Social Sciences

Polarization

Polarized Parents Are Raising Ideologically Divided Kids. How Do We Stop the Cycle?

Ajami

Fragile Manuscripts Hold Hundreds of Years of African and Islamic History

Elections

What Motivates Black Women Voters?

Radicalization

How Do Social Movements Emerge—and Why Do Some Radicalize?

Urban Geography

Boston University’s Loretta Lees honored by UK’s Royal Geographical Society

Languages

Boston University Linguist Helps Preserve an Endangered Language in Papua New Guinea

Workplace Stress

How to Deal with Rude Customers

Gentrification

You Can Gentrify Anything Today. What Does that Say About Society?

Literacy

Why Do So Many Kids Struggle with Reading? BU Researcher’s Study Finds Literacy Screening Programs Failing Young Learners

Deaf Studies

Making the World More Accessible for Sign Language Users

Education

Fewer Students Are Enrolled in Public School Than Before the Pandemic

True Crime

Why We’re So Fascinated with True Crime Stories, and How It May Be Impacting Our Well-Being

Digital Humanities

The World’s First Novel Has Romance, Tragedy, Adventure. Now, After 1,000 Years, The Tale of Genji’s Poems Have Joined the Digital Age

Global Debt Relief

BU Experts Served on Vatican Commission Urging Global Debt Relief

Partisan Politics

You’ve Heard of Red States and Blue States. But What About Red and Blue Neighborhoods?

Politics

BU Historian’s New Book Traces the Rise of Today’s Far-Right Movement

Research News

Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs

Elections

How Could the SAVE Act Impact Young Voters and Married People Who’ve Changed Their Name?

Maternal Health

BU Sociologist and Her Students Train as Doulas to Help Inform Research on Pregnancy and Childbirth

Tariffs

“The Trade Deficit Isn’t an Emergency—It’s a Sign of America’s Strength,” Writes BU Economist