social sciences

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.

Researchers examined enrollment data from 1985 through 2019 for 53 medical schools.

The latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report again emphasizes the importance of minority audiences.

The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy interviewed three historical observers to help provide important context and framing for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A new study identifies a spike in China-based activity on Twitter and Wikipedia, two platforms long banned by Beijing.

Theo Henderson hopes to use the position to encourage more active, mobile research methods.

Professors continued helping us better understand our world with their research, students kept excelling and UCLA showed how it helps make Los Angeles a world-class city.

Zrinka Stahuljak embraces the role of “fixer” as she directs the center’s transformation.

An international study co-led by UCLA’s Graeme Blair found that community policing did little to improve trust in law enforcement.

Centering Tribal Stories will train University of California scholars on collaborations with Native American communities.

The awardees will conduct research in Japan, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Rwanda, Spain, France, Mexico and the Philippines.

“It’s crucial to reach people however you can ... to tell these stories of our shared humanity,” says the newly appointed Maurice Amado Professor of Sephardic Studies.

The globetrotting UCLA professor explores shipwrecks to study the relationship between ecology and enslavement in the former Danish West Indies.

The funds will support UCLA students, policy reports and big-data projects such as the Million Dollar Hoods initiative.