Social Science Space

Everyone – from ordinary citizens to journalists reporting on big issues and researchers trying to communicate their findings – should accept that science changes, and behave accordingly

Distrust of atheists is strong in the United States. The General Social Survey consistently demonstrates that as a group, Americans […]

In recent years, many behavioral scientists have begun to question whether loss aversion is quite so ironclad a principle of the human mind

The gender gap in citations between male and female researchers is well documented. Lin Zhang and Gunnar Sivertsen find that while papers authored by female researchers are less cited, they are more frequently engaged with by readers.

David Canter discusses the alienation between people that is being generated by a combination of fears of interpersonal contact and the power of the internet. Is a new world emerging in which isolated avatars replace social interaction?

The authors of a new paper on management education were motivated to pursue this research because we felt that critical thinking and the importance of having a critical approach were treated too narrowly in the traditional leadership and management literature.

Today, customers and employees need a broader form of “readiness” to successfully face fundamentally altered capability and motivational demands. Enter ‘actor ecosystem readiness.’

It’s sometimes said that it’s not what you know that counts, but who you know. In the essay below, authors […]

As climate change advances, communities across the United States are adapting to the increased threat of wildfires. Such disasters are […]

Leveraging the sociocultural dimensions of health knowledge, not a technical focus, is what will move the needle on vaccine uptake.

The Association of Indigenous Anthropologists requested that the American Anthropological Association officially pause land acknowledgments and the related practice of the welcoming ritual, in which Indigenous persons open conferences with prayers or blessings.

The 2020 elections marked a turning point for women in U.S. politics and the media. So “are we there yet?” Ehh, not yet.