Oxford Study Reveals 90% Left-Wing Bias in So-Called Social Sciences
24th March 2026
A comprehensive study reveals that approximately 90% of academic publication in the social sciences can be identified as taking a left-wing stance.
Conducted by James Manzi of the University of Oxford and published in the journal Theory and Society, the research analyzed 599, 194 English-language articles published between 1960 and 2024. Working across 367 journals and eleven disciplines—including economics, sociology, political science, psychology, criminology, and gender studies—some 180, 311 articles were deemed directly relevant to contemporary political or social debates.
The analysis was conducted multiple times using different AI models, alternative classification methods, and various databases.
“Social sciences” aren’t science. Science can make predictions that are right every time. Don’t be fooled by areas of study that think they are ‘science’ because the use a lot of math.