Human Sciences Research Guide

The Behavior Genetics Association is an international society that promotes research into the connections between heredity and behavior, both human and animal.

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The mission of the Society is to promote Cognitive Science as a discipline, and to foster scientific interchange among researchers in various areas of study, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education.

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) is the oldest and largest organization in the US dedicated to advancing a scientific approach to substance use and addictive disorders. We actively promote basic scientific research in all aspects of substance abuse, and we facilitate the sharing of knowledge and new discoveries among scientists of diverse backgrounds, both nationally and internationally.

The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to promote and advance the social and behavioral sciences in federal policymaking. Headquartered in Washington, DC, COSSA serves as a united voice for organizations, institutions, communities, and stakeholders who care about a successful and vibrant social science research enterprise. COSSA’s policy experts work with a broad network of advocates to ensure sustainable federal funding for social and behavioral science research and the widespread use of our sciences in policymaking. Join our team of professional associations, scientific societies, research centers and institutes, U.S. colleges and universities, and private sector partners to help raise the profile of social and behavioral science research.

FABBS is a coalition of scientific societies that share an interest in advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior. We communicate the importance and contributions of basic and applied research in these areas to policy makers and the public.

We foster collaboration among behavioral and social scientists, physicians, nurses, biologists, psychologists, social workers, educators, economists, policy experts, practice leaders, those who study the humanities and the arts, and many other scholars and researchers in aging. We believe the intersection of research from diverse areas is the best way to foster ingenuity, achieve the greatest impact, and promote optimal experiences of aging.

The International Communication Association aims to advance the scholarly study of communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research worldwide.

Social network analysis is focused on uncovering the patterning of people's interaction. Network analysis is based on the intuitive notion that the patterns of social structure are important features of the lives of the individuals who display them. Network analysts believe that how an individual lives depends in large part on how that individual is tied into the larger web of social connections. Many believe, moreover, that the success or failure of societies and organizations often depends on the patterning of their internal structure.
Social network analysis has found important applications in organizational behavior, inter-organizational relations, the spread of contagious diseases, mental health, social support, the diffusion of information and animal social organization. Today it has become an international effort with its own professional organizations, textbooks, journals, research centers, training centers and computer programs designed specifically to facilitate the analysis of structural data.

We stimulate, promote and advocate innovative research and policy in the area of behavioral nutrition and physical activity toward the improvement of human health and well-being worldwide.
ISBNPA has an international presence with nearly 700 members representing 44 countries (numbers from May 2022). Our members come together from more than 150 academic and medical institutions, and about 40 government agencies, industry and professional organizations. Members bring to this organization a diversity of experience and expertise, with professional credentials including BSc, DrPH, EdD, LD, MBA, MD, MPH, MSC, PhD, RD, and RN.

ISBNPA is the leading international research community in behavioral nutrition and physical activity

Members of The Obesity Society are part of the largest scientific society dedicated to obesity in the world. The Obesity Society (TOS) is comprised of approximately 2,800 members worldwide who, like you, are dedicated to the study, prevention and treatment of obesity. These professionals include:
Basic and clinical researchers, Clinicians and care providers, Educators, Early career investigators, and Students.

The Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR) is a multi-disciplinary organization, whose members all share a common devotion to the conduct of cross-cultural research. SCCR members are professionals and students from the social science fields of Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, and related fields including Education, Family Studies, Social Work, Human Development, Psychiatry, Communications, Ethnic Studies, and Business, among others.

The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of judgments and decisions. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational researchers, decision analysts, and other decision researchers. The Society's primary event is its Annual Meeting, at which Society members present their research. It also publishes the journal Judgment and Decision Making.

The Society for Prevention Research is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health and academic problems and on the translation of that information to promote health and well being.

The multi-disciplinary membership of SPR is international and includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policymakers who value the conduct and dissemination of prevention science worldwide.

The Society for Research in Child Development has 14 standing and operational committees that contribute to a more vibrant Society and help advance child development research. Each committee has its own charge from SRCD’s Governing Council and generates its own activities.
Join leading developmental scientists from more than 60 countries around the world in making the Society for Research in Child Development your professional home. SRCD is a diverse, international, and interdisciplinary society that supports researchers, instructors, practitioners, and policy-makers who share an interest in and commitment to child development research

The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), incorporated in 1994, is a non‐profit, professional membership organization. SSWR supports social workers, social welfare professionals, social work students, social work faculty and researchers in related fields.

SRNT is the premier associations for people working in this important field of study and provides resources, education, networking and leadership/decision-making opportunities to members. SRNT represents more than 1,200 members in over 40 countries. Our members are global leaders in the fight against tobacco, working in academia, government, private firms, and more.

The Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) is a professional society formed by a group of scholars from multiple disciplines (e.g., medicine, biology, psychology, sociology, economics, and history). The central focus of SSHD is to provide an organization that moves beyond age-segmented scholarly organizations to take an integrative, interdisciplinary approach to ages/stages across the life span, generational and ecological contexts of human development, and research and applications to human development policies and programs. SSHD currently includes over 250 members.