Russell Sage Foundation Taps UCSB Social Scientists for Fellowships

UC Santa Barbara social scientists Waverly Duck and David Sherman are heading to New York for the 2024-25 academic year to pursue research projects as visiting scholars of the Russell Sage Foundation.

During the fellowship, Duck, a professor and the North Hall Endowed Chair in the Department of Sociology, will investigate how the concept of cooperation — in society, relationships, organizations and institutions — is hindered by exclusion and inequality. His study of a “hidden social order” will shine light on the experiences of historically marginalized individuals, particularly racial, gender and LGBTQ+ minorities, he said.

Sherman’s research will examine the role that social psychological factors play in the climate crisis, both in terms of understanding institutional barriers to passing climate policy in the U.S. and of promoting individual adoption of behaviors that reduce carbon emissions.

The Russell Sage Foundation was established in 1907 by Margaret Olivia Sage for “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States” through strengthening the methods, data and theoretical core of the social sciences. Its program for visiting scholars offers social scientists a venue for interdisciplinary collaborations and the exchange of ideas in social, economic and political realms.

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