Oxford study finds 90% of social science research leans left-wing
By the 1990s, published research reflected left-wing views across nearly all disciplines, a trend that continues through to the present day.
A new large-scale study spanning over 60 years of social sciences research found that roughly 90 per cent of the published material analyzed leaned politically left.
While prior research has documented a consistent leftward shift among faculty in nearly all disciplines, this new study examines how those preferences are reflected in published research output.
The Oxford study used AI to analyze 600,000 research abstracts and found a persistent left-leaning orientation in social science research, a shift that intensified over time. From that sample, 180,311 were identified as directly touching on political or social science topics and analysis revealed nearly 90 per cent were left-leaning.
