UC Davis economist Òscar Jordà looks back at his economic estimates at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national fiscal response that sought to keep jobs and tame inflation during an unprecedented global crisis.
A new book co-authored by UC Davis sociologist Erin Hamilton charts the lives of 34 women and men who have returned to Mexico in the last two decades after years living in the U.S. Their stories convey the deep sense of loss they feel as they struggle to rebuild their lives.
UC Davis Ph.D. student Claris Sunjo is uncovering solutions to water pollution in Cameroon’s mangrove estuaries through award-winning research. Learn how Sunjo is leading global efforts to improve water quality and climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa’s threatened ecosystems.
If we could start all over again, what would our food system look like? What would we want it to look like? And can we make that dream a reality? These are some of the questions the Thinking Food at the Intersections: Justice and Critical Food Studies seeks to explore in "Imagining and Enacting Just Food Futures” on May 30 – 31. The colloquium will bring scholars, activists, artists and chefs together with students and community members for a sensory rich, immersive experience imagining the future of food.
What is the secret to happiness? A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or neither — and which is true differs across people.
The College of Letters and Science at UC Davis has selected two projects for its L&S Unites initiative which grants up to $120,000 for research on cutting-edge multidisciplinary research to help advance knowledge and address society’s most pressing problems. The funding supports two years of research for studies on psychedelics in context and critical health challenges.
This month’s "Books of the Month" features works authored or edited by L&S faculty from the arts, humanities and social sciences and have been selected in honor of Asian American Pacific islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. From the poetic to the analytical, L&S scholars unearth untold stories from the U.S., China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and beyond.
Cognitive migration describes when our imagination guides us through potential futures. It’s a process through which we work out the emotional, cognitive and social problems of traveling to a new location by putting ourselves in a future time and space.
Are dance and lullabies hardwired into humans? A UC Davis study challenges the idea that they are universal, using 43 years of research with the Northern Aché to explore cultural variation in human behavior.
