social sciences

The awardees will study in Brazil, Chile, England, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia.

In its second year, the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate plans to fund new research teams and host a central research hub.

UCLA report finds nearly half of those surveyed think sex and romance are too prominent in film and TV.

Streisand personally kicked off the event with remarks about the current American landscape.

UCLA psychologists find people tend to remember vague assertions in more definitive terms.

Classes in the STEM fields should include context from history and other social sciences, UCLA researchers write.

UCLA sociologist Abigail Saguy found that LGBTQ+ and feminist activists support adding an “X” option on identification cards.

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.

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.