A space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
Nasser Fakouhi is professor of Anthropology at the University of Tehran. In a 2016 interview with Social Science Space, he reflected on the origins and development of social science in Iran and how political repression has impacted academic freedom.
Every day across the United States, more than 120 people die from firearm injuries. This is a crisis that requires urgent attention from the scientific community, and social scientists have a critical role to play.
To maximize skilled migrants’ contributions to the professional society of the host economy, Leila Afshari writes, there is a need for mutual understanding of their potentials and the career options available for them in the society.
In this post, Holly Slay Ferraro, an associate professor in the Villanova School of Business and Academic Director for DEI […]
For all sorts of reasons, our article “A Design Thinking Approach to Teaching Sustainability” should not have been written. This […]
The research is clear: the more credible the messenger, the more credible the message. Nowhere is this more important than […]
“Sensing,” the authors have written, “is indispensable for constructing knowledge and should be employed on par with the intellect, particularly in today’s complex and uncertain context. Yet, we have observed learners’ reluctance to engage with sensing and attempted to understand the reasons for it.”
When employees are given conflicting demands, the resulting dilemma leaved them damned if they do, and doomed if they don’t.
COVID-19 has devastated communities and economies around the world and profoundly changed the ways in which we live and work. […]
“In a world facing many complex, formidable problems,” Kenneth Prewitt asks, “how can the social sciences become a decisive force […]
Each year, NYU researchers analyze New York State Medicaid, New York City Department of Education, and New York City subsidized housing data to discover new patterns of family experiences and outcomes and inform new approaches to fighting poverty, reducing inequality, and expanding opportunity in our communities.
How well do sociology departments in the UK teach sociology that originated in the UK? Asking that surprisingly hard question may produce usable insights for academic Britain, argues our Robert Dingwall.
