Social Sciences

After 15 years of service, the theorist and Sterling Professor of Political Science Ian Shapiro will step down from his role on June 30.

Business leaders must use their collective voices to explain to both parties that they are jeopardizing the health and safety of our nation.

Professor Nicholas Christakis will head an international project that examines the intersections of human genomic, microbiome, and social network data.

Underhill, the chair of Yale’s archaeology department, has worked for over 20 years to help understand social changes in Bronze Age Shandong province.

President Trump’s Nov. 9 proclamation represents an American policy that will damage children and families seeking refuge and asylum at our borders.

Conservative judges worry that the Second Amendment has become “a second-class right.”

Over the course of 2018, YaleNews published more than 1,200 stories — from news of awards and honors to groundbreaking discoveries, campus events and much more.

Mock trials can slake the desire for revenge that motivates much gun violence, a new Yale study has found.

Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies has worked on such pressing issues as criminal justice reform, food insecurity, and educational mobility.

The program, co-led by the new Tobin Center, is part of the university’s ongoing effort to invest in policy-oriented social science and data-driven research.