Founded by UNESCO, the International Social Science Journal publishes current reviews and discussions of global social science research.

Founded by UNESCO, the International Social Science Journal publishes current reviews and discussions of global social science research.

Traces how narratives of collective memory, economic development and patriarchy influence politics

The real threat to people in Chicago ​(and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

Terri Lesley, a former library director, said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to bow to county officials’ demands for censorship.

University President Sally Kornbluth said some of the terms would restrict the institution’s free expression and independence.

Criminology struggles to achieve progressive problem shifts, or cumulative theoretical development common in fields like physics and biology. This stems from a precision crisis characterized by a tendency to accept imprecise descriptions, vague theoretical predictions, and analytical practices that obscure data. Drawing on Meehl’s framework for assessing scientific progress in psychology, we argue criminological knowledge risks resembling “Monopoly money in the bank” rather than genuine scientific currency. We propose fundamental shifts: prioritizing precise description of concrete phenomena, subjecting theories to severe tests of risky predictions about explanatory mechanisms, generating more high-resolution data, and developing formal computational models of theories. While academic incentives are a significant barrier, we also explore arguments that these incentives may reflect deeper disciplinary orientations that favor broader narratives over precise, falsifiable knowledge. The path toward cumulative theoretical development in criminology involves developing approaches that precisely capture complexity while yielding falsifiable knowledge, rather than accepting lower standards.

There is no negotiating with an annihilation attempt

Policing and Social Justice Project

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

One free speech organization has said the judge's ruling allows "blatant viewpoint discrimination in publicly-funded libraries."