The use of computational methods and tools to deepen our understanding of long-standing questions in the social sciences has been rapidly growing in recent years. This Collection includes manuscripts ...

Explore whether economics can be considered a science, analyzing its classification, testability, and consensus within social science debates.

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as ...

This post was updated Nov. 12 at 8:24p.m. The bridge connecting humanities and social sciences to the environment may not be as treacherous as we are conditioned to think. There is a common ...

Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...

Brie Tripp leads NPB 110C, a class that blends physiology lessons with examples of health disparities in underserved populations. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Rather than petri dishes or microscopes, ...

An increase in social media activity on “hard-right” platforms — those that purport to represent viewpoints not welcome on “mainstream” platforms — contributes to rightwing civil unrest in the United ...

The study, conducted across Singapore and Australia, surveyed 583 young people aged 13 to 25, and their parents. It found that prolonged social media use is associated with difficulties in sustaining ...