Applications of social science theory and concepts are central to today’s public life, from social networks to employee trainings to voting reforms. Social science methods using big data and ...

With the current frenzied issuance of dozens of executive orders by Donald Trump and with the attempted termination of governmental entities, employees and funding of grants, a basic social science ...

Across the nation, campaigns to cancel, eliminate and marginalize the basic social science education that underpins diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have gained steam. Educational gag orders ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will conduct a program evaluation of the Minerva Research Initiative (MRI) that resides within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The ...

Christopher Santiago recalls being skeptical the first time he heard about basic income — giving people cash with no conditions on how to spend it. It was 2020, when presidential candidate Andrew Yang ...

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...

Since the first World War, determined efforts have been made by several U. S. universities—notably Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, Minnesota, Stanford —to put social investigation on a ...