The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) announcing funding for transformative research that strengthens America’s infrastructure. Specifically, this DCL seeks to build research capacity that can address challenging infrastructure contexts that require a human and social centered approach. This program is expected to be an enduring priority for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate, which leads the competition with support from seven additional NSF directorates. The proposals should include a central focus on at least one SBE program area with the lead principle investigator being an expert in social, behavioral, or economic science and must demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach beyond that of any single program or NSF Directorate.

This Special Issue is meant to elicit novel approaches and evidence for understanding the broader context in mistreatment dynamics. Articles will be high-impact scholarly pieces that provide an integration of literatures, offer a research framework, and highlight new directions for future inquiry or yield concrete recommendations for practice. We invite empirical submissions that apply novel and rigorous methodologies