Research Opportunities & Resources

Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the School has achieved research prominence in a host of local, international and global areas affecting individual and social behaviors. As a graduate student, you will have the opportunity to work closely with our faculty experts in areas such as democracy studies; public policy; immigration and diversity; culture and society; global peace and conflict; games and decision-making; and cognitive and brain sciences.

We invite you to explore the specific areas of research available at UC Irvine.

Social Sciences Research Institutes & Centers

• Center for Asian Studies
• Center for Citizen Peacebuilding
• Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
• Center for Ethnography
• Center for Hearing Research
• Center for Organizational Research
• Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy
• Center for Research on Latinos In A Global Society
• Center for the Study of Democracy
• Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
• Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
• UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality

Additional Campus Research Institutes & Centers

Research Resources
Human Subjects - Research projects that include human subjects need prior approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Social Sciences Research Participation Lab - Through the Social Sciences Research Participation Lab, you may access the pool of eligible volunteer participants for your research purposes. For further information, please contact ssreslab@uci.edu.