Mission Statement

The Social Science History Institute (SSHI) is an interdepartmental program of the School of Humanities and Sciences of Stanford University involving faculty and graduate students from the Departments of Anthropological Sciences, Classics, Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology. Its goal is to combine the analytical tools and techniques of the social sciences with the appreciation for institutions and evidence associated with the discipline of history.

We seek to transplant state of the art research methods from across the boundaries of each discipline in order to re-engineer the manner in which students in social science departments learn about historical institutions and historical data and the manner in which students in history are trained in social science methods. In short, we seek to reinvigorate an approach to historical social science that stresses logical consistency, the specification of falsifiable hypotheses, and the careful and unbiased examination of both quantitative and qualitative evidence.

SSHI Co-Directors

Stephen Haber (personal homepage)
David Brady (personal homepage)

See also full list of advisory board members.

Contact Information

Social Science History Institute
Stanford University
Building 200 Room 10 MC 2024
Stanford CA 94305
Phone (650) 723-1466
FAX (650) 723-1500
E-mail: toney@stanford.edu