In society, we face various complex situations and the personal and social problems that arise. Society is affected by inequalities and accessibility of healthcare, discrimination in the labor and housing markets, how people develop their identity and grow up in a multicultural neighbourhood, and among young people, their risk behaviour, digital media use, and mental health. Your behaviour, or that of your family, friends, neighbourhood, ethnic group, or country, impacts the environment, and vice versa.
Interdisciplinary social science focuses on understanding this complexity and developing solutions to such issues. The department researches current themes within three main themes:
We often don't know what drives human behaviour. Psychologists study micro-processes, sociologists study structural processes, anthropologists study socio-cultural processes, and so on. Comprehensive explanations emerge from interdisciplinary research.
