Social Sciences

When you’re smiling

Driving on the 405 freeway in Orange County rush-hour traffic, Sarah Pressman can be forgiven if she doesn’t feel like smiling. When other cars cut her off or ride her bumper, she’s tempted to do what many commuters do: curse or engage in some creative sign language. But she grins and bears it – even […]

New UCI-based center gives researchers direct link to US census data

UC Irvine is home to the nation’s newest of 18 U.S. Census Research Data Centers. Established through a partnership between the School of Social Sciences and the U.S. Census Bureau, the campus site allows UCI researchers unprecedented local access to administrative and survey data.

Erasing violence

Allied against abuse

Interdisciplinary Center on Family Violence brings together community partners, faculty from 20 UCI departments to address multifaceted issue

Minimum wage increases result in job loss, UCI-led study reaffirms

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 16, 2014 – No matter which way you slice it – or in this case, inflate it – minimum wage increases result in long-term job loss, according to David Neumark, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of economics. That’s the finding of a study published last week in the IZA Journal of Labor Policy. “There has […]

Keep calm and Zot on

Campus highlights Mental Health Awareness Week Oct. 5-11

New faculty members

Fresh influx of faculty

School of Medicine claims 14 of 77 new hires

Parents in jail

Kids’ health suffers when parents go to jail

UCI study finds incarceration more detrimental than divorce or death of mother, father

Busy people

A look at labor

UCI researchers offer highlights from their studies about work – how we do it, and what we produce

The World Cup

UCI cognitive scientist scores big using crowdsourcing to predict World Cup outcome

Algorithms use Ranker data to predict host country Brazil as 2014 soccer champs

Rising waters

UCI students help coastal communities brace for climate change