GCRI · Society and Human Development
Mandate and publisher
Society and Human Development is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) for societal resilience, inequality, health, population change and the human consequences of risks and innovation. This page sets out its mandate, who publishes it, the limits of its role and its current operating state. The platform is open for information and enquiries.
- STEM methods
- 4
- Canonical methods this field applies
- Topics
- 10
- Subject pages in the field
- Counterparts
- 2
- Platforms in shared fields across the network
- Report series
- 2
- Reports series it contributes to
Mandate and publisher in four parts.
What the platform exists to do.
The mandate is scientific: to produce rigorous, ethically grounded evidence on how risks reach people and how societies adapt. It exists as a dedicated platform because societal and demographic analysis is neither technical risk assessment nor financial inclusion alone.
Scope
Society and human development, and information and public trust.
Who takes part
Social scientists, humanitarian researchers, demographers and community advocates.
What it is designed to publish
Human development profiles, social vulnerability briefs and community case studies.
The platform is organised around ten topics and three chapters, from poverty and inequality to inclusive research ethics, and it stewards social and behavioural science in the STEM Commons for the whole network.
Who is responsible.
GCRI publishes the platform and answers for its content. GCRI Canada is the lead contracting organisation.
- Editorial responsibility: a platform editor and named subject reviewers, appointed as the platform opens.
- Methods: socioeconomic indicators, vulnerability methods and mixed methods, each documented on methods and uncertainty.
- Ethics: research involving people follows the principles set out in inclusive research ethics.
- Corrections: reported and logged on corrections.
What the platform does not do.
- It does not regulate, certify, license or approve any person, programme or institution.
- It does not deliver humanitarian assistance, determine refugee or migration status, or decide who receives social protection.
- It does not publish information that could identify or endanger individuals or communities.
- Taking part gives no authority, appointment or influence over findings, and sponsorship confers no editorial control.
Established.
The platform is published at its canonical address, as a candidate for the second wave after evidence. Its page set and three chapters are built, and expert groups and case studies open as editors, ethical review and safeguarding are confirmed. Enquiries go to the research collaboration form; the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.
Questions and answers.
Is the platform a separate organisation?
Does the platform advocate for particular policies?
Who can report a safeguarding concern?
Bring a method, a dataset or a question.
Information and enquiries are open today. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.
Legal documents.
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