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Confluence SSN is composed of dedicated scholars from Missouri, southern Illinois, and Kansas looking to enact positive change through policy work in the American Midwest and Upper South. Confluence SSN was founded in 2013 and would like to welcome as many Confluence-area colleagues as they can.

Leaders
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Housing
University of Illinois at Chicago
Confluence SSN
  • Civic Engagement
University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Environment & Energy
The Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Economy
  • Labor
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Members
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Law & Courts
  • Science & Technology
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Media & Public Opinion
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
  • Civic Engagement
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Economy
  • Inequality
  • Labor
  • Race & Ethnicity
Washington University in St Louis
  • Criminal Justice
University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Foreign Policy & Security
University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Media & Public Opinion
  • Immigration
  • Race & Ethnicity
Washington University in St. Louis
  • Immigration
  • Inequality
  • Labor
Washington University in St. Louis
  • Health Care
  • Inequality
  • Public Health
University of Missouri - Kansas City
  • Economy
  • Health Care
University of Kansas
  • Civic Engagement
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Economy
University of Missouri-St Louis
  • Science & Technology
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Environment & Energy
University of Missouri
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Economy
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Latest Contributions

Why Are So Many Young People Having Less Sex and Fewer Friendships?

  • Christopher Conner

5 Years After Muslim Ban, Middle Eastern and North African Americans Remain Hidden | Opinion

    Neda Maghbouleh , Ariela Schachter , René D. Flores

How Inequality and Politics Influence Government Responses to Natural Disasters

  • Fernando Tormos-Aponte
  • Gustavo García-López
  • Mary Angelica Painter

Latest in the News

Douglas J. Swanson quoted , "Support for Employers" Second Chance
"Puerto Rico’s Electricity Problems Go Beyond Maria and Fiona for Progressives From a Devastating Supreme Court Loss," Fernando Tormos-Aponte (with Mary Angelica Painter and Sameer H. Shah ), Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, September 28, 2022.
"Survey Seeks Worker Input on Opioid Recovery Friendly Workplace," Douglas J. Swanson, Health, St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune, August 8, 2022.
"Foreign Companies Exiting Russia Echo the Pressure Campaign Against South Africa’s Racist Apartheid System," Stephen Bagwell (with Meridith LaVelle), The Conversation, May 25, 2022.
Guest to discuss Human Rights and Data: Presenting the Human Rights Measurement Initiative on Human Rights Data for the Global Public Good/ Hertie School Data Science Lab, Stephen Bagwell, May 11, 2022.

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