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Published Research "Making a Case for Workplace Flexibility.", Christensen, K. and Schneider, B.L., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 10:23AM
Published Research "The Human Face of Workplace Flexibility.", Schneider, B.L., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 9:54AM
Published Research "Non-Standard Work Schedules, Work–Family Conflict and Parental Well-Being: A Comparison of Married and Cohabiting Unions.", Liu, H., Wang; Q., Keesler, V. and Schneider, B.L., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 9:52AM
Published Research "Families with School-Age Children.", Christensen, K., Schneider, B.L. and Butler, D., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 9:24AM
Event Teaching Artists and the Future of Education FILM ROW, COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 More
Posted: 2.8.2012 12:44PM
News Reuters: "Fuzzy numbers on guns" with data and research from NORC More
Posted: 2.7.2012 2:46PM
News UPI.com: Pondering mortality rates after 80, with research from NORC Expert Leonid Gavrilov More
Posted: 2.7.2012 2:03PM
Event "What's My Account Really Worth?" The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Thursday, February 09, 2012 More
Posted: 2.7.2012 9:05AM

News

News Reuters: "Fuzzy numbers on guns" with data and research from NORC More
Posted: 2.7.2012 2:46PM
News UPI.com: Pondering mortality rates after 80, with research from NORC Expert Leonid Gavrilov More
Posted: 2.7.2012 2:03PM
News The New York Times: Single life versus married life, with research and findings from the General Social Survey More
Posted: 2.6.2012 4:05PM
Press Release Odds of Living a Very Long Life Lower than Formerly Predicted More
Posted: 2.6.2012 1:30PM
News Yahoo! News: Valentine's Day: or, how I learned to be a more attentive husband with help from the GSS and NLSY More
Posted: 2.3.2012 3:45PM
News Yahoo! News: The links between education, economics, and marriage, featuring information from NLSY79 More
Posted: 2.2.2012 3:10PM
News The Wall Street Journal: Start-up business alternatives, with research and data from the Survey of Consumer Finance More
Posted: 2.1.2012 3:21PM
News Chicago Magazine: A new school of thought on medicine, featuring commentary from NORC's Tom Smith More
Posted: 2.1.2012 3:07PM

Events

Teaching Artists and the Future of Education, FILM ROW, COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 More
Posted: 2.8.2012 12:44PM
"What's My Account Really Worth?", The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Thursday, February 09, 2012 More
Posted: 2.7.2012 9:05AM
SES and Mortality in Longitudinal Data, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies , Thursday, February 02, 2012 More
Posted: 2.1.2012 2:40PM
Measuring the Cultural Vitality of Scenes, Harris School of Public Policy Studies - Room 289B, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 More
Posted: 1.30.2012 4:14PM
The AIDS Epidemic and Perceived Mortality Risk, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Thursday, January 26, 2012 More
Posted: 1.24.2012 1:12PM

Publications

"Making a Case for Workplace Flexibility." Christensen, K. and Schneider, B.L., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 10:23AM
"The Human Face of Workplace Flexibility." Schneider, B.L., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 9:54AM
"Non-Standard Work Schedules, Work–Family Conflict and Parental Well-Being: A Comparison of Married and Cohabiting Unions." Liu, H., Wang; Q., Keesler, V. and Schneider, B.L., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 9:52AM
"Families with School-Age Children." Christensen, K., Schneider, B.L. and Butler, D., 2011 More
Posted: 2.9.2012 9:24AM
"Opposing Effects of Particle Pollution, Ozone, and Ambient Temperature on Arterial Blood Pressure." Hoffmann, B., Luttmann-Gibson, H., Cohen, A., Zanobetti, A., de Souza, C., Foley, C., Suh, H.H., Coull, B.A., Schwartz, J., Mittleman, M., Stone, P., Horton, E. and Gold, D.R., 2012 More
Posted: 2.6.2012 9:54AM
"Season of Birth and Exceptional Longevity: Comparative Study of American Centenarians, Their Siblings, and Spouses." Gavrilov, L.A. and Gavrilova, N.S., 2011 More
Posted: 2.2.2012 10:21AM
"Is Collective Efficacy Age Graded? The Development and Evaluation of a New Measure of Collective Efficacy for Older Adults." Galinsky, A.M., Cagney, K.A. and Browning, C.R., 2012 More
Posted: 2.2.2012 10:09AM
"Wireless Substitution: State-Level Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January 2007-June 2010." Blumberg, S.J., Luke, J.V., Ganesh, N., Davern, M.E., Boudreaux, M.H. and Soderberg, K., 2011 Download the PDF
Posted: 1.31.2012 9:44AM

Job Postings

Principal Research Scientist - Security, Energy, and Environment More
Posted: 1.31.2012 10:48AM
Research Assistant - Health Departments More
Posted: 1.24.2012 4:45PM
Research Analyst - Health Departments More
Posted: 1.24.2012 4:44PM
Senior Research Analyst - Health Departments More
Posted: 1.24.2012 4:44PM
Principal Research Analyst - Health Departments More
Posted: 1.24.2012 4:43PM
Education Senior Research Scientist/Methodologist More
Posted: 1.20.2012 1:52PM
Education Research Scientist/Methodologist More
Posted: 1.20.2012 1:51PM
Survey Statistician - Statistics and Methodology More
Posted: 1.19.2012 4:49PM

Kenneth Prewitt Named New Chairman of National Academies’ Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Advisory Committee

NORC Board of Trustees member Kenneth Prewitt, Ph.D., has been appointed Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) at the National Academies. In addition to his role on NORC’s Board, Prewitt is Vice President for Global Centers and Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs at Columbia University and serves as President of the Consortium of Social Science Associations. DBASSE helps advance the frontiers of the behavioral and social sciences and their applications to public policy.

Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology Now Accepting Applications

The Social Science Research Council announced that the Mark Family Fund will award biannual grants for the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology. The prize recognizes students in the social sciences who incorporate visual analysis in their work. It is named for Rachel Dorothy Tanur (1958–2002), an urban planner and lawyer. The competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students. The deadline for entries is April 20, 2012. Learn more and apply online.

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NORC multidisciplinary project teams include members with expertise and experience in these and other research topics:

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Children and Youth 1/14

​When, and why, do things go wrong for the most vulnerable young people? NORC’s comprehensive expertise and multi-disciplinary approach is helping to find the answers that enable children and youth reach their full potential. Read more

Health 2/14

Drawing on 70 years of healthcare, public health and mental health research, NORC has developed effective, innovative ways to conduct research in this rapidly changing, technology-intensive field. Our interdisciplinary team provides data and analysis to help find solutions to tough issues such as healthcare cost, access, and quality. Read more

Sustainability 3/14

​NORC at the University of Chicago is a leader and innovator in social science research, applying innovative and rigorous methods to the most pressing and complex issues today, bringing insights to topics like Sustainability.
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International Development 4/14

Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Australia.  NORC’s international team works on projects that span the globe, providing technical assistance, fielding surveys, and helping to evaluate whether development and assistance programs have a positive, long-term impact and serve aid recipients efficiently and effectively. Read more

Poverty 5/14

​When public housing was demolished in major cities, what happened to the families who lived there? How is poverty tied to race, gender, and even neighborhood or family culture? NORC’s expertise in poverty research sheds light on the individual and systemic issues linked to poverty. Read more

Education 6/14

From the first GI bill to the No Child Left Behind law, NORC has played a critical role in educational research and understanding what nurtures academic achievement. Collaborative relationships and data collection expertise build knowledge about students ranging from pre-schoolers to doctoral program graduates. Read more

Criminal Justice 7/14

It’s one of society’s most costly institutions, but are efforts to reform the justice system effective, cost efficient, and improving our safety?  NORC’s interdisciplinary expertise illuminates multiple perspectives within the legal and justice systems on the impact of reform efforts and diverse topics such as victimization in middle school dating, prison violence, drug markets, and resources for prosecutors and law enforcement.  Read more

Human Development 8/14

​NORC at the University of Chicago is a leader and innovator in social science research, applying innovative and rigorous methods to the most pressing and complex issues today, bringing insights to topics like Human Development.​​​​ Read more

Security 9/14

Security has traditionally been viewed through the lens of national defense, but world events over the last decade have expanded the public perception of security to include issues of community resiliency that go beyond physical defense and are intertwined with issues of energy and environment.  NORC brings together energy, security and environmental expertise to enrich work on complex, vital security projects. Read more

Special Populations 10/14

The complex challenges of studying special populations—minorities, veterans, children, the disabled, prisoners, the elderly—requires cultural competency and advanced research methodologies. NORC’s expertise helps evaluate the programs aimed at improving the circumstances of these groups. Read more

Energy 11/14

Energy policy and issues require solutions that cannot be determined without careful research and analysis. NORC's approach to energy is innovative, multi-faceted, and interdisciplinary, focusing on the intersections of policy questions in the security, energy, and environmental spheres to provide data and analysis to support informed decision making. Read more

Substance Use 12/14

Substance use remains a stubborn problem, exacting enormous health and productivity costs, threatening family and community stability, and adding to an overburdened criminal justice system. NORC brings exceptional sensitivity and objectivity to the unique challenges of substance use research to provide insight and support effective decision making for substance use issues and programs.   Read more

Economics 13/14

The fallout of recent financial crises may be with us long after the global economy starts to recover. NORC helps organizations respond with some of the most frequently cited and richest sources of data: the General Social Science Survey, the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, and the Survey of Consumer Finances. Read more

Environment 14/14

Reconciling our standard of living and booming demand for growth with the scarcity of resources and pollution emissions is one of the most difficult and urgent challenges of our time. NORC’s dynamic, interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies brings together experts in energy, public health, security, and environment to address a broad spectrum of issues with implications for national security, the economy, and public health. Read more