📣SPSP Members📣 Check out the Action Alert from @cossa.bsky.social below to learn how you can advocate for protecting the SBE Directorate at NSF.

(More action items to come from SPSP and our partner organizations soon!)

#WhySocialScience #SaveSBE

Stop the Administration’s Dismantling of NSF’s SBE Directorate Now! A consortium of Social Science Associations works to communicate the importance of social & behavioral science research to policymakers. The powerful stories come from people who express how it is…

🚨URGENT ACTION ALERT🚨 Tell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate!

Write to your House Representative and Senators TODAY to share your concerns and urge them to act ➡️ cossa.org/action-cente...

#WhySocialScience #SaveSBE

NCFR members in D.C.

NCFR members met with members of Congress on Tuesday to promote the use of Family Science research in creating better public policy for families and ultimately a better society for everyone. #whyfamilyscience #familysciencematters #supportfamilyscience #whysocialscience

So it turns out standing in an elevator with this lapel button gets interesting results 🙃 #whysocialscience

Action Center | COSSA Urge Congress to Prioritize Robust Science Funding!

Today is the day!! We've organized meetings with 85 social scientists and science advocates with Members of Congress to talk about #whysocialscience is an important part of advancing science! #COSSA2026

Do your part by sending a note to your elected officials ➡ cossa.org/action-cente...

Social science colleagues who couldn't be here today: you can still participate! See @cossa.bsky.social's action resources here: cossa.org/action-cente...

#whysocialscience

It's @cossa.bsky.social's 2026 Advocacy Day! I'm looking forward to Indiana team visits with Senators Young & Banks and Representatives Baird & Shreve's offices this afternoon to discuss #whysocialscience

This week, NCFR members will be in D.C. to meet with legislators about the importance of supporting Family Science! Join us and share why Family Science is vital to helping every family thrive. #whyfamilyscience #familysciencematters #supportfamilyscience #WhySocialScience

SPSP is proud to support #COSSA2026 as a sponsor and we’re thrilled to have two of our members at this year’s event, speaking up for personality and social psychology in Washington!

#WhySocialScience

Next up at #COSSA2026: "The Inside Scoop from Science Policy Pros" ft. Miriam Quintal (Lewis-Burke Associates), Garrett Devenney (Act for NIH), Steve Pierson (@amstatnews.bsky.social), Christy Talbot (@aeraedresearch.bsky.social), and Alex Klein (@humanitiesall.bsky.social). 💪

#WhySocialScience

Kicking off Day One of Social Science Advocacy Day with a keynote address from Sudip Parikh (@aaas.org) and a session focused on “The State of Social and Behavioral Science at NIH” from Jane Simoni (OBSSR, NIH) 🎉

#COSSA2026 #WhySocialScience

2026 Social Science Advocacy Day Register now!

Thank you @apsa.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a silver sponsor! 🎉

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Thank you to @asanews.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a silver sponsor! 👏

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Thank you @ucrchass.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a gold sponsor! 🏆️

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Thank you to the @americananthro.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a silver sponsor! 🎉

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2026 Social Science Advocacy Day | COSSA COSSA’s Social Science Advocacy Day is back! Join COSSA on March 23-24, 2026 in Washington, DC! Advocacy Day brings together social and behavioral scientists and  science advocates from across the cou...

Do you <3 social science? Join @cossa.bsky.social's Social Science Advocacy Day and meet with policymakers in Congress to talk about #WhySocialScience is important for the future of our country! #COSSA2026 cossa.org/event/2026-s...

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2026 Social Science Advocacy Day | COSSA COSSA’s Social Science Advocacy Day is back! Join COSSA on March 23-24, 2026 in Washington, DC! Advocacy Day brings together social and behavioral scientists and  science advocates from across the cou...

Social Science Advocacy Day is back! Join @cossa.bsky.social and meet with policymakers in Congress to talk about #WhySocialScience is important for the future of our country. #COSSA2026

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Because Psychology Can Help Reduce Police Violence — Why Social Science? Disproportionate police violence against minority communities, while not a new phenomenon, took on greater prominence in the national consciousness following the deaths of African Americans Michael…

#WhySocialScience? Because Psychology Can Help Reduce Police Violence 📝

New post from Dr. Kimberly Kahn of @spssi.bsky.social ➡ www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2026/1/...

2026 Social Science Advocacy Day Register Now!

Thanks @bostonu.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a silver sponsor! ✨

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2026 Social Science Advocacy Day Register now for 2026 Social Science Advocacy Day.

Thanks to @spspnews.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a silver sponsor! 🎉

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2026 Social Science Advocacy Day Register now for 2026 Social Science Advocacy Day.

Thank to @ssripennstate.bsky.social for supporting #COSSA2026 Advocacy Day as a gold sponsor! 🥇

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Because Our Work Helps Us Envision and Build a Better Future — Why Social Science? We live in an era of rapidly expanding economic inequality, humanitarian crises, chaotic deportation efforts, the militarization of U.S. cities, global conflicts and wars, burdensome labor practices…

#WhySocialScience? Because Our Work Helps Us Envision and Build a Better Future 🗺️

New post from Heather M. Washington of @asanews.bsky.social ➡️ www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/11...

Because How Would We Understand the World Without It? — Why Social Science? When I was in elementary school, the way we studied geography was...not fun. It involved a lot of memorizing: state capitals, rivers and mountains, maybe a famous place from history or two. It…

#WhySocialScience? Because How Would We Understand the World Without It? 🌍

New post from Lisa Schamess of @geographers.bsky.social! ➡️ www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/10...

Because Research-Informed Policy Strengthens Children and Families — Why Social Science? The path from research to policy is rarely straightforward; it takes collaboration between researchers and policymakers at every stage. In child-centered policymaking, where the goal is to improve…

#WhySocialScience? Because Research-Informed Policy Strengthens Children and Families - New post from @srcdorg.bsky.social!

Read now ➡️ www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/9/...

Because It Gives Educators and Policymakers the Tools to Improve Education — Why Social Science? Wearing my hats as a social science scholar and academic leader, I have studied trends in the development of science over the past 150 years. Over that time, scholarly science has focused on the conti...

Check out the new @cossa.bsky.social #WhySocialScience post by AERA Exec Dir Tabbye Chavous: "Because It Gives Educators and Policymakers the Tools to Improve Education." See how education research informs evidence-based solutions and why funding it matters. www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/8/...

Because It Gives Educators and Policymakers the Tools to Improve Education — Why Social Science? Wearing my hats as a social science scholar and academic leader, I have studied trends in the development of science over the past 150 years. Over that time, scholarly science has focused on the…

#WhySocialScience? Because It Gives Educators and Policymakers the Tools to Improve Education 🍎

New post from Tabbye Chavous of the @aeraedresearch.bsky.social ➡️ www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/8/...

Have you read our most recent #WhySocialScience post? Don't miss it ⬇️

Because Reimagining Science Requires Behavioral and Social Scientists at the Table, Too — Why Social Science? Nearly 40% of deaths in the United States are preventable through changes in behavior. Modifiable risk factors like smoking, poor diet, inactivity, or alcohol use are contributors to many cancer...

#WhySocialScience? Because Reimagining Science Requires Behavioral and Social Scientists at the Table, Too 🗣️

New post from @samschuelstein.bsky.social of @sciforgood.bsky.social ➡️ www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2025/7/...