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The official page of the University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences. News, events, and updates for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.
Chicago, Illinois
Joined May 2012
A new study from Assoc. Prof. Wilma Bainbridge's 'Brain Bridge Lab' explores the impact of memorability on the attention images get online, and how it might help drive internet virality. Learn more here: https://t.co/EGujEG3wYh
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Students have the unique opportunity not just to acquire accelerated training in research methodologies, but also to apply it in the real world as RAs in faculty-led projects and labs. SISRM begins accepting applicants on January 1st! Learn more here: https://t.co/B1UwTQdKHR
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The Summer Institute in Social Research Methods (SISRM) offers undergraduate students an immersive summer experience combining classroom instruction, workshops, and hands-on research experience.
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Excited to have buzz at @__elmercurio on my talk on Land Power tomorrow in Santiago @uandresbello
@BeckerFriedman @UChicagoSSD
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Meet our 2025-26 job market candidates! Over the next several days, we’ll feature individual candidates and their job market papers. A complete list of profiles is available on our website: https://t.co/CNlV655h2L
#UChicago #EconJobMarket
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In a new article for @BBCWorld, Prof. @mikealbertus addresses the US's bounty on Venezuala's Pres. Maduro, and the infeasibility of a betrayal coming from the leader's inner circle. Read more here: https://t.co/vBZwSSLk8f
bbc.com
President Trump says he wants to tackle the drugs trade but many believe he is trying to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro.
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Commenting in the @SunTimes, Assoc. Prof. Amy Dru Stanley discusses the use of masking by federal agents. "Criminal justice in a democracy is meant to be blind — not masked." Read more here: https://t.co/S1QjR8OZuw
chicago.suntimes.com
A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official says masking is "all about intimidation.” A police chiefs association says it can create mistrust.
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In a new study in 'Nature Human Behavior,' Asst. Prof. Yuan Chang Leong examines the effect of emotions on brain-wide networks and how they lead to enhanced memory encoding, or "stickiness". Learn more about Prof. Leong and his research: https://t.co/MwbCQ0M77z
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A new study from MACSS Asst. Sr. Instructional Prof. Jean Clipperton offers a new look into Taylor Swift's lyrics, analyzing key themes and patterns across her body of work. Learn more here: https://t.co/VtWe5dLS8N
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Congrats to #NobelPrize winner Joel Mokyr (@NUEconomics)! 🎉 Your lessons from history inspire our journey to smarter growth. Find Joel Mokyr’s #GrowthAcademy25 presentation slides here:
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So proud of new #NobelPrize laureate @PAghion! 🎉 Your ideas encourage us all to think boldly about innovation and progress. Find Philippe Aghion's #GrowthAcademy25 presentation slides here:
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Congratulations to Mary Hicks, Assoc. Prof. in the Department of History, on winning the 2025 Warren Dean Memorial Prize from the Conference on Latin American History for her book 'Captive Cosmopolitans'!
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Why–and how–do we start to avoid information that makes us uncomfortable? A new story from UChicago News explores research by Postdoc and recent alum Radhika Santhanagopalan, Ph'25 (Psychology and Behavioral Science) on the 'Ostrich Effect.' Learn more: https://t.co/wRIEpKfT6I
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Remembering Jonathan Lear, renowned philosopher and psychoanalyst. Lear was known for his study of foundational questions of humanity and as a devoted scholar, mentor, and friend by colleagues at UChicago and the academic world more broadly. Read more: https://t.co/y4fjhoN1QE
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Commenting in The @Independent, Prof. Paul Staniland discusses the recent successes of mass unrest in South Asia and the role of youth movements in driving political pressure. Learn more: https://t.co/Fl2ncu1PWi
independent.co.uk
Public disturbances over misrule, joblessness and corruption have felled governments in three countries in as many years, but analysts tell Shweta Sharma that the storm is far from over
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The Division welcomes 4 new faculty this Fall Quarter! Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, Asst. Prof., in @uchi_economics Jeremy Simmons, Asst. Prof., Dept. of History Isaac Mehlhaff, Neubauer Family Asst. Prof., Dept. of Political Science Christopher Walters, Prof. in @uchi_economics
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Our latest profile focuses on Assoc. Prof. Michael Rossi's new book 'Capturing Kahanamoku,' tracing an early 20th century scientist's obsession with the surfing legend Kahanamoku brothers and cautioning against the subjectivity of science. Learn more: https://t.co/DY1QSw36RF
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Coming up next week! more info 👇
The 2nd annual Václav Havel Lecture is on Sept. 26, feat. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaking on the ongoing struggle for freedom in Belarus, the fate of Belarus and Ukraine, and global solidarity with those who resist oppression. Learn more and register: https://t.co/8Yd4xTLFaS
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In our latest faculty book profile, Prof. Susan Stokes talks about 'The Backsliders' and why– and how–democratic leaders erode the very systems they were elected in. Learn more: https://t.co/rAVrh03u8D
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Scrolling social media and streaming shows or movies may feel like relaxation, but UChicago Assoc. Prof. Marc Berman has found a better way to give your brain the break it truly needs. https://t.co/Iv250xJp1j
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