social science
academic disciplines concerned with society and the relationships between individuals in society
regional science
a field of the social sciences concerned with analytical approaches to problems that are specifically urban, rural, or regional
anthropology
scientific study of humans, human behavior, and societies
public health
science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals
international studies
academic discipline
political studies
set of academic disciplines that study politics as a whole
heritage studies
academic discipline concerned with cultural heritage
religious studies
objective study of religion
demography
science that deals with populations and their structures statistically and theoretically
civics
study of the great theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties
force-field analysis
framework in the field of social science
economic planning
economic planning by a centralized authority
occupational science
scientific discipline
social network analysis
analysis of social structures using network and graph theory
Life course research
interdisciplinary social science field
economics
social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
linguistics
scientific study of language
Mobility in Germany
German mobility survey series
action research
philosophy and methodology of research generally applied in the social sciences
leadership studies
academic discipline
rural history
field of study focusing on the history of societies in rural areas
ethnography
qualitative research design aimed at exploring cultural phenomena
mythography
depiction of a myth in literature or the arts
science of game developing
Social science of games and playing games
community studies
academic field in the study of community
queer studies
academic discipline
criminology
study of the causes and manifestations of crime
development studies
multidisciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries
science of journalism
scientific research discipline in the social sciences and humanities, which deals with mass communications
social studies
cross-disciplinary study of the social sciences and humanities taught in schools
sociology
social science that studies human society and its development
jurisprudence
theoretical study of law, by philosophers and social scientists
computational social science
academic sub-disciplines concerned with computational approaches to the social sciences
gerontology
study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging
media studies
discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media
educational sciences
also often called pedagogy; seeks to describe, understand, and prescribe education policy and practice
communication science
schools of scientific research of human communication