Author: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Nearly every major challenge the United States faces—from alleviating unemployment to protecting itself from terrorism—requires understanding the c...

Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments wit...

The decennial census is foundational to the functioning of American democracy, and maintaining the public's trust in the census and its resulting d...

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. The...

The National Research Council's Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences held a 2-day workshop on January 15-16, 2015, in Washington, D...

In the past decade, a number of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions have begun to take significant steps to overhaul their juvenile justice syst...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030 strive for a world that is "just, equitable, and inclusive," in which everyone recei...

Students who participate in scientific research as undergraduates report gaining many benefits from the experience. However, undergraduate research...

In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend imp...

Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been ac...

Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the constru...

Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades...

In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall health and w...

Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, and evidence-based criminal justice system. There is wide...

The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment—the number of years a person spends in school—strongly predicts a...

Skilled technical occupations—defined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's d...

In 2014 the National Science Foundation (NSF) provided support to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a series of For...