Garip named to Census Bureau committee on racial, ethnic and other populations
July 27, 2022
Sociologist Filiz Garip was nominated and selected for the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations.
What Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis Are Learning About the Politics of Retribution
June 2, 2022
Dr. Scheppele, a professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, lived and worked in Hungary for many years as a researcher at the Hungarian Constitutional Court.
How do you pack for an escape?: A refugee’s story | Opinion
April 13, 2022
Up to four million refugees could be forced to leave Ukraine if the situation escalates. We need to make sure they have a home to return to.
How do we fix our credit scoring system?
April 13, 2022
Our data-based credit system was meant to be free of prejudice. It's not.
When We Were Socially Distant, Money Brought Us Closer
April 13, 2022
As the Covid-19 pandemic shattered lives and livelihoods, experts somberly anticipated a decline in philanthropic donations.
Watch | Pandemics: The Maths, the Masks, the Madness
Jan. 26, 2022
Pandemics are nothing new, but the last handful of pandemics have all caught us by surprise...
Sara McLanahan, Who Studied Single Motherhood, Dies at 81
Jan. 20, 2022
NYT: A Princeton sociologist and a single mother herself, she brought her own experience to her wide body of scholarly work.
Sara McLanahan | December 27, 1940 – December 31, 2021
Jan. 3, 2022
by Kathryn Edin. Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, passed away on December 31 at 3:15 p.m.
Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award Awarded to Gözde Güran
Dec. 6, 2021
The winner for the Social Sciences category is Gozde Güran, whose highly original dissertation traces the complex hawala system of informal money transfer in light of the 2011 Syrian civil war and the ensuing refugee crisis.
Listen | Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It Without Police?
Nov. 24, 2021
Meet the Princeton Sociologist Who Thinks Policing 'Unsustainable' – The New York Times