RFF's Solar Geoengineering Research Project and the Harvard Solar Geoengineering Research Program seek to improve our understanding of the risks, potential benefits, and other uncertain implications of solar radiation modification (SRM) as one approach among others to help address climate change risks.

On September 4–5, 2025, we are hosting this year's RFF and Harvard SRM Social Science Research Workshop, with a broad theme of "Governance in a Fractured World." This invitation-only event will take place at the RFF offices in Washington, DC.

For this workshop, we invite submissions for individuals to present new, recent, or ongoing social science-related research on SRM. We are particularly interested in research submissions on this topic where we hope to create several themed sessions, but welcome other social science research on SRM more generally. We encourage relevant research presentation proposals from a wide range of scholars, drawing from social science disciplines (economics, political science, public policy, international relations, sociology, and anthropology) as well as the humanities (philosophy and ethics, among other fields). We highly encourage applications from researchers from less developed countries. We also welcome applications from doctoral students, early career scholars, and those who may be new to the topic area.

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