Social Science for Policy and Extension
The Social Science for Policy and Extension Division designs and implements social science-based research and public service activities that inform decisions and actions toward building and enabling an environment for progressive control of transboundary animal diseases.
sub- unit
- Social Science Research Unit
- Agricultural Extension Studies
- Policy Monitoring and Evaluation
- Policy Design and Governance Studies
research agenda
- Elucidation of the role of culture, economic, and other social factors as drivers of zoonotic transmission as well as decision-making that can address this problem
public service agenda
- Design & delivery of support services for livestock producers and other stakeholders in confronting the challenges of zoonotic disease transmission
- Generate sound evidence of policy options for progressive control of zoonotic disease transmission (& outcomes)
- Development of evidence-based, human-centered policy options, co-designed with stakeholders.
project leader
DR. RODMYR F. DATOON
Assistant Professor
College of Agriculture and Food Sciences
