Sociology : Websites and Associations

8128 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1393
Phone: (608) 262-2921
Email: soc_communications@ssc.wisc.edu

(Formerly The Department of Rural Sociology)
1450 Linden Dr.
350 Agricultural Hall
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-1510
Email: contact@dces.wisc.edu

"Provides information solutions through a unique set of skills that unites applied demography; spatial information and analysis; community development and planning; and information applications."

"A multi-disciplinary faculty research cooperative for social scientific demographic research whose membership includes sociologists, rural sociologists, economists, epidemiologists, and statisticians."
4412 Sewell Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-2182
Email: cde@ssc.wisc.edu

"One of fourteen P30 demography centers on aging sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Major research themes include: midlife development and aging, economics of population aging, inequalities in health and aging, and international comparative studies of health and aging."
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-9836
Email: cdha@ssc.wisc.edu

"A nonprofit think-and-do tank that promotes "high road" solutions to social problems. These treat shared growth and opportunity, environmental sustainability, and resilient democratic institutions as necessary and achievable complements in human development."
7122 Social Science Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Email: info@cows.org

"Provides quantitative, numeric microdata for researchers and students conducting secondary analysis in the social sciences."
Sewell Social Science Building, Room 3314
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-0750
Email: disc@mailplus.wisc.edu

"Dedicated to promoting critical intellectual reflection and exchange, both within the academy as well as between it and the broader society."

"A unique collaboration across the boundaries of the modern research university to promote the understanding of science, technology and medicine as human enterprises."
6317 W.H. Sewell Social Science Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-2927
Email: sts@ssc.wisc.edu

"A center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States."
1180 Observatory Drive
3412 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Madison, WI 53706-1320
Email: irpweb@ssc.wisc.edu

"Interested in research in a broad range of sociological areas, including but not limited to political sociology and cultural sociology."

"Supports research and instruction across the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The SSCC's core strengths include statistical software, remote access to services, and an extensive computing infrastructure."
1180 Observatory Dr. Rm 4226
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-9917
Email: helpdesk@ssc.wisc.edu

"Research spans the full range from micro to macro levels of analyses, qualitative to quantitative research methods, and theoretical to applied orientations."

"Provides a broad range of high quality survey research services to the UW community, governmental agencies, and not-for-profit organizations."
Sterling Hall - 4th Floor
475 North Charter Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-9032
Email: stevenso@ssc.wisc.edu

"A non-profit membership association based in Washington, DC dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good."