From the American Economic Association:
The National Science Foundation sent out a Dear Colleague letter requesting white papers on grand challenges in the social and behavioral sciences. The Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF/SBE) will use these white papers "to frame innovative research for the year 2020 and beyond that enhances fundamental knowledge and benefits society in many ways. This request is part of a process that will help NSF/SBE make plans to support future research." The Dear Colleague letter is available here. Advance copies of some of the papers were also sent to the AEACGR and are available below.
The "grand challenge" papers include the following:
- Goulder, Lawrence; Integrating Economic and Political Considerations in the Analysis of Global Environmental Policies
- Nordhaus, William; Some Foundational and Transformative Grand Challenges for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: The Problem of Global Public Goods
- Stavins, Robert; Some Research Priorities in Environmental Economics
