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Total R&D expenditures at American universities topped $117.5 billion in FY 2024. Of that total, universities spent $3.91 billion on social science research (anthropology, economics, political science ...

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Results from a massive research project investigating whether previously reported scientific results can be replicated raises questions about their reliability. A major, new examination of the ...

Voting behaviour and political party dynamics encompass the ways in which citizens form choices at the ballot box and the strategies by which parties position themselves to attract support. Research ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Federation of Associations in ...

This post is Part 1 of a two-part series. The success story of applied behavioral science began with the publication of popular science books more than 15 years ago showing that people make suboptimal ...