We turn next to the question of how the Intelligence Community (IC) can position itself to take optimal advantage of the opportunities described in Part II and others like them. Collaboration and coordination—not only interdisciplinary approaches to research within the academic community, but also a multitude of ways researchers and IC agencies can work together and learn from one another—will be essential. In Chapter 9, we explore lessons learned in conducting this study and broaden the discussion to consider lessons that can be drawn from the history of collaboration between the IC and the research community. Chapter 10 summarizes the opportunities the committee sees for the IC in this collaborative work and describes our ideas about how the IC can capitalize on them most effectively.

A Decadal Survey of the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Research Agenda for Advancing Intelligence Analysis
2019

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The primary function of the intelligence analyst is to make sense of information about the world, but the way analysts do that work will look profoundly different a decade from now. Technological changes will bring both new advances in conducting analysis and new risks related to technologically based activities and communications around the world. Because these changes are virtually inevitable, the Intelligence Community will need to make sustained collaboration with researchers in the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) a key priority if it is to adapt to these changes in the most productive ways.

A Decadal Survey Of The Social and Behavioral Sciences provides guidance for a 10-year research agenda. This report identifies key opportunities in SBS research for strengthening intelligence analysis and offers ideas for integrating the knowledge and perspectives of researchers from these fields into the planning and design of efforts to support intelligence analysis.

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Front Matter i-xviii
Summary 1-14
Introduction 15-28
PART I: CONTEXT FOR THIS DECADAL STUDY 29-30
2 Two Communities 31-48
3 Global Context for the Decadal Study 49-64
4 The Work of the Intelligence Analyst 65-82
PART II: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IC 83-84
5 Sensemaking: Emerging Ways to Answer Intelligence Questions 85-140
6 Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Research to Enhance Security in Cyberspace 141-188
7 Integrating the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) into the Design of a HumanMachine Ecosystem 189-252
8 Strengthening the Analytic Workforce for Future Challenges 253-286
PART III: LOOKING FORWARD 287-288
9 Strengthening Ties Between the Two Communities 289-310
10 Capitalizing on Opportunities in Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Research: A 10-Year Vision 311-328
Appendix A: Summary of National Security-Related Research Programs 329-336
Appendix B: Summary of the Committee's Information Gathering 337-356
Appendix C: Reproducibility and Validity 357-364
Appendix D: New Data, New Research Tools, New Ethical Questions 365-374
Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 375-382

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A Decadal Survey of the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Research Agenda for Advancing Intelligence Analysis (2019)

Chapter: PART III: LOOKING FORWARD

PART III

LOOKING FORWARD