The NCERT says the rationale for including them has been explained in a “Note on Some Darker Periods in History” and one of ...

India and Beyond' released this week, is the first in the new NCERT curriculum to introduce students to the Delhi Sultanate, ...

The new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook introduces students to the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal era, detailing religious ...

Last month, a workshop on the Science of History met to explore a series of provocative questions: How do laws and ...

NCERT's Class 8 textbook portrays Mughal rulers as intellectuals who also plundered India's population, including Babur, ...

Scientists are crucial voices in the public debate about wicked problems—societal-scale, high-stakes issues with no clear ...

T he publication process in social science is broken. Articles in prestigious journals use flawed data, employ questionable research practices, and reach illogical conclusions. Sometimes doubts ...

According to Cole, political science is a field within the social sciences dedicated to studying and explaining how and why power is distributed, decisions are made and policies are implemented. "In a ...

Although many people who studied psychology may work in jobs that perhaps do not, on the surface, seem “scientific,” the practice and education of psychology is guided by research findings that are ...

Real-world developments often spur new paradigms, research and movements. In the 1960s and early 70s, decolonization, new social movements, student protests and economic stagnation gave birth to ...

The social sciences curriculum is adaptable to your personal interests and needs. You can design your own BS in Social Sciences or choose from two predefined concentrations: law and society or ...

Above all, history needs to re-engage with the social sciences, incorporating theories and methodologies from economics, sociology, political science and psychology. This could lead to more robust ...