
Why Social Science? Because Changing Behavior is Essential to Addressing Climate Change
The challenge of climate change is enormous and requires an all-of-science effort. Psychologists must be part of the solution.
1 month agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
The challenge of climate change is enormous and requires an all-of-science effort. Psychologists must be part of the solution.
1 month agoLeveraging the sociocultural dimensions of health knowledge, not a technical focus, is what will move the needle on vaccine uptake.
7 months agoBeing bad at math can kill people. Even experts who should understand medical science and help us make good health […]
12 months agoJust over two months ago, a white male entered three Asian-owned spas in the Atlanta area, and in the ensuing […]
1 year agoThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary devastation, claiming millions of lives and disrupting the economy and daily life across the […]
1 year agoFifty years after Ruth Bader Ginsberg worked to secure constitutional equality for women, misogyny is still alive and well in […]
2 years agoWithout research in social, organizational, and behavioral sciences, argues John Haaga, as serious as the investment in biomedical research, the United States may be no better off when the next acute crisis hits.
2 years agoSocial science can help us in addressing racism, much of it unconscious, in our healthcare, employment, housing, banking, education, and criminal justice systems, which will be critical to meeting health and economic challenges going forward.
2 years agoWhile considerations of the impact of science and the military often focuses on weaponry, social science has also contributed to the lives of the warriors themselves. Here, Leanne Knobloch and Steven Wilson outline four specific contributions on this Veterans’ Day.
3 years agoThe president of research4impact offers a real-life example of how social science researchers teamed with a climate change nonprofit find a way to create more engaged members and a more stable membership.
3 years agoThe president of the Social Science Research Council argues that that proliferation of data, data sharing and collaboration across private, government, and academic sectors requires a stewardship that social science can, at least in part, provide.
4 years agoCongressman Daniel Lipinski says “we should encourage interdisciplinary collaboration, but we must also maintain support for core social science research.” He will moderate the congressional briefing on “Social Science Solutions for Health, Public Safety, Computing, and Other National Priorities” on Wednesday.
5 years ago