Social science is the study of individuals' behavior in society. Its academic disciplines are anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Economics is a unique social science in that it is highly quantitative — the discipline pulls from calculus, statistics, probability and data science. Simultaneously, as a social science, it ...

Harvard Dean of Social Science Lawrence D. Bobo will step down from his position and take a sabbatical for the 2025-26 ...

In FY 2023, American universities spent more than $3.6 billion on social science research and $1.6 billion on psychological research. Here are the top institutions.

Understand the systems that shape everyday life and behavior—and build a more just future. In Calvin’s politics and economics programs, you’ll connect broad principles of human decision-making and ...

Ever wonder how your sense of self shapes your economic decisions? Join Harvard economist Roland Fryer as he unpacks the powerful influence of identity on our choices and behavior. Photo: Free to ...

Recently, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approved changing the economics degree from a Social Science Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) code to a Science, Technology, ...

Social science & medicine ISSN 0037-7856 was published quarterly from 1967-1977 by Pergamon Press out of Elmsford, New York, and was then split, according to the National Library of Medicine as ...

UC Santa Cruz’s Social Sciences Division welcomed 10 outstanding new faculty members this academic year, in addition to three faculty members in the Anthropology, Economics, and Sociology Departments ...