Nation, World + Society

The Labor Studies Applied Research Methods course at the UCLA Labor Center introduces students to basic social science research methods by immersing them in a hands-on project to assist community organizations.

Ten UCLA students will be headed for talks with staff at the State Department, White House and United Nations and other Middle East experts before heading for ground zero of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

UCLA Anderson finance professor Bhagwan Chowdhry writes that allowing developing nations to raise money similarly to how startups raise equity funding could help stave off future crises like happened in Greece.

Dismissing unrest in America’s cities as aimless violence overlooks the roots of people’s anger, according to the panelists at a UCLA-Zócalo event examining the history of urban resistance.

Jim Newton writes in the L.A. Times that increased crime rates are no reason for Los Angeles Police Department leaders to return to failed policies.

This summer, 14 UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs graduate students are working on projects around the world for government and non-governmental organizations.

Tobias Higbie is a UCLA scholar of labor history who is using digitized historical records to gain new perspectives about labor and social movements of past eras.

Youths, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, experience many similar issues leading to homelessness, but providers of homeless youth services indicate some of these issues are exacerbated for youths who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning.

Fernando Torres-Gil writes that Americans can learn a lot from how two of the country’s fastest growing populations are learning how to embrace change.

Gary Blasi of the UCLA School of Law co-wrote a Los Angeles Times op-ed imploring L.A. city officials to prioritize providing housing to the homeless over seizing their possessions.

UCLA education professor Linda Sax undertook a study to better understand who women’s college students are today and to identify how they’ve changed over time.

Law professor Douglas NeJaime writes in the Los Angeles Times that the struggle for full legal protections and equal rights has not ended for gay and lesbian families.

Obstacles, ranging from skyrocketing housing costs and insufficient state and federal funding to social stigma, are sending greater numbers of Americans onto the streets, said a UCLA-Zocalo panel of experts on homelessness.

The Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon will provide a one-of-a-kind center to address the challenges of food and water security, climate change, biodiversity loss, public health and emerging diseases.

UCLA professor Michael Stoll chronicles shift from getting tough on crime with policies like mandatory minimum sentences to smarter approaches to crime and punishment.

Adam Winkler notes that the legal reasoning used by Chief Justice John Roberts in the decision that upheld the president’s signature health care law will preserve it against future challenges.

In its historic decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court today cited research by Gary Gates, the Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.

Better mentorship, revised performance reviews and more transparency are among the recommendations shared at a recent UCLA conference that attempted to figure out how to increase the number of women in tech.

Braving floods, fires and vampire mosquitoes, UCLA professor Susan Perry has spent 25 years chasing capuchin monkeys through the forests of Costa Rica. Her data have transformed what we know about these fascinating primates.

A panel of Angelenos who study and work to improve the city honed in on how best to manage the forces that are rapidly transforming neighborhoods like Highland Park and Lincoln Heights. Participating was UCLA architecture and urban design professor Dana Cuff.

Professor Phillip Leslie writes that we shouldn’t let fear of private companies intruding on our privacy prevent us from reaping the benefits of using large data sets to enact policies.

Psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff and his team at the UCLA Center for Policing Equity have launched the Justice Database to measure disparities in policing and provide data that have never been collected before.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that there are two cases — one famous and one forgotten — that may haunt the chief justice and explain his recent pivot away from the court’s conservative bloc.

Deborah Cohen's research took her to extreme heights — 13,000 feet in altitude to be precise — as she explored the thematic depths of the work produced by the Gedun Choephel Artists’ Guild.

UCLA Luskin master’s student, Navy Lt. Michael Fonbuena, said the opportunities to study international issues, listen to high-profile guest speakers and engage in real-world learning will reshape his military career.