Resources for Policymakers

Are you or your staff looking for important research findings or expert perspectives on a policy issue?  SSN scholars are leaders in their fields, located in universities around the country – and they stand ready to help. 

A  click away on this website, SSN briefs present short encapsulations of key research findings and important facts. Briefs are written in everyday language you and your constituents can readily use.  SSN can also cover basic costs for individual or small-group consultations with member scholars knowledgeable about an area of concern to you.

SSN offers briefs and consultations in the following areas:

• The Economy & Public Budgets
• Health Care
• Society & Social Issues
• Environment & Energy
• Economic Security
• American Democracy
• Education
• America & the World