The study of politics, economics, law and social philosophy were interconnected prior to the latter part of the 19th century. Since then, the disciplines became disjointed, largely because of...

University of Arizona anthropologist Steve Lansing took his first trip to Indonesia as an undergraduate in the 1970s to study ancient water temples on the volcanic island of Bali. He was...

During the seventeenth century the Republic of Venice and its satellite university town of Padua remained a relatively free-thinking island in the Catholic world.  Due to the intermingling of...

The new book “The Chicken Trail” (2013), written by UA sociologist Kathleen Schwartzman, explores the impact of globalization—and NAFTA in particular—on the North American poultry...

Hailed as the most comprehensive and inclusive national effort to date to assess the science of climate change and its impacts, the National Climate Assessment will contribute directly to the U.S...

In a society largely driven by a hyper-consumerist ideology, feelings of security, satisfaction and general happiness are often thought to be linked to material wealth.  

Having a beautiful...

The University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP) funded seven undergraduate students to attend the Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C. in early January. Attending...

Robin Reineke, a graduate student in anthropology, provided a first-person account to BBC News of how she helps identify the bodies of migrants found in the desert by their personal attributes and...