Kingston, Jamaica. November 26, 2025. The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) at The University of the West Indies, Mona has launched a bold new initiative titled “Food for Thought”, transforming the Toyota Coffee House into a hub of intellectual engagement and public awareness. Through a series of visually striking table toppers, the initiative brings cutting-edge social science research directly to the public in a relaxed, everyday setting.
Led by Professor Caryl James, this project is a randomized controlled trial aimed at determining how AI relational accountability and engagement can be used to improve student wellness. We are recruiting university student volunteers aged 18 and older.
In 2024, Jodyonne A. Reid, a student in the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS), became a Climate Activist and Project Lead for the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund. Her project proposal, submitted through the St. James Parish Council, was approved. The initiative, launched in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, the St.
DR Lisa Vasciannie, who will assume leadership of the Department of Government, The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona, on August 1, has declared her commitment to advancing its impact on national development.
According to Vasciannie, this will be done through the department’s core undergraduate and graduate programmes in political science, public policy, and international relations.
On the 10th to 12th January 2024, 10 Caribbean scholars convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus after a highly competitive selection process to be part of a workshop under the project Building a Transnational Community of Practice: Writing and Research Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The participants were from a diverse background, representing a spectrum of disciplines and research interests including social polic
The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, is proud to celebrate research excellence and innovation through its participation in UWI Research Day 2025 and the upcoming FSS Seminar. These events underscore the faculty's commitment to advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and addressing critical regional and global challenges.
UWI Research Day 2025
In the theatre of democracy, where the podium has so often been an echo chamber for the familiar, Greg Fergus’s rise to become the 38th and first Black Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons in 2023 is an epochal tremor. His gavel, weighted with both precedent and expectation, does not merely call the House to order; it resounds with the timbre of an unrelenting past and a horizon that refuses to be dimmed.
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at The UWI, Mona Campus is proud to announce the launch of a National Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Jamaica. This study, titled AI Insights: Understanding Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Artificial Intelligence in Jamaica, aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI perceptions across various segments of Jamaican society, including youth, business leaders, policymakers, and the general public.
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
