Social Sciences
Categories
Not sure where to start? Choose a topic below.
Paper explores systemic racism as the default explanation for disparities
Sociology’s treatment of institutional racism as the default explanation for racial disparities has stymied research and debate, a new study says.
New book explores how political polarization affects close relationships
Those in politically divided relationships discuss how they navigate differences with those they love in new book
U of I researcher Piedra to lead $17 million NIH project on caregiving
Social work professor Lissette M. Piedra is co-leading a $17 million NIH-funded project investigating how caregiving evolves across the life course.
Illinois’ new character development project aims to cultivate neighborliness
The Alma Project will empower students to engage in community-based learning experiences in collaboration with local agencies.
Appropriated racial oppression shapes Black parents’ socialization of children
Black parents’ racial-ethnic socialization of their children may be less supportive if they have appropriated racial oppression.
Book describes loss as a central feature of pregnancy
The process of pregnancy is marked by uncertainty, writes anthropology professor Kate Clancy in a new book.
Volatile weekly work hours have adverse effects on health, employment
Unstable work hours negatively affect employees’ health, but they affect men and women differently
Emotion-regulation training reduces distress, changes the brain, team reports
Scientists taught college students to better regulate their emotions in response to negative events, memories.
New ‘anomaly detector’ flags outlier counties in police uses of lethal force
A new data-driven dashboard uses predictive modeling to pinpoint U.S. counties that have unusually high or low numbers of police use of lethal force incidents.
Novelty claims in research studies are key to establishing authority, boosting scholarly impact
Novelty claims in research papers are particularly pronounced in fields where the pressure to achieve firsts is intense.
Reformed Illinois divorce laws boosted joint decision-making, but had little impact otherwise
Illinois’ 2016 divorce reforms were only a partial success for parents and had little impact on courts’ efficiency, researchers say.
Researchers advance first-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US
A new study led by Joseph Trujillo-Falcón documents how artificial intelligence is used to translate life-saving weather forecasts and alerts into non-English languages.