A new study casts doubt on a promising application of the timeworn theory — posited by thinkers such as Rousseau, Alexander de Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill — that political engagement, such as voting, fosters good citizens and makes people more...
Police departments across the nation have embraced body-worn cameras as a tool for reducing police misconduct and building trust between law-enforcement officers and the communities they serve.
In a new study, The Lab @ DC, a research lab within...
From quantifying the wisdom of crowds to measuring polarization in political speech, data science is enhancing a wide range of social science research.
On Oct. 20, Yale held its first Data Science Workshop, a daylong event focused on computational social...
Associate Professor Ken Gillingham of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has spent his career researching ways to mitigate climate change while protecting peoples' livelihoods. An avid hiker and former forest ranger, Gillingham has...
Since fall 2016, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has welcomed 51 new colleagues to the ladder faculty. The incoming cohort comprises 17 new hires each for the divisions of the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences, inclusive of engineering....
Three Yale alumni — visual artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby (M.F.A. 2011), photographer Dawoud Bey (M.F.A. 1993), and psychologist Betsy Levy Paluck (B.S. 2000 and Ph.D. 2007) — are among the 24 individuals who have been named 2017 MacArthur Fellows.
The...