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The Social Sciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research announces the 2021 recipient of its Undergraduate Conference Presentation Award. The recipient is an undergraduate student presenting original research results at a regional or national, discipline-specific meeting.
Read moreDouglas Wilbur ’14, a visiting Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Communication at UTSA, has published a study that shows how researchers can craft message campaigns to protect individuals from adopting extremist views.
Read moreAbigail Smith, a WVU student committed to improving the future of West Virginia through public policy, has been named the University’s 25th Truman Scholar, the nation’s top graduate fellowship award for aspiring public service leaders.
Read moreOn April 12–14, 2021, students from institutions around the world will participate in the Nat Conference on Undergraduate Research, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research. Faculty mentors and more than 3400 undergraduate researchers will come together online to share their research.
Read moreMore than 46 million say they still could not afford medical care today
Read moreAre we really living in a polarized world? A mathematical model reveals surprises — particularly about people in the middle.
Read moreMaking people fear the coronavirus may motivate us to wash our hands, keep our distance and wear a face mask.
Read moreIn a company record, SAGE brings home nine wins across each award category
Read more“Many countries are hit by a third wave of infections and authorities may be tempted to induce fear to make people follow guidelines. Our findings provide policy makers with an alternative.” – Michael Bang Petersen, professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
Read moreMost businesses were ill-prepared to deal with the pandemic and muddled though the challenges stemming from it, according to a
Read moreHOUSTON – (March 30, 2021) – Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends
Read morePRINCETON–Slanted media outlets are often blamed for growing polarization, but new research points to another consequence of consuming partisan news:
Read moreStates with more collective governance had more similarly sized houses
Read morePowering Los Angeles entirely with renewable energy can be accomplished without significant disruption to the economy or lifestyles over the
Read moreBINGHAMTON, NY — When it comes to local government, does the gender of a mayor or county executive matter in
Read moreResearch has found that experiencing a traumatic event at close quarters changes people’s political attitudes. However, in the case of
Read more– It is as if China is two completely different countries, if we look at how they appear in two
Read moreVoters who support left-wing social welfare programs vote against left-wing candidates
Read moreThis is a pioneering study because for the first time it analyses information on the educational and socioeconomic level, age and health status of the two partners combined, not separately, and it focuses on Spain
Read moreStudy: On social media, most people do care about accurate news but need reminders not to spread misinformation
Read moreDuring the past decade the European People’s Party in the European Parliament was criticized for its unwillingness to vote for
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University of Illinois Chicago researcher Zizi Papacharissi draws on interviews conducted with everyday citizens of more than 30 countries
Read moreStarting in early summer last year, analysis finds that states with Republican governors had higher case and death rates
Read morePeople who frequently mislead others are less able to distinguish fact from fiction, according to University of Waterloo researchers
Read moreA new policy agenda calls for progressive measures to restrict widening inequality
Read moreStudy highlights need for global cooperation on policies
Read moreThe perils of machine learning – using computers to identify and analyze data patterns, such as in facial recognition software
Read more(Bergen, Norway): Today, the Holberg Prize–one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities,
Read moreGlobal political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels
Read moreBINGHAMTON, NY – Several proposals have emerged on how to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, but they fall short in ensuring
Read moreWith eight months to go before the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), an international survey experiment has found evidence of
Read moreResearchers at the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences, published in the journal Party Politics , concludes that the odds of women candidates winning in primary processes fall relative to other selection methods
Read moreYet, Bright Line Watch finds strong partisan divides over election and impeachment.
Read moreThe public will have an opportunity to hear about research and experiences unique to Oceania at the 42nd Annual Research
Read moreResearchers say that governments should look to human rights principles and commitments to help them decide who should get priority for the first available doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Read moreMembers of the German Bundestag who belong to underrepresented groups are more active in the legislative process and, early on,
Read moreThe Climate Insights 2020 survey, a joint effort by researchers at Stanford University, Resources for the Future, and ReconMR, provides insight into American opinions on climate change, natural disasters, and more
Read moreHOUSTON – (Feb. 22, 2021) – Governments with strong female representation are more likely to deliver on campaign promises, according
Read morefMRI study shows stronger neurological responses for politically incongruent positions
Read moreGeography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks.
Read morePolicy brief ‘A comprehensive approach to the payment mechanism for deep seabed mining’
Read more“Vaccine nationalism” fails to respect human rights
Read morePatrik Marier and PhD student Daniel Dickson compare how US and Canadian workers handled outbreaks in long-term care facilities
Read moreStudy ‘Systemic Risk: The Threat to Societal Diversity and Coherence’
Read moreResearcher Andy Cook says that European considerations played little part in the UK’s move to decimal currency in 1971
Read moreResearchers examine how the subtle choice of synonyms may tip your hand as to which political party you support
Read moreTwitter experiment shows clear self-selection into social media “echo chambers” due to political preferences.
Read moreOfficers from marginalized groups in Chicago made fewer stops and arrests, used less force than white and male officers
Read moreIsraelis across the political spectrum prefer the status quo to the two-state solution, and Palestinians are only willing to accept
Read moreCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — From the advent of photography to the age of social media, U.S. presidents have been among the
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