Social Science Space

“Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action,” a report released by the Global Public Policy Institute in March, works as part of an effort to put the Academic Freedom Index (AFi) into action.

Un-modeling the ‘model minority’ — a term often used to describe Asian American populations in the United States — is […]

What can we do to make child welfare services and systems more proactive, preventative, and holistic? This was the question […]

A new article in PS: Political Science & Politics analyses psychological science in the aftermath of a “replication crisis” and “credibility revolution” and explicitly examines “what social scientists can learn from this story.”

As I write this, I am using text-to-speech technology, a nifty online feature that enables the reader to listen to, […]

(Over)consumption, climate change and working from home. These are a few of the concerns at the forefront of consumers’ minds […]

In a time of crisis, it might seem like a necessity to share your data in the hopes it might […]

Janet Yellen, appointed as the 78th secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in January, has a long history of work in and alongside the social sciences above and beyond her role as an academic economist and policy maker

Changes in our daily habits have been as simple as no longer buying our morning cup of joe on the […]

Pioneering women in the social and behavioral sciences have established programs, institutionalized critical bodies of knowledge, and pursued their personal […]

Staying at home has completely changed our buying behaviors. Consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated our technological advancement and […]

In the new HEPI report, “Mixed Media: what universities need to know about journalists so they can get a better press”, veteran journalist Rosemary Bennett addresses the universities’ routine silence in public discussion of education and what they should do to rectify that.