The Center for Economic, Governance, and International Studies (CEGIS) is a program unit of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council. CEGIS includes in its portfolio a broad range of important, policy-related research. This is reflected in its four standing committees: the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, the Committee on Law and Justice, and the Committee on Population. In addition, ad hoc committees have conducted work in the areas of racial dynamics in the United States, urban issues, environmental decision-making, and international conflict resolution. CEGIS addresses the nation's most pressing problems, using the knowledge, analytical tools, and methods of the behavioral and social sciences.