social sciences

UCLA psychologists suggest that by 25, one’s mode of evaluating the truthfulness of information is pretty much set.

UCLA professors Jacob Foster and Danny Snelson weigh in on how artificial intelligence might influence and invigorate writing, art and culture.

An international team including UCLA sociologist Giovanni Rossi found that people rely on each other for help constantly.

Professors Heather Maynard, Harryette Mullen and Daniel Treisman are among the 270 inductees for 2023.

The honorees are Michael Berry, Scott Cummings, Prineha Narang, Alex Purves and Michael Rothberg.

UCLA social demographer Anne Pebley discusses her findings, including which sociodemographic traits tend to predict who gets deported.

Psychologist Patricia Greenfield will shed light on our cultural and behavioral reactions to the pandemic at her Faculty Research Lecture on Feb. 15.

The scholar, whose new works explore the history of the Holocaust in North Africa, will speak on campus Jan. 31.

UCLA’s new Initiative to Study Hate represents a critical effort to root out what’s causing the alarming rise in hate across the country — and what we can do to stop it.

UCLA’s Bedari Kindness Institute wanted to find out if kindness is contagious. The answer may surprise you.

Bucking previous findings, researchers found that people of East Asian and European descent performed similarly on a well-known test.

The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, gives awardees the opportunity to study aspects of a society or societies.

Patricia Turner discusses her new book, “Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century”

The new Initiative to Study Hate kicks off with 23 projects that examine how hate manifests in the brain, online, in communities and who is most affected.

Valenzuela spoke about his plans for the division, the importance of public engagement and how his early job at a carwash instilled a work ethic that still drives him.

Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch discuss their new book, “The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy.”

UCLA researchers create video playlist for YouTube Kids’ anti-bullying programming.

The Center for Scholars and Storytellers found less than 5% of teens want to see aspirational content in TV or movies.

Luskin School professor Ian Holloway is among researchers working with health officials to develop evidence-based strategies.

UCLA psychologist Martie Haselton and Jaimie Arona Krems, from Oklahoma State University, explain how evolutionary social science influences the debate.

The sociology professor set the theme for the conference, which features more than 50 presenters from UCLA.

Armenian language scholar Hagop Kouloujian has been appointed to the position for a five-year term.

Liberals and conservatives can have positive experiences when they talk politics over the video conferencing platform, a UCLA study shows.

The longtime campus leader will become UCLA’s chief academic officer effective Sept. 1, 2022.

The findings are another troubling sign of the pandemic’s uneven impact across different communities.