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Macrosocial dynamics encompass patterns, processes, and changes occurring at the level of large-scale social systems, populations, institutions, and societies ^[1][2]. They involve interactions among social structures, political and economic institutions, demographic patterns, cultural systems, social stratification, and major social groups ^[3]. These dynamics may include social change, institutional transformation, population change, inequality, collective action, and shifts in widely shared norms and values ^[4]. Such processes develop over extended periods and across broad social or geographical contexts, distinguishing them from micro-level dynamics that focus primarily on interpersonal interactions and small groups. They can also reflect reciprocal relationships between social structures and individual or collective actions, whereby large-scale patterns influence social behavior while aggregated actions contribute to broader structural change ^[5]. Macrosocial dynamics concern how large-scale social structures, institutions, populations, and cultural patterns interact and change over time.