social sciences

Simply targeting influencers and opinion makers isn’t always the best way to get your message across — advertising is key, says professor Gabriel Rossman.

Online mentions of sourdough, sacrifice and death all surged as the pandemic took hold.

Courses will pair social justice teaching with community engagement and instruction in data literacy, statistics and computational research methods.

A UCLA report recommends changing land-use policies and improving access to social and health services to address the fast-growing problem.

The study found that those who have stayed in during the pandemic were 37% more likely to feel anxious than those who haven’t.

The project is supported by a $3.65 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The big-data research initiative based at UCLA uses police and jail records to monitor how much authorities are spending to lock up residents.

UCLA faculty share their thoughts on King’s provocative rhetorical inquiry during a time that has tested our institutions and selves in unprecedented ways.

Among the questions the panelists will address: How can universities champion science and evidence while fact-based professions like journalism and medicine are under attack?

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez won a Nobel Prize, we were the No. 1 public university again, faculty carried on with important research and students continued to achieve the amazing.

Children are less likely to earn more than their parents as adults if they are Black or grow up in the South.

Amid political turmoil, the UCLA study on kindness points to its potential for large-scale healing.

President Donald Trump and Republican candidates for Congress face an uphill battle in places hit hardest by the pandemic.

The site’s creators hope that researchers and journalists will be able to use it to track the issues and stories around hate crimes.

The longer COVID-19 continues, the more entrenched these psychological, social and societal changes are likely to be, the study authors suggest.

The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report suggests the industry must do more to meet the moment.

Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, understands how research can directly result in legislation that serves society’s needs.

In a survey by UCLA and United Food and Commercial Workers OUTreach, most said their local unions take action to protect LGBTQ members.

Thrower, professor emeritus of geography at UCLA and a passionate world traveler, died Sept. 2 at his home in Pacific Palisades.

The linguistic anthropologist is co-editor of a new book that brings together 27 academics to analyze and understand the language of our political moment.

Celebrating prominent African American women who played a critical role in the fight for women’s suffrage.

“The underlying theory is identical for all conspiracy theories,” says UCLA professor Timothy Tangherlini.

The heads of academic units dedicated to social justice renew their commitment to ensuring their research, teaching and service are not complicit with the expansion of the police state.

Researchers say crime declines and trust increases when officers work alongside residents to build relationships.

UCLA’s Daniel Fessler explains why staying away from each other seems so tough, even when we know it will save lives.