My research aims to understand, and ultimately to bridge, a micro-macro gap in the social sciences. Standard economic models, for instance, assume away social factors, like norms and values, as constraints to utility maximization. But whether such factors affect individual behavior in equilibrium should be posed as an open question rather than assumed away axiomatically. If economists are correct, then we should be able to prove that equilibria do not involve social behaviors, if they are wrong, however, then the opposite is true. I am developing a general theory of action in which problems like that can be solved. My other project involves a critical assessment of the current state of the social science and a program for constructing a scientific social science.