UC San Diego’s Division of Social Sciences unites scientists and scholars from across disciplines to focus on some of the most pressing issues of our time. Our partnerships with institutions in Mexico promote innovative projects, including examining civil rights abuses, connecting immigrants with legal services, and creating new models for community-university partnerships that have the potential to transform our world, now and for the future.
Our world-class social sciences centers, including the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) and the U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC), provide research on sanctuary policies, undocumented immigration, and other pressing issues. CCIS recently compiled a report for Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission documenting civil rights abuses at the border.
Learn more at ccis.ucsd.edu or usipc.ucsd.edu
Collaborations between the Department of Education Studies and parents, teachers, and service providers in Mexico examine cultural conceptions of autism spectrum disorders to improve diagnosis and treatment. And the Center for Global Mental Health identifies patterns of help-seeking in Northern Mexico to better understand emotional distress in young adults.
Learn more at eds.ucsd.edu and cgmh.ucsd.edu
The UC San Diego Cross-Border Initiative collaborates with local leaders and community nonprofits at Community Stations — field-based hubs in underserved neighborhoods on both sides of the San Diego-Tijuana border — to address social, economic, and environmental health disparities across the region.
Learn more at blum.ucsd.edu
