Social Science

Adolescents and young adults increasingly build social ties through social media, gaming, and messaging platforms, where identity development, peer bonding,...

A research team, partly led by Christopher Gilbert (CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College), has confirmed a previously unknown African...

Loneliness and social isolation are increasingly treated as public health threats, but a new University of Michigan study warns that...

Digital tools are poised to reshape mental health care delivery—if training can keep pace. A new randomized controlled trial in...

In many Global South cities, “coexistence” is no longer an abstract ethics debate—it is a lived, messy interaction between people,...

Carbon-based pricing is emerging as a new lever for changing travel behavior, according to experimental research published in Annals of...

Loneliness is increasingly linked to worse mental health and lower overall wellbeing, according to a collaborative study led by the...

A long-standing puzzle in learning science is deciding which kinds of system change should count as “learning.” The literature notes...

Drug-naïve, first-episode schizophrenia patients may experience subtle brain chemistry disruptions before medication ever begins, according to a new study highlighting...

A new real-world analysis published in Schizophrenia tracks how U.S. adults living with schizophrenia receive care—and what that care costs—when...