(Correspondent: Zhong Yiming) In order to promote the flourishing development of humanities and social science in universities, Tianjin Education Commission launched the application and identification of the first batch of social science laboratories in August, 2019. After declaration, evaluation, online publicity and other procedures, a total of 21 social science laboratories in Tianjin passed the certification.

Among them, Nankai University occupies five positions: Digital Chinese Innovation Lab (led by Art College), Computational Social Science Lab (led by Zhou Enlai School of Government), Logical Reasoning and Analysis Lab (led by Philosophy College), China Regional Economic Application Lab (led by Institute of Economic and Social Development) and Economic Behavior and Policy Simulation Lab (led by School of Economics).