Social Science Research

Explore work that studies how people, communities, and economies behave.

7 careers · grouped by type of work

7 careers

Help researchers study people by collecting answers, checking data, and preparing findings.

Use maps, satellite images, and local observations to investigate how places change and how people and the environment affect each other.

Design survey questions, decide whom to ask, and work out what people's answers can tell you about a larger group.

Historians compare letters, photographs, and other records to explain the past in research reports, exhibits, and public programs.

Study how groups and institutions shape people's lives by designing studies, interviewing people, and testing explanations against data.

Economists use data and economic reasoning to explain changes in prices, jobs, and spending—and estimate what a policy might change.

Investigate how governments and voters behave, using election results, public records, and research to test explanations.

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