School of Social Science

Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study and President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), has been appointed by President-elect Joe Biden to the position of Deputy...

By Kristen R. Ghodsee, Member (2006–07) in the School of Social Science:

"For Dyson, the mysteries of human behavior were just as deep and enduring as the mysteries of the universe. In the sheer breadth of his interests, Dyson embodied the ideal of...

Donald Light, Visitor in the School of Social Science, asks in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
"The British Medical Journal wrote last month that 'none of the [Covid] vaccine trials are designed to detect significant reduction in hospital admissions, admission to intensive care, or death.' Can these vaccines stop the pandemic?"

“By relying solely on preliminary results, one gets a falsely positive view of the vaccine. Surveys indicate that most people are worried that the government is going to allow untrustworthy COVID-19 vaccines on the market. Therefore, the public...

Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, has been awarded the 2020 Morison Prize in Science, Technology, and Society.

Conferred by MIT, the award recognizes outstanding individuals who combine humanistic values with...

In a paper recently published by Science, Harold F. Linder Professor Alondra Nelson and her co-authors address ethical concerns related to the methods of computational social science (CSS) and the optimal conditions for the utilization of data-based...

Amín Pérez, Member in the School of Social Science, examines the Dominican Republic's state-sanctioned massacre of Haitian-born inhabitants, writing:

In October 1937, one of the most atrocious yet least-known genocides of humanity was executed...

Peter Redfield, Member in the School of Social Science, has been named President of the Society for Cultural Anthropology. Redfield will rejoin the board, on which he served from 2007 to 2012 as an elected member, and succeed Robert Foster as...