Humanities & Social Sciences

What makes us human—and which ideas endure? Our new film shows how Humanities & Social Sciences research shapes education, climate action, law, inequality and wellbeing. At @springernature.com, we publish 43k+ HSS articles and 5k books each year. #Humanities #SocialSciences

Haben Sie Fragen zur Veröffentlichung Ihrer Dissertation? ✅ Manuskript einreichen - wo & wie? ✅ #OpenAccess oder klassisch? ✅ Fördermöglichkeiten? ✅ Ablauf & Kosten? Jeden Freitag um 12 Uhr beantworten wir Ihre Fragen rund um den Publikationsprozess. bit.ly/4sfN7DI #BookSky #ResearchPublishing

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Networks Before States? What the Uruk Expansion Reveals About the Origins of Early Institutions.' Explore how regional integration developed before formal states and markets, creating the conditions for later institutions. 🏺 🔗 bit.ly/3W3Ptto #History

🎉 The Gender and Politics series is entering an exciting new chapter! Established in 2011 and now featuring 60+ volumes, it welcomes Lucrecia Rubio Grundell as co-editor alongside Johanna Kantola. 💙📚 Got a book idea? We’d love to hear from you. 🔗 bit.ly/4i1TiIg

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Climate disinformation: Why correcting false claims is not enough.' This review explores how political and economic interests, misleading narratives and social media platforms interact to undermine public trust and delay climate action. 🔗 bit.ly/4i0tOuL #PsycSci #EduSky

💙📚 This #OpenAccess Palgrave book examines reading and mindreading in medieval manuscript culture through a focus on Old Norse literature and ecology. 🔗 bit.ly/4yE9unU #Lit

Viele schöne Begegnungen im September & Oktober: Das Team für Dissertationspublikationen war in Mannheim, Mainz und Frankfurt vor Ort beim JuWissDay, DGS-Kongress, DGAVL-Tagung und auf der Buchmesse! Ihr habt uns verpasst? Kommt zu unserem Webinar: 🔗 bit.ly/4sfN7DI #FBM26 #AcademicSky 💙📚

🔍 Empower Your Research: 'From Access to Impact: How #OpenAccess helps your research travel further, faster and wider.' As we mark Open Access Week, explore From Access to Impact and discover how Open Access can help maximise the impact of research. 🔗 bit.ly/4z2fUy1 #ResearchPublishing

As the cost of living puts pressure on households worldwide, social science helps us understand rising costs, financial insecurity & inequality. For the 2026 ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, explore our free-to-read chapters on these economic pressures. bit.ly/4i2ESrk #SocialScienceMatters

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'What our research reveals about student mental well-being after COVID-19.' This study examined the associations of gender and previous COVID-19 infection with mental well-being among university students in Pakistan. 🔗 bit.ly/47Ajdk4 #EduSky #MentalHealth #PsycSci

This Palgrave book presents a compelling account of humanity’s battle against one of its greatest killers: smallpox and offers fresh insights and comparisons with COVID-19 and Mpox - an essential read for anyone fascinated by the history of medicine, science or health. bit.ly/3VWQG5K 💙📚 #History

🔍 Beyond the Book: 'Troubling Heroes: Why We Keep Returning to Odysseus.' Why do we keep retelling the story of Odysseus? Perhaps because this 'complicated' version of a hero helps us think more deeply about ourselves. 🔗 bit.ly/4dNagaI #Lit #AncientBluesky

What if one of psychology’s most famous experiments wasn’t quite what we were told? Watching Netflix's The New Stanford Prison Experiment? Go deeper with Thibault Le Texier’s 'Investigating the Stanford Prison Experiment: History of a Lie.' 📖 Discover the book: bit.ly/4eI2wac #PsycSci 💙📚

This revised edition of Angel of Death provides a compelling account of humanity’s battle against one of its greatest killers. It traces the dramatic rise and fall of smallpox, including creation of world’s 1st vaccine by Edward Jenner: spklr.io/63322EVO2w @hss.springernature.com 📚💙

🗣💬 This @springer.springernature.com paper from 'Corpus Pragmatics' examines four centuries of change in three English speech acts: thanking, threatening, and invoking harm. 🔗 bit.ly/4seIYA2 #LangSky

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'What daily irritability reveals about daily functioning in young adults.' Following college students for two weeks, researchers found that trait irritability and daily irritability fluctuations relate differently to physical and mental functioning. #PsycSci #MentalHealth

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Learning Curves.' Drawing on the author's experience with phone tutoring, this paper suggests another possibility: a learning curve, a virtuous cycle where implementers learn from experience. 🔗 bit.ly/3TPh2WK @noamangrist.bsky.social #Edusky #AcademicSky

Can AI analyse qualitative data at scale without losing the voices that matter? Paulina Bondaronek on why social science is essential to equitable AI in health research: bit.ly/4yxELZQ 🏃‍♀️🧠 #SocSciMatters #AI #HealthEquity

💙📚 This Springer #OpenAccess book proposes a strict conceptual differentiation between universal rights, on the one hand, and the rhetoric of "Western values", on the other. 🔗 bit.ly/4ezYosK

🔍 Beyond the Book: 'I thought I was living Sustainably. Research changed my mind.' Why do the green habits we’re proudest of so often do the least for the planet? This book answers that question, exploring the barriers that hold us back from sustainable consumption. 🌍 🔗 bit.ly/4B4QC3S

Informal settlements often remain invisible on official maps, with streets unnamed and homes unrecorded. This Behind the Paper post explores how terrestrial LiDAR mapping in Brazilian favelas can support better planning and understanding of urban life. #UrbanGeology #Sociology #PublicHealth

🌍 World Mental Health Day 2026 highlights the importance of #MentalHealth and open conversation. Explore open Collections from Scientific Reports on topics including mental health, wellbeing, climate change, mindfulness, and transgender healthcare. #PsycSci

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'An ongoing marathon—tracing a continuing quest to understand the building blocks of musicality.' Discover how comparative cognition research is helping uncover the building blocks of musicality and what it reveals about human perception. 🔗 bit.ly/47ed5Op #PsycSci #CogSci

Neu bei J.B.Metzler: Intersecting Horizons – Comparative Studies in Literature, Culture, and Area Studies. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Forschungsarbeiten, die zeigen, wie kultureller Austausch, Übersetzung und Institutionen die globale Literatur prägen. bit.ly/47olBdE 💙📚 #scifilit

Neu erschienen: „Radikale Mäßigung. Für politischen Gleichmut in Zeiten des Kulturkampfes“ von Daniel Hornuff. Ein Plädoyer für Gelassenheit, Differenzierung und demokratische Gesprächsfähigkeit in polarisierten Zeiten. #Neuerscheinung #Politik #Sociology @danielhornuff.bsky.social bit.ly/4AZcTQu 💙📚

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'De-Sovietization of Philosophy.' What does de-Sovietization mean for philosophy? Is the concept limited to Russia, or can it also be applied to the philosophical cultures of other former Soviet republics? #PhilSci #Lit @springer.springernature.com

This Springer book provides a groundbreaking architecture-driven approach to blockchain governance, arguing that regulations must preserve blockchain's decentralized design to foster innovation and competition. bit.ly/3UgJyR6 💙📚 @springer.springernature.com #LawSky #STS

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Two new South American native ungulates and the refusal to comply with Argentina’s National University Funding Law.' Explore how research, education and public investment intersect in Argentina. 🔗 bit.ly/4hHSCaR #EduSky #AcademicSky 🏛️

💙📚 Ageing populations will put significant pressure on pension systems, budgets, and economies in the European Union. This Springer #OpenAccess book argues for a more prominent position on political and policy agendas for European population ageing. 🔗 bit.ly/4y2XMmn @springer.springernature.com 🏛️

💙📚 This Palgrave #OpenAccess book examines the Rohingya genocide through the lenses of violence, denial and justice, showing how state narratives and geopolitics continue to obstruct recognition and accountability. bit.ly/4hOFBuW

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'How a misunderstanding knocked 30 years of collectivism research off course.' Explore why researchers argue that duties and responsibilities, not just social warmth, may better explain cultural differences. 🔗 bit.ly/4dtlTU6 #PsycSci #ResearchPublishing

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'What Does Industrial Resilience Look Like at a Carbon Border?' Explore how MENA producers can adapt to Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and why the answer differs sharply across countries. 🔗 bit.ly/4zewCtL @tekin-koru.bsky.social #ResearchPublishing

#JustPublished with #PalgraveMacmillan in our new series 'Platform Societies': 'Creole #Platforms: Digital #Hybridisation and Platform #Governance' by Luis Lozano Paredes. Read, download or purchase the e-book/hardcopy here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Get 20% off with discount code PALAUT.

🌏 How can social science and humanities research help build sustainable social futures in Asia-Pacific? Join the Palgrave Macmillan Annual Lecture 2026 and explore research-driven solutions to the region's biggest challenges. Date: 2 November Time: 6 PM AEDT | 7 AM GMT | 8 AM CET 🔗 bit.ly/3Ua6P7j

This Springer #OpenAccess book offers a new perspective for understanding rural transformation by moving beyond traditional income-based measures of development. bit.ly/4rOLD31 #ADBI 💙📚 @springer.springernature.com

What can a deformed 1834 sixpence tell us about evidence, interpretation, and AI? This Behind the Paper post explores how historical research, laboratory analysis, and AI-assisted reasoning helped investigate an unusual coin. 🔗 bit.ly/4y8tJdb 🗃️

Drawing on qualitative research, 'Children and AI: Changing Digital Childhoods?' explores how AI is transforming family life, learning and peer relationships, and what this means for children's rights, wellbeing and future opportunities. bit.ly/4y5KLbQ #EduSky

🌍 What can one forgotten jacket reveal about a changing world? Drawing on twelve years of camping in Ghana, this Behind the Paper post explores how everyday experiences can shape our understanding of climate change, public health, and environmental change. 🔗 bit.ly/4zeRfGr

Where to Start? Your First Book In the first episode of our 3-part podcast series, Palgrave author Rosalynd Southern reflects on her journey to publishing her first academic book. Read the blog for key takeaways from the conversation: spklr.io/63329EpmRW @hss.springernature.com

In today’s world of #BigData, data scientists must stay ahead of the game, especially in increasingly unstructured and semi-structured environments. Richard Boire breaks down the field of data science into easy-to-understand insights: spklr.io/63327ErdP9 📚💙 @hss.springernature.com

'Beyond Recognition: What Diplomacy Can Do for Rohingya Justice' explores how law, diplomacy and geopolitics shape responses to the Rohingya genocide, and why recognition remains contested. Read the latest #SocSciMatters blog: bit.ly/3TFiryY. @nucubd.bsky.social #ResearchPublishing

💙📚 This Palgrave book explores Turkish and Kurdish settlement in Italy, showing how precarity, aspiration and belonging are shaped by migration regimes, legal status and transnational lives. bit.ly/3VMBkk4 #Sociology

💙📚 This Palgrave #OpenAccess book offers the first systematic English-language account of the New Education Initiative, China’s largest and longest-running education reform, explaining its origins, core concepts, and theoretical framework. bit.ly/4xSEH6i #EduSky

🔍 Beyond the Book: 'Where to Start? Your First Book.' The journey to publishing a book is no easy feat. For many first-time authors, it can feel both exciting and a little overwhelming. But when you know what to expect, that first step can seem a lot less daunting. 🔗 bit.ly/4AF3pdd #EduSky

This Springer book addresses food safety governance in the digital age, including AI, platform economies, and global supply chains. bit.ly/4Ay5o2O 🏛️💙📚 #FoodStudies @springer.springernature.com

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Trust needs a spark and a path.' Trust doesn’t just depend on how trustworthy people are, but also on how they’re connected. New research shows that clustering reliable individuals helps trust emerge, while broader connections help it spread. 🔗 bit.ly/4AKNiuM #PsycSci

💙📚 This Springer #OpenAccess book offers a new perspective for understanding rural transformation by moving beyond traditional income-based measures of development. bit.ly/4hR4NC1 #ADBI @springer.springernature.com

#InternationalTranslationDay: From cognition and theory to the impact of new technologies, explore the changing field of translation studies. 'New Thoughts on Translation' brings together the latest ideas from leading translator Jun Xu: bit.ly/4hkwYsS #Linguistics 💙📚🧠💬

🔍 Beyond the Book: 'Beyond Recognition: What Diplomacy Can Do for Rohingya Justice.' A Social Science Matters article by Nasir Uddin, Palash Kamruzzaman, and Bayes Ahmed, editors of Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide: The Case of the Rohingya. 🔗 bit.ly/4rAWnlr #AcademicSky

💙📚 This Palgrave book explores Turkish and Kurdish settlement in Italy, showing how precarity, aspiration and belonging are shaped by migration regimes, legal status and transnational lives. bit.ly/4AH7UUm #Sociology

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Old Habits Die Hard: Are Teachers as Resistant to Technology as Police Officers?' When it comes to technology acceptance, professions share a deep-rooted, bureaucratic resistance. Here is what happens when old habits collide with new tools. 🔗 bit.ly/3TS6dTE #EduSky