The National Science Foundation division that covers social, behavioral, and economic sciences is in the crosshairs.

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

To keep you current on the science behind hot button issues in the news, we’re expanding our coverage of the social sciences with a new column, Being Human, in this issue. First up: whether trying to ...

Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

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 ...

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Social science students at Case Western Reserve engage with significant academic resources and research opportunities, leading to fulfilling careers and top graduate school placements. Studying the ...

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 ...

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. A lot of progress has been made: using randomized, controlled experiments; making ...

Taking a lice-grade comb to press coverage of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign can feel a little like relitigating, but in light of recent news about President Donald Trump, ...

The purpose of the social science requirement is to provide students with social scientific perspectives on human, social and institutional behavior. The social sciences provide a unique perspective ...