Concerns over the impact of social media on the mental wellbeing of children of all ages has led to a push to change how these platforms work, and the rules around how kids use them. California took ...

With the emergence of advanced AI systems, the way social science research is conducted could change. Social sciences have historically relied on traditional research methods to gain a better ...

As of 2023, there are almost 250 million social media users in the United States. That number climbs to almost 5 billion people around the world and is expected to approach 6 billion by 2027. The ...

Readers respond to an editorial on difficulties with replicability of results in social science research Your editorial on social science research (15 April) highlights the poor replicability of ...

“Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project”: that’s the headline from reports on the latest mass replication project sponsored by the Center for Open Science (COS).

In many areas, the delivery of the UN’s mandates is linked to changing human behaviour. Behavioural science refers to an evidence-based understanding of how people actually behave, make decisions and ...