joe Labianca, University of Kentucky
Identifying Positive and Negative Ties in Social Networks Through Triangulated Data

David Broniatowski, George Washington University
Surveys, Laboratory Experiments, and Social Media: Better Together

Philip Resnik, University of Maryland, College Park
The (In)Ability to Triangulate in Data-Driven Healthcare Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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1:45 p.m. Cultural, Linguistic, and Behavioral Research and the Triangulation of Data Panel Discussion
Mark Liberman, Moderator

U. S. Government Participant Reaction
Speakers will engage in a lively discussion regarding issues and insights to analysis through the triangulation of data.

2:30 p.m. BREAK
2:45 p.m. Cultural, Linguistic, and Behavioral Research and the Challenge of Multiple Levels of Analysis
Cultural, linguistic, and behavioral analysis can be done at many levels of analysis with a variety of tools. This panel explores from an intelligence perspective these issues: (1) What research has been done to date that crosses and integrates culture-related data across multiple levels, domains, and disciplines? (2) What are the key challenges in selecting a level of analysis, or simultaneously exploring multiple levels of analysis when analyzing a situation from a cultural, linguistic, or behavioral perspective? (3) How can you tell that the wrong level of analysis has been chosen and what are the potential policy ramifications? (4) How are or will new technologies for online data collection and processing impacting the way cultural, linguistic, and behavioral research is conducted at multiple levels? (5) Thinking ahead to the next 10 years, where might a moderate investment lead to significant improvements in multi-level analysis from a cultural, linguistic, and behavioral perspective?

David Matsumoto, San Francisco State University; Session Moderator, SBS Decadal Survey Committee Member, Workshop Steering Committee Member

Gwyneth Sutherlin, Geographic Services, Inc.
Levels of Influence

Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland, College Park
Tightness-Looseness: A Fractal Pattern of Cultural Variation

Jesse A. Egbert, Northern Arizona University
Meaningful Levels of Analysis in (corpus) Linguistics

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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3:45 p.m. Cultural, Linguistic, and Behavioral Research and the Challenge of Multiple Levels of Analysis Panel Discussion
David Matsumoto, Moderator

U. S. Government Participant Reaction
Speakers will engage in a lively discussion regarding issues concerning levels of analysis in all disciplines, and how to overcome them in order to generate more integrated, cohesive views of culture and behavior.

4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion of Presentations and Wrap-Up

Jeffrey Johnson, SBS Decadal Survey Committee Member, Workshop Steering Committee Member

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Changing Sociocultural Dynamics and Implications for National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25056.
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Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather information for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security. The first workshop focused on changing sociocultural dynamics and implications for national security, and this publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

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