Social Science Space

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

The mental health crisis triggered by COVID-19 is escalating rapidly. One example: When compared to a 2018 survey, U.S. adults are now eight times […]

There is no shortage of disciplines and industries rife with sexism. The STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are particularly well […]

Despite decades of significant growth in social science expertise, research and data, some societal issues remain seemingly intractable. Instead of […]

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

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

Do we treat the coronavirus as an ordinary risk of life, much as we do with the other 30 respiratory viruses that have infected humans throughout history? Or do we try to eliminate the virus from the UK altogether – the so-called Zero COVID approach?

Some of the most challenging problems facing our world, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, require not just one field of […]

The reports from Britain’s hospitals in the last few days have been truly worrying. No one should doubt the reality […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary devastation, claiming millions of lives and disrupting the economy and daily life across the […]

Recently, when I opened Instagram, I noticed that the usual spot for checking notifications is now a Shop tab. The […]

It is possible that we could abolish death by COVID, argues Robert Dingwall, by continuing the restrictions of 2020 indefinitely – the problem, of course, is that we would simply die from something else.