Minerva-funded researchers, Eli Berman and Jacob Shapiro of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) support a global community of scholars who bring tools from cutting-edge social science to bear on critical national security questions.
"For the last 15 years we have been privileged as Directors of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) to support a global community of scholars who bring tools from cutting-edge social science to bear on critical national security questions. ESOC succeeded because of some luck, some well-timed funding, and a group of determined practitioners, scholars, and support staff who believed that social science had a key role to play in the future national security environment. We hope this story provides some useful insights as the United States reconceptualizes its scientific investments in national security."
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