أنشئ حسابًا أو سجّل الدخول للانضمام إلى مجتمعك المهني.
Your question needs more details, for the Arab world I don't think that there's concept for well known social research in a professional way, while for modern countries it's very important, in which its related to improve social life for human being globally.
As I know its not; its still active, but maybe it become less active because of the short time we have for the social life nowadays.