JDSS was a data visualization technology support partner and contributor of several publications from The Center for Development and Strategy (CDS). CDS was an environmental and economic American think tank and online publisher founded by David Harary and based in Buffalo, New York, in the United States. The center developed policy studies, risk briefs, and OpEds on political, economic, and environmental issues throughout the world, with a specific focus on issues concerning sustainability, development, and national security.
CDS was officially a non-partisan think tank with scholars that represented varying points of view across the political spectrum. In 2014, CDS was founded as a ‘student-run’ think tank focused on economic development. At the time, it was the second major international student-run think tank in the world. In 2015, CDS won a first prize in the Best Applied Experience category at the University at Buffalo School of Management’s DEAL Expo along with a $750 reward. Since then, CDS had expanded to involve academics and young professionals in government, business, and non-profits.
CDS operated three programs that developed sustainability research, thought, and organizations. The think tank’s main program, Think Publication, published reports written by graduate-level students, academics, and professionals. CDS’s Think Together program was a news-style blog that published opinion articles. The think tank also ran a virtual business incubator called Think Incubation and had helped start up numerous not-for-profit institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Impact Collaborative group.
Along with its own set of publications, CDS members published material in a variety of journals and news outlets. These included The National Interest, Scientific American, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Slate, The Diplomat, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, War on the Rocks, the Wilson Center‘s New Security Beat, Journal of Science Policy & Governance, Center for International Relations, GreenBiz, Cornell International Affairs Review, Harvard Kennedy School Review, Inquiries Journal, and West Point‘s Modern War Institute.