Research Development

Across the social sciences, faculty and students embrace the “Chicago style”—conducting rigorous, multi-method research and aiming to achieve foundational scientific breakthroughs and to address issues of pressing social importance.

A Community of Scholars

Social Sciences faculty, research, and training programs are known for exceptional strengths in statistical methods and formal modeling, social theory, and scientific reasoning, a combination that distinguishes the Division as a preeminent leader in research and education. These examples highlight recent endeavors and accomplishments:

Psychology

New study reveals how brain activity reflects hostile interpretations of social situations

Anthropology

Language in Culture, the posthumously published book from Michael Silverstein, unifies a career’s worth of linguistic anthropology research

Comparative Human Development

Terra Edwards receives 2024 Innovation Award from IPrA

Comparative Human Development

Deepening our understanding of deafness, technology, and ‘normalization’

Research Contacts

Cate Goebel, Associate Dean, Research and Strategic Initiatives

Phone: (773) 834-2392
Email: cgoebel@uchicago.edu

June Hou, Senior Associate Director of Research Development

Phone: (773) 702-5167
Email: juneh@uchicago.edu

Cheryl M. Danton, CIP IRB Managing Director

Phone: (203) 499-7242
Email: cdanton@uchicago.edu

Bart Longacre, SSCS Director

Phone: (773) 834-2975
Email: blongacr@uchicago.edu

Quick Links

Social Sciences Research Center

Social and Behavioral Sciences IRB

Social Sciences Computing Services

UChicagoGRAD Fellowship Database

The social sciences are the means by which we come to understand the world in which we live.

The Division offers Doctoral degrees in ten programs, Masters degrees in four, and innovative opportunities for joint degrees.

Programs of Study