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 ...

Where is leading social science research being conducted in the U.S.? Which universities lead the way in fields such as anthropology, economics, political science, sociology, and psychology? One key ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers from MIT Sloan School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University found that ...

Ethical considerations in social science research encompass principles designed to protect participants, ensure integrity in data collection and analysis, and foster trust between researchers and ...

Researchers look at how AI (large language models or LLMs in particular) could change the nature of social science research. In an article published yesterday in the journal Science, leading ...

“Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project”: that’s the headline from reports on the latest mass replication project sponsored by the Center for Open Science (COS).

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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 Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) promotes excellence in social science research across UMass Amherst and beyond. ISSR supports the methods and training needs of faculty and their ...

The availability of big data has created opportunities to study human behavior at unprecedented scale and detail. Parallel developments in artificial intelligence, network science, and complex systems ...