Comprising the departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology, and nearly thirty research institutes and centers, the Division of Social Science is steeped in a tradition of intellectual distinction and is today renowned for innovative social inquiry. Faculty study diverse, complex questions about human experience and the world, and engage in teaching and research that explores important issues of the past and present in local and global contexts.
Miguel Urquiola
Dean of Social Science
Miguel Urquiola is Professor of Economics and of International and Public Affairs.
Initiative
Columbia University has a rich tradition of path-breaking social inquiry.
The Social Science Initiative will ensure the future of this legacy by bolstering divisional strengths in analytic and interpretive research and teaching, addressing grand challenges, and advancing new areas of scholarly distinction.
DEPARTMENTS
CENTERS
Centers
- Center on African-American Religion, Sexual Politics, and Social Justice
- The Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History
- Columbia Center for Archaeology
- Center for Brazilian Studies
- The Center on Capitalism and Society
- East Central European Center
- Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
- Center for International History
- Center for Iranian Studies
- The Center for Jazz Studies
- Center for Justice
- Center for Mexico and Central America
- Center for Palestine Studies
- Center for Race, Philosophy and Social Justice
- The Center for Science and Society
- Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies
INSTITUTES
Institutes
- INCITE
- Institute of African Studies
- Institute for Research in African American Studies
- European Institute
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute for the Study of Human Rights
- The Middle East Institute
- Institute for Religion Culture and Public Life
- Harriman Institute
- Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy