The advent of archaeology at the molecular level thanks to advancements in genetics, chemistry, and physics is expected to lead to a new level of precision in archeological research and enable better understanding of past events and cultures.

As sociologists incorporate the challenges of the 21st century into the discipline, new areas of research such as sociology of terrorism and sociology of war are expected to arise.

Complexity theory promises to become the dominant tool for managing social relations.

Social scientists are increasingly likely to incorporate a geographical perspective in their work as geocoded data becomes more available and methods of spatial analysis become more sophisticated.

Mobile phones have the potential to spur economic growth, especially entrepreneurial business, in the Developing World.

The rise of applied anthropology is likely to challenge the traditional structure of the discipline.

The rise of applied sociology is likely to challenge traditional divisions in sociology.

Simulations that take advantage of vastly increased computing power could be used more heavily in the social sciences, eventually becoming the more dominant means of analysis as a method of predicting human behaviour.

Cyber-ethnography, defined as the study of online interaction, is likely to become an important area of anthropological research as more and more human activites are conducted in cyberspace.

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