Project Area of Study: Social Sciences

As “AI ethics” emerges as a distinct area of work within technology companies, think tanks, and NGOs, this project examines how the field is being professionalized and…

Through an interdisciplinary methodology combining humanities and social sciences - be it history (printed, digital and oral), media studies and sociology - Dr. Julie…

My project studies the incidence of the corporate income tax. The corporate income tax is levied on profits and therefore falls on firms’ owners, the shareholders. Because…

Over the past two decades, digital platforms have become common tools for involving citizens in public debate and decision-making. A new generation of participatory…

Mudigonda Sarath Chandra's dissertation focuses on how firms and industrial policy adapt to flood risk in India, a question central to understanding the interplay between…

My research studies how the transition to cleaner technologies reshapes firms and workers, with a focus on the automobile industry. As governments encourage firms to move…

My research focuses on how ideas and information shape politics. I study how political organizations, governments, and journalists use these tools to influence citizens and…

Among the various terrains of the Cold War, sports had a special place. My project explores this question through two significant events. The first is the 1962 track and…

Citizen movements in sub-Saharan Africa, in the wake of the Arab Spring, emerged in countries like Senegal, Burkina Faso, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One of…

Governments globally enact laws to mitigate climate change, often sidelining citizen voices, leading to dissatisfaction and linking the climate crisis to one of democratic…

This project uses the tools of genealogy, archival research, oral history, and DNA tests to investigate family ties and ruptures that arose in the context of colonial and…

Professor Hazel Markus and I aim to investigate the relationship between growing economic inequality and social cohesion by…

Conspiracy milieus tend to have a strong interest in science, showing in the constant display of professional qualities - ‘engineers’, ‘scholars’, ‘doctors’ - for many of…

This project investigates the mechanisms of financial exclusion that result in a significant portion of the population becoming unbanked…

My research involves examining the traces of colonialism and colonial history within experiences of mental disorders and their care in New…