Faculty of Social Sciences

Abstract How does engagement with markets affect socioeconomic values and political preferences? A long line of thinkers has debated the nature and direction of such effects, but claims are difficult to assess empirically because market engagement is endogenous. Read more >

AbstractThe UK Biobank is a large-scale health resource comprising genetic, environmental, and medical information on approximately 500,000 volunteer participants in the United Kingdom, recruited at ages 40?Read more >

ABSTRACTWhile scholarly attention has been devoted to social media?s potential mobilizing function, they may also contribute to demobilization discourses: social communication actively promoting nonvoting. Read more >

ABSTRACTPolitical polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world. Although the issue has received some scholarly attention, there is a need to improve the conceptual precision in the increasingly blurry debate.Read more >

Remote sensing of night light emissions in the visible band offers a unique opportunity to directly observe human activity from space. This has allowed a host of applications including mapping urban areas, estimating population and GDP, monitoring disasters and conflicts.

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Asaf Nissenbaum and Limor Shifman. 2020. “Laughing alone, together: local user-generated satirical responses to a global event.” Information, Communication & Society, Pp. 1-18.

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Amit Tubi. 2020. “Recurring droughts or social shifts? Exploring drivers of large-scale transformations in a transformed country.” Global Environmental Change, 65.

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