Research

SIG conducts rigorous research and novel intervention approaches to address co-occurring problems using state-of-the-art research designs and analytic methods.

Several of SIG's evidence-based interventions have been identified as best practices by the CDC. 

Scientists at SIG have published hundreds of research papers in a variety of publications to influence policy and practice.

Anchored at SIG, AI4SGS is a bold interdisciplinary effort to apply artificial intelligence to some of the world’s most pressing social and public health challenges.

SIG promotes research, training and education programs to train the next generation of researchers, including programs focused on underrepresented scientists.

Researchers at SIG share their expertise through practice guides and implementation manuals that provide detailed instructions on how to implement the interventions they develop and study.

The Uzbekistan-Columbia Center for Advancing Community Strengths and Social Wellbeing (UCC-ACSSW) is a trilateral research, education, and practice initiative operating across two institutional homes: within the National Agency for Social Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NASP) in Tashkent, and within the Social Intervention Group (SIG) at Columbia University's School of Social Work (CSSW) in New York. 

The Center for Justice is committed to ending mass incarceration and criminalization, and advancing alternative approaches to justice and safety through education, research, and policy change. The Center works in partnership with schools, departments, centers and institutes across Columbia, other universities, government agencies, community organizations, advocates, and those directly affected by the criminal justice system.

Columbia School of Social Work, Irving Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry Division on Substance Use Disorders, and the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research are deeply committed to addressing the national crisis of opioid and other substance use disorders.

The Global Health Research Center of Central Asia integrates a multidisciplinary team of faculty, scientists, researchers, and students committed to advancing solutions to health and social issues in Central Asia and the surrounding region.