It mainly researches anthropology, economics, geography, public health, biodemography, population and the environment, economic development and demographic change, etc.
History is the most common kind of social studies, but it could also include geography, economics, the study of government (what we might call " civics" ), even anthropology in some schools.
But in order to do so, the project is struggling against the enormous challenges of geography, economics, demographics, America's own cultural and historical preferences for cars and planes, the legal system and more.