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Research Roundup

In Research Roundup the Division of Social Sciences highlights research published by faculty, as well as select media coverage of faculty research findings over the past one or more quarters.

 

  • world map showing vaccine disparity

    Winter/Spring 2022 Issue

    Continuing effects of the COVID pandemic and the ethics of community-engaged research are just some of the wide-ranging topics investigated by Social Sciences faculty and published in Winter and Spring 2022.
  • Artwork by BoyD Dominguez

    Summer/Fall 2021 Issue

    From the impact neoliberalism during a pandemic to the adaptability of plants during climate change, faculty in the Division of Social Sciences addressed a wide range of issues in Summer and Fall 2021.
  • tree roots

    Winter/Spring 2021 issue

    Continued pandemic effects on teaching and learning, as well as the impacts of climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement are some of the many reasearch topics addressed by faculty in Winter/Spring 2021.
  • children in room

    Summer/Fall 2020 Issue

    Food memory, land development, transit accessibility, an alternative history of assimilation, and the small business impacts of COVID are some of the many research topics addressed by faculty in Summer/Fall 2020.
  • live one-act play on zoom

    Winter/Spring 2020 Issue

    Responding to a global pandemic in real time, the financial vulnerability of gig workers, complexities of tree planting, and the impact of youth activism are among the many topics addressed by Social Sciences faculty.
  • Researchers in India

    Summer/Fall 2018 Issue

    Recent publications by Social Sciences faculty include research on great apes, global greening, diapora tourism in Brazil, queer intimacties, and shared thinking through collaboration.
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    Winter/Spring 2018 Issue

    Financial impacts of hospitalization, ecosystem restoration, gender biases and societal norms are some of the diverse topics that Social Sciences faculty have published work on during winter and spring.
  • Grabe Book Cover

    Fall 2017 Issue

    Climate change, feminism, stereotypes, political art, sanctuary spaces, human rights are just some of the many topics faculty in the social sciences published in fall quarter.

  • Lizard

    Summer 2017 Issue

    Some of the many topics highlighted in this quarter’s research roundup include the stock market, mountain lions and frogs, heat waves and optical illusions, food activism and mental health policy.

  • City Factory Book Cover

    Spring 2017 Issue

    Youth activism in the immigration rights movement, water and poverty, climate change governance are some of topics faculty wrote about in spring quarter.
  • Winter 2017

    Winter 2017 Issue

    Some of the diverse topics covered by faculty in the Social Sciences Division in Winter 2017 include predicting college success, models for sustainable development, the psychological impact of President Donald Trump, his proposed military budget, and more.

  • Fall 2016

    Fall 2016 Issue

    Clean energy, gerrymandering, self-driving cars, bear populations, microagressions, water rights, and the youth vote are just some of the diverse topics faculty in the social sciences are researching.
  • Summer 2016

    Summer 2016 Issue

    The humanitarian crisis in Sudan, budget deficits in Europe, and climate governance in U.S. foreign policy are just some of the many topics faculty in the social sciences at UC Santa Cruz published research findings on in summer quarter.
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    Spring 2016 Issue

    From sequencing DNA from pre-Columbian mummies to examining the California strawberry farming industry and understanding how teachers teach, faculty and researchers in the Division of Social Sciences published a wide range of issues and ideas in spring quarter.
  • Winter 2016

    Winter 2016 Issue

    From biodiversity in California to power relations in Tanzania, faculty and researchers in the Division of Social Sciences published a wide range of issues and ideas in winter quarter.
  • Fall 2015

    Fall 2015 Issue

    From low wage workers in Santa Cruz to New Orleans jazz musicians, drones, inflation targets, and Native American resistance - faculty in the Division of Social Sciences published a wide breadth of topics and ideas over the fall quarter.