The goal of the Global Social Change Research Project is to bring together knowledge of our social, political and economic world. Where we are, how we got here, and where we are going. A solid understanding of the world is the first step for improving living conditions of all people throughout the world.
We present reports about global change, and links to websites with information (data, reports, journals, etc) about global change.
Many of our reports are here
SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1754255
Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gene-Shackman
Academia.edu https://independent.academia.edu/GeneShackman
Many more, but older reports, are at the previous website https://gsociology.icaap.org
This website also is the home of my project: Free Resources for Evaluation and Social Research Methods. This project links to websites with free online books, guides, how-to's on doing social research. I also prepared this document: What is program evaluation: A beginners guide https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3060080 This explains research methods in very simple terms, so that anyone, even without a background in methodology, can understand.
Other ways to help the world:
Use search engines that contribute to charity. Ecosia is one of them.
Here are some reviews
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ecosia-use-profits-to-plant-trees/
https://netvaluator.com/en/ecosia-search-engine-review-pros-cons/ from October 2025
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2647329/how-using-ecosia-instead-of-google-can-help-save-the-planet.html from April 2025
https://www.goodshop.com also has a search engine.
The Scam Detector website Validator gives goodshop.com one of the higher trust scores on the platform: 88.4. It signals that the business is best defined by the following tags: Authentic. Trustworthy. Secure. https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/goodshop-com-review/
Also visit these sites often and click to donate
The Hunger Site
https://thehungersite.greatergood.com/clicktogive/ths/home
This also has a bunch of other charitable causes to click to give to.
http://www.freerice.com/ click on the correct meaning of words and they donate rice.
Rainforest fund
https://therainforestsite.greatergood.com/clicktogive/trs/home?ref=ecologyfund rainforest, pollution, etc.